Wes Streeting
The law that protects predators
Will Wes Streeting close the groomers’ loophole?
Fabian fry-up
After last night’s disco, a very hungover conference is ready for a hearty plate of social democracy
The BBC can be a drag
The priorities of its reporting, especially on gender issues, can be absurd
Apologies are useless without action
It is nice that Gillian Keegan has acknowledged reality, but it is not enough
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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
Why Mali matters
Terrorism is spiralling out of control in West Africa
The ballad of Robbie and Harry
Sometimes, the struggle can become the art
The errata of history
Misprints are just one in a catalogue of literary disorders
Angst, Nazis and forgotten treasure
Transcription / You Are the Führer’s Unrequited Love / For the Love of Willie
Offence archaeology and the future of elections
We have to ignore the cheap and disingenuous politics of offence archaeology
Why there will probably be no early election
It would be all but impossible to build an attractive but realistic manifesto
Any foreigner can have a UK degree — for a fee
Every British university has been chasing the benefits of foreign income with frenzied excitement
Under the volcano
As Sicilians say, Mamma Etna gives more than she takes away
Two faces of America
Copland: 3rd symphony, Walker 5th (LSO Live)
Labour’s toxic medicine
The more they treat the symptoms of decline, the worse things get
The tyranny of memes
Modern would-be assassins are products of the internet