Andy Burnham’s devolution delusions
Think central government is the only problem? Look around you
How the Civil Service was the ruin of Keir Starmer
A weak and indecisive prime minister delegated too much to Whitehall
The decline of British food culture
The products of social media virality and high street homogenisation leave the ambitious diner as cold as a neglected jacket potato
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What is wrong now was wrong before
Julia Gillard should not pretend that the “unintended consequences” of the gender debate were unknowable
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
How to fix the economy
A repentant ex-financial trader tells all
The original sin
It should not have been difficult to see that there were problems with appointing Peter Mandelson
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California dying
The world’s dream factory now produces scenes from a dystopia
Orbánism is not dead
The veteran Hungarian prime minister is going but his agenda lives on
Women should not have to apologise for their rights
There is nothing cruel about women wanting single-sex spaces
Keir factor
The prime minister must feel as if he faces the Plagues of Egypt
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Donald Locke, Resistant Forms at Camden Art Centre
What if the AI bubble bursts?
Arguing that an AI bubble is a good thing reeks of techno-optimist complacency
Running out of autobahn
Beijing’s manufacturing strategy is colliding with Europe’s self-inflicted industrial weaknesses
Fond portrait of an odd couple
Two irascible, elderly artists and two beautiful younger women in unusual relationships
The price is right
Stories about outrageously profligate eating have the appeal of scandal