Did you know that Thomas Müntzer, leader of the German Peasants’ War in 1525, used a rainbow flag to rally his followers? It’s an aptly exuberant image for the radical charisma of Müntzer, and for the

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Global markets and the new illiberalism

The past week has been “pivotal” for this government, says Tim Shipman in The Spectator. It turns out that growth is not, as it claims, its “top priority”, nor is the cost of living or protecting “wor