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It is influential left-wingers, not the broader public, who have deluded themselves on mass migration
American strategy in Iran is wiser than it seems
President Trump’s intervention will leave the world safer than it was
On Britain as a capitalist command economy
It is neither neoliberal nor socialist but a secret third thing
Saint Nicola
Nicola Sturgeon wants sympathy for her husband’s crimes—but after years spent avoiding awkward questions, her latest reinvention may be the hardest sell yet.
Reform’s man in Makerfield
An interview with Rob Kenyon about online controversies and national priorities
Talent and temptation
William Walton: Two symphonies
A love-hate affair
Finger-lingering over hideous fluffy lilac footwear
Don’t expand the Equality Act
Labour should not expand the Equality Act — it will hit the poor hardest
Yes, I’d give the Devil benefit of law
Punishing anyone before they have even been convicted of anything makes me uneasy
No taxation on expatriation
With no navy and minimal evacuation efforts, the UK’s demand that citizens abroad pay up is ludicrous
Who wants to be a patriotic millionaire?
More taxation will not solve our economic woes
UnappEaling comedy
A “loose, loose reimagining” of Kind Hearts And Coronets does not really work
Britain must maintain its cultural inheritance
We should not allow our masterpieces to disappear overseas
Ant & Dec: heroically bland
Clear separation between private and public selves is faintly refreshing
Sexy sisters and holy hotties
Less Sister Simper, more Attila the Nun
Won over by a stately Italian saga
A fictional Italian president and a cinema spin-off