Proof that free schools raise standards for everybody
Sweden used to be a beacon of hope for social democrats, now it is more often the inspiration of reformist… Read more »
Edited by Peter Franklin
Eric Hobsbawm: The reddest stain on Red Ed’s record
Earlier this year, the historian and public intellectual, Arthur Attarian, died aged 95. A dedicated anti-communist, he never properly renounced… Read more »
A new account of Mao’s great famine reveals the dark heart of socialism
What is it about Communism and mass starvation? From the Soviet Union in the 1930s to Ethiopia in the 1980s,… Read more »
Conservatives need commentators that tell us what we need to hear not what we want to hear
Now that George Osborne has had his say, shall we all shut up about American politics for a while? You… Read more »
Heresy of the week: Catholicism is the future of conservatism
Britain is unusual in having a mainstream Conservative Party. In most other European countries the conservative political forces of the 19th… Read more »
A big society or a bankrupt NHS – the choice is ours. Boles was wrong to castigate Phillip Blond
In an interview in last week’s Spectator, the Conservative MP and Cameroonian cheerleader, Nick Boles, expressed some bracing views on the ‘modernisation’… Read more »
Jeremy Clarkson’s worst nightmare is just around the corner
Yesterday on the Deep End, we presented a rather pessimistic view of human progress, noting that new bells and whistles… Read more »
The decline of human civilisation: The first forty years
Next month marks the fortieth anniversary of the Apollo 17 mission, at the end of which the last men on… Read more »
The nine words that explain Obama’s victory
It is common practice in this country to mock Americans for their lack of geographical knowledge. But if you're tempted… Read more »
Heresy of the week: What we need is a referendum on everything all of the time
There’s nothing new about electronic voting. In fact, as the Economist reports, it’s a case of been there, done that,… Read more »
Which of these is larger: The overseas aid budget or public subsidies to the banking system?
Last week, the Deep End suggested that the more rightwing that some rightwingers get, the more they behave like a… Read more »
The banking boom was as bad as the banking bust
No more boom and bust, as Gordon Brown once said – issuing what may prove to be the most expensive… Read more »
The strange disappearance of the most important man in China
Regular readers of the Deep End will have noticed that we often feature stories about China. This is fairly unusual… Read more »
Would a living wage kill the economy?
First there was the minimum wage, now there’s a growing campaign for the ‘living wage’ – which is defined by… Read more »
Heresy of the week: David Cameron is the most Eurosceptic leader we’ve ever had
Here's a paradox for you: The more rightwing that some rightwingers get, the more like a bunch of lefties they behave…. Read more »
