Heresy of the week: The banks don’t make enough use of our personal information
They’re all at it you know. Trying to get hold of your information. Where you shop. What products you prefer…. Read more »
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Jon Cruddas, Edmund Burke and a most remarkable book review
Warning! What follows is a review of a review, written by one Member of Parliament, of a book, written by… Read more »
Liberalism, post-liberalism and loneliness
Killer by Adamski and Seal was one of the biggest and most influential hits of the 1990s. Its title might… Read more »
Does the rise of artificial intelligence threaten mankind – or is the real problem a lack of the natural sort?
According to Kevin Drum, in a fascinating article for Mother Jones, artificial intelligence began in 1956. Or, rather, that’s when the… Read more »
Conservatism means telling people what they don’t want to hear
In what is sadly his last blogpost for the Telegraph, Ed West signs off with a meditation on the true… Read more »
Heresy of the week: The real reason why we didn’t win in 2010
For a journalist supposed to be close to the Cameroons, Janan Ganesh daringly broaches the touchiest of subjects – the… Read more »
The rightwing consensus on shale gas is about to be torn apart
The prospect of a British shale gas revolution attracts broad support across the centre-right. As well it might do, because… Read more »
The Cypriot banking crisis: if you’ve got a pension you ought to know what happened next
The Cypriot banking crisis was big news back in March. As the island’s biggest banks teetered on the brink of… Read more »
The rise and fall and rise again of North Sea oil (to be followed by another fall)
So, no triple dip recession, then – and maybe no double dip either, once the final figures are sorted out…. Read more »
Robert Halfon and Jesse Norman are the future of the Conservative Party
What does the leftwing ‘Occupy’ movement have in common with the rightwing ‘Tea Party’? The answer to that, remarkably, is… Read more »
Heresy of the week: Never mind UKIP, it’s young voters Conservatives should watch out for
One reason for UKIP’s success is that the party has a particular appeal to older people – who are more… Read more »
Drone warfare isn’t very nice, but that’s mainly because of the warfare not the drones
The American sociologist Amitai Etzioni was once a familiar name in British politics, thanks to his status as an academic… Read more »
Stimulus versus austerity: What if both sides are wrong?
Larry Elliot is the economics editor of the Guardian, but don’t let that put you off. Unlike the Labour frontbench,… Read more »
America versus China in the 21st century – bet on the eagle, not the dragon
Which country do you think this is about: “Fitch Ratings has just downgraded [its] debt, warning that credit has jumped… Read more »
The main problem with our banks is that they don’t have enough money (of their own)
There are many euphemisms for debt – like ‘credit’, ‘finance’ and, for all you Gordon Brown fans out there, ‘investment’. … Read more »
