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Why Anjem Choudary should not be in prison
It was impossible not to feel rather sorry for the radical Muslim ‘cleric’ Anjem Choudary and his imbecilic henchman Mohammed…
What you learn when you learn a poem by heart
I’ve just learned by heart another poem — my first in nearly 30 years. The one I chose was A.E.…
Mrs May the ‘Student Killer’ should count the cost of her visa crackdown
In the post-Brexit landscape whose shape was barely glimpsed in G20 discussions at Hangzhou, one thing is clear: soon we’ll…
Lessons in lolly
Do you ever tell your pupils that debt is a bad thing?’ I challenged the headmaster of a thriving Midlands…
Mrs May the ‘Student Killer’ should count the cost of her visa crackdown
In the post-Brexit landscape whose shape was barely glimpsed in G20 discussions at Hangzhou, one thing is clear: soon we’ll…
What you learn when you learn a poem by heart
I’ve just learned by heart another poem — my first in nearly 30 years. The one I chose was A.E.…
After Brexit, who should Britain let in?
Why has ‘trust’ became such a dominant issue in British politics in the early 21st century? Is it the failure…
Why Anjem Choudary should not be in prison
It was impossible not to feel rather sorry for the radical Muslim ‘cleric’ Anjem Choudary and his imbecilic henchman Mohammed…
Theresa May’s Brexit minefield
When David Cameron resigned, the Conservative Party Board pushed back the planned date for the election of a new leader…
Why don’t black lives matter at the carnival?
I do not get out very much these days, but the glorious weekend weather persuaded me that I should spend…
My fascist moment on the ship of failures
There are no roads from the Peruvian river port of Iquitos, but the rich take aeroplanes. Those who cannot pay…
Dear God, am I going to start liking Ed Balls?
What the hell is going on with Ed Balls? Back in the horrible doldrums of the last Labour government, he…
Stalled EU-US talks offer a reality check for our own post-Brexit trade hopes
Should we care two hoots whether negotiation of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP, pronounced ‘Tee-tip’ by cognoscenti) has…
Stalled EU-US talks offer a reality check for our own post-Brexit trade hopes
Should we care two hoots whether negotiation of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP, pronounced ‘Tee-tip’ by cognoscenti) has…
Dear God, am I going to start liking Ed Balls?
What the hell is going on with Ed Balls? Back in the horrible doldrums of the last Labour government, he…
My fascist moment on the ship of failures
There are no roads from the Peruvian river port of Iquitos, but the rich take aeroplanes. Those who cannot pay…
Theresa May’s Brexit minefield
When David Cameron resigned, the Conservative Party Board pushed back the planned date for the election of a new leader…
Why don’t black lives matter at the carnival?
I do not get out very much these days, but the glorious weekend weather persuaded me that I should spend…
Why I’ll keep cheering for Caster Semenya
An almost worldwide survey on penis length — the sort of thing I always read with a sense of trepidation…
The Boris-bashers should be ashamed
Throughout this fractious summer, one thing has united all the warring pundits and politicians. Left, right; Leave, Remain, everyone at…
Osborne’s gone. So why’s Carney still around?
Did you see that odd photo of George Osborne looking shifty, queuing up in the Vietnamese jungle for the chance…
Oil prices will drift down again as Opec fails to get its act together
How many Olympic medals did Opec win? The answer (though I’ll bet no one else has bothered to work this…
Frankenstein’s Westmonster
All political parties are a mess: coalitions of people with different beliefs, stitched together — like Frankenstein’s monster — into…
Oil prices will drift down again as Opec fails to get its act together
How many Olympic medals did Opec win? The answer (though I’ll bet no one else has bothered to work this…
Osborne’s gone. So why’s Carney still around?
Did you see that odd photo of George Osborne looking shifty, queuing up in the Vietnamese jungle for the chance…
