World Athletics Championships
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The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
Tame Impala fails to impress
unconquered by a
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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
How to fix the economy
A repentant ex-financial trader tells all
How to build a Europe of the peripheries
Resetting Britain’s relations with the EU should not mean being beholden to France and Germany
Critical briefing: EU-Taliban talks
As European governments harden their approach to migration, Brussels has taken the extraordinary step of negotiating directly with Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers
The trans war on reality
Trans activists loudly trumpet a false mythology
of victimhood. In fact, trans people are more
likely to kill than be killed,
A very postmodern schism
A postmodern spectacle exposed deep divisions about the nature of truth
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
Hyperventilating vexillology
Once councils flew the symbols of the realm; now they proclaim the enthusiasms of the age
The meaning of Zack Polanski
The icon of geriatric millennials is one of life’s drifters
In partial defence of Steve Bray
You can’t blame the pro-EU irritant for making British politics undignified
In praise of the English football fan
No one likes them, they don’t care — and good for them
Light my fire
A perfect spy requires a spark for his cigarette
Parade of defeats
Armenia is a democracy tearing itself apart over who gets to define the soul of a nation