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Welsh Assembly

The astonishing success of the ‘Votes at 16’ campaign

The astonishing success of the ‘Votes at 16’ campaign

Votes for sixteen year olds is coming

Artillery Row
Graham Stewart

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Tame Impala fails to impress

unconquered by a
taste of Crusader food

Eating Out
Lisa Hilton

Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes

The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken

Artillery Row
Christopher Snowdon

Why they hated Ann Widdecombe

Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them

Columns
Josephine Bartosch

What is wrong now was wrong before

Julia Gillard should not pretend that the “unintended consequences” of the gender debate were unknowable

Columns
Victoria Smith

Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour

It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party

Artillery Row
Noah Carl

The testing of Giorgia Meloni

Italy’s first woman PM has proved a pragmatic conservative who has brought stability to her country

The Critic Essay
Nicholas Farrell
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Reform should not abandon free markets

Nigel Farage should stick to his liberal guns against the forces of collectivism

Artillery Row
Charles Amos

Don’t kowtow to cry-bullies

Why Kezia Dugdale can’t apologise enough

Columns
Victoria Smith

The meaning and meaninglessness of Makerfield

Andy Burnham has triumphed — but can he maintain his success?

Columns
Henry Hill

Why does Labour hate our pubs?

The government has to stop taxing the hearts of our communities out of business

Artillery Row
Adam James Pollock

The simple joy of giallo

Giallo films made for glorious Italian escapism

Artillery Row
Brad Pearce

Hey, leftists, leave independent schools alone

The campaign against independent schools is irrational, short-sighted and destructive

Artillery Row
David James

How the cranks won

Britain’s ruling ideology is founded less on what elites believe than on who they fear

Artillery Row
Luke Asahi

Andy Burnham’s empty toolbox

Britain’s next Labour government will inherit a state too indebted to deliver the interventionism it dreams of

Artillery Row
Matthew Bowles

What if the AI bubble bursts?

Arguing that an AI bubble is a good thing reeks of techno-optimist complacency

Artillery Row
George Pickering

Critical briefing: Tisza

What you need to know about the new Hungarian establishment

Critical Briefing
Ben Sixsmith
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