welfare spending
Reset as usual
Labour’s problem is not messaging, presentation or leadership — it is that the party lacks the appetite for the reforms Britain demands
The fog of facts
As elections approach, voters are forced to navigate a swamp of spin, distortion, and inaccessible data.
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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
What is wrong now was wrong before
Julia Gillard should not pretend that the “unintended consequences” of the gender debate were unknowable
Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
The delusions of the DCMS
The establishment approach to the internet is marked by paranoia and control
Dead reckoning
How Britain forgot the sea (and why it matters)
Rewatching the English
English identity has become too surreal and discomfiting to define
A day out at Unite the Kingdom
Tommy Robinson’s latest demonstration was a peculiarly hammy affair
Eulogy for rural life
A growing sense of gloom pervades Starmer’s Britain
The Reparations Game
Chris and Henry talk to Nigel Biggar about reparations.
Manchesterism is dead in the water
Andy Burnham already appears to have abandoned hope for meaningful change
Banish the business bullshit
Vacuous business-speak is not merely irritating, it can lead to bad decisions and bad outcomes
The vague vision of Keir Starmer
Keir Starmer was competent but directionless on foreign policy
What is the CID for?
Zac Brettler’s short life and mysterious death
These green and printed lands
How William Caxton developed Englishness, and how his Englishness is breaking down