Virtual Parliament
The man who wasn’t there wasn’t there
Boris virtually
The Zoom Parliament is here – but hopefully not to stay
Remote voting may encourage MPs to be more independent, but politics is necessarily a team sport
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Tame Impala fails to impress
unconquered by a
taste of Crusader food
Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
What is wrong now was wrong before
Julia Gillard should not pretend that the “unintended consequences” of the gender debate were unknowable
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
Our first Catholic prime minister?
Andy Burnham’s religious background has a subtle but deep historical significance
The praises of a neglected vegetable
Summer calls for cold cucumbers
Regulating the rogue degree factories
Do universities have the resources and the will to monitor what is happening in their name?
Labour’s Gagging Acts
Labour is taking inspiration from Pitt the Younger when it comes to curbing speech
The sacrifice that changed Naipaul
The humiliation of his father, forced to slaughter a goat to atone for
angering Hindus, made the writer wary of insulting religion
Lord’s and ladies
The first women’s Test is a welcome step forward
Vote Green to end antisemitism
Critics have been trying to twist their leaders’ words to resemble what they actually said
The price is right
Stories about outrageously profligate eating have the appeal of scandal
Why we should explore space
Space exploration lifts the human spirit: rather than asking “Why?”, we should ask “Why not?”
Running out of autobahn
Beijing’s manufacturing strategy is colliding with Europe’s self-inflicted industrial weaknesses
The case against Project Spire
The Church of England should abandon this misleading and expensive exercise in virtue signalling