Charges of “institutional racism” are the evidence-free, all-purpose tool for ending meaningful discussion about disparities between ethnic groups. In Unherd, Douglas Murray argues that the problem with such accusations is not just their predictability and inaccuracy, but also that they distract from genuine attempts to investigate the complex questions surrounding race.

In Vino Veritas – Or, Whatever It Takes to Get the Truth Out of Such a Crew
Winston Churchill drank his way to saving the world from Nazism and, according to Alec Marsh in Spiked, the old bulldog would fit right in with certain current Parliamentarians enjoying a tipple to endure late-night sittings in Westminster. “Well, why not?” Marsh asks. “Politicians wouldn’t be human if they didn’t.” This news doesn’t, however, sit well with certain neo-puritan scolds from – you guessed it – the Green Party, which on the other hand does support providing free narcotics to welfare recipients.


