The elephant in the chamber
PMQs is failing to explore whether the government’s Covid strategy makes sense
Keir Starmer – a Serious Man
Starmer lays out a future – back to “the third way”
Graham Brady’s Covid rebellion has the numbers to succeed
Tory MPs are ready to rebel against government by decree
Friendly fire
Can Unionists better game Scotland’s two vote electoral system than the Nats?
Creative ambiguity in a hall of mirrors
Are the mixed messages of the Internal Market Bill accident or design?
Is test and trace really this government’s greatest failing?
Angela Rayner’s PMQs debut was passionate, and strangely nostalgic
Liar! Liar! House on fire?
Never mind whether PMQs matter – does Parliament currently matter?
Shifting the goalposts?
Will the Internal Market Bill breach the Withdrawal Agreement?
Anyone for abdication?
A vivid retelling of an infamous constitutional crisis
Capitalism in a time of coronavirus
The economy has shrunk by a fifth – so why is there no credit crunch this time?
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The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Losing control of the narrative
The British establishment no longer sets the terms of public debate over migration
Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Stop ignoring the Islamisation of our democracy
The British state is bending to Islamism, not attempting to defeat it
Women who play along …
It’s only natural when you come across the aftermath of a collision to wonder who was to blame.
The old age elephant in the room
Does Andy Burnham seriously think that he can fix social care?
Time for change?
A new book might overstate the durability of Trumpian politics
A second Northern Ireland?
How the SNP squandered a major opportunity for independence
Supernatural delight
Religion cannot be reduced to dry abstractions
The right does need religion
Christianity is politically valuable as well as, you know, true
The name game
Nominative determinism is a rich seam to be mined in sport
The centre-left is out of ideas
The new journal Arguably barely makes an argument
Eric Snapper
Anti-biographer
The Hollywood starlet and the immigration albatross
Free marketeers were too content to ignore the negative externalities of immigration
Peston’s Inbox
Keir has my complete backing – Wes