Whipping
Whip smart
Threatening the whipping system would be alarmingly stupid
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Tame Impala fails to impress
unconquered by a
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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
Contra Kemi
Is Kemi Badenoch a principled opponent of identity politics or an anti-woke opportunist?
Today Havering, tomorrow Westminster
The local elections exposed a political class united mainly by its inability to feel embarrassment
Auntie’s autumn
Rather than wage war on the Beeb, a Reform government should strip it of its monopoly and force British broadcasting to compete again
The rise and fall of Star Trek liberalism
We should celebrate real-world achievement rather than identitarian fantasy
Critical briefing: Tisza
What you need to know about the new Hungarian establishment
France’s fading yellow jersey
The Tour de France once united France, but now reflects its divisions
Women should not have to apologise for their rights
There is nothing cruel about women wanting single-sex spaces
A king’s ramsons
Look after the woods, and they will continue to give
Don’t bet against the SNP
The complete ineptitude of their rivals has kept them at the top of Scottish politics
Dismantle the infrastructure of censoriousness
Digital technology and private intelligence are bolstering cultural censoriousness in universities
Peeves and a weekend in Worcester
Thoroughly entertaining, darkly funny and humanely nasty