Farewell Hybrid Parliament. Goodbye Scottish MPs?
MPs are to return to Westminster. But will Welsh, Scottish and Ulster MPs come?
A shot across the bows
The government nearly lost a Commons division this week – what were they thinking of?
Normal politics resumes
From Hard Brexit to Soft Lockdown, Boris Johnson is keeping most of his natural support with him
Stay alert – because we fear change
The narrative of Tory callousness is re-emerging
Boris on the box. Or Boris at the despatch box?
Should lockdown policy be announced in televised addresses or to a near-empty parliament?
Speak for liberalism, Ed
Ed Davey has sacrificed the LibDems’ commitment to civil liberties
“We’re not going to subordinate our laws to theirs in any areas.”
There’s only two months left for one side to climb down, or the EU-UK talks will fail.
Tarnished golden land
Graham Stewart reviews The Hidden History of Burma by Thant Myint-U
What Labour owes to Scotland
Can Keir Starmer succeed without the land of Keir Hardie?
Starmer for the Prosecution
At his first PMQs, Labour’s new leader offered a masterclass in constructive opposition
An actor’s story is a late career marvel
Cleverness is a virtue in itself but is never sterile or without purpose
Kemi goes postal
The former business secretary and current Tory leader is grilled over a late delivery
Chill message of Booker shortlist
The contempt of publishers for middle-class life and values is diminishing the novel
BBC Verify’s Bangladesh blunder
In trying to combat misinformation, the BBC has spread its own
Oasis: the good boys of rock and roll
For guitar bands since punk, there’s been a tension between credibility and success
Is Cheltenham beyond parody?
A books bash these days has to offer Geri and Geoff Hurst and that bloke out of Radiohead
Are Jewish students really afraid of the Freedom of Speech Act?
Some of have raised concerns, yes, but generalisations are wrong and unhelpful
Donald Trump doesn’t know what a woman is, either
Believing that the sexes are different does not mean appreciating their humanity in full
Getting the creeps
How should we cope with the unsettling in everyday life?
A nuclear nothing?
Is Russia’s new nuclear doctrine hot air, or an explosive new factor in world affairs?
The end of art critics
The critics who are now lackeys of the art world
