Blair is back. And so is Prudence
Labour will take a long view on borrowing in order to avoid being the party of big tax rises
How many unionist parties does it take to fix the SNP?
With Reform UK and Alliance for Unity, five pro-union parties are lining-up to fight the SNP – and each other.
Once, twice, three times a briefing
Are thrice weekly Downing Street briefings finally about to start giving us reasons to be cheerful?
Lockdown III – how will it end?
Why most Tory lockdown sceptics have not opposed the new lockdown
Is British democracy poised to become a more equal fight?
Will equal sized constituencies redraw the electoral battle map?
Who really got Brexit done?
British sovereignty has been restored – thanks to ERG obstinacy and Keir Starmer’s epic miscalculation
ERG ‘star chamber’ concludes that the Agreement restores British sovereignty
Boris Johnson’s deal has succeeded where Theresa May’s deal failed to convince the ERG’s spartans
Linked but not combined
In sentiment – if not in its detail – the deal echoes Churchill’s vision for Britain and Europe
Nicola’s song for Europe
Sturgeon spells out why Scotland’s path back to the EU would be hindered by an illegal referendum attempt
What deal would be acceptable to most Brexit-supporting MPs?
How far will regulatory divergence be permitted and how will disputes be settled?
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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
AI podcasts give me the creeps
The more we outsource to AI, the more forgettable our cultural output is going to be
Mass hysteria
Sancta, Flanders Opera, Antwerp
Food pairing is folly
A warning against trying to match wine to dish
The mirage of majesty
Royal charm cannot disguise Britain’s shrinking power in a transactional world
Game of Thrones star steals the show
Steal, Amazon Prime’s enthralling new six-part financial crime thriller
From Wigton to Wadham College
The Oxford Bragg describes is almost as much another world to us now as it was to him then
What on Earth is the point of the Lib Dems?
With neither power nor principles, the party is an absolute waste of space
Paris cinema
There are no songs or movies about Paris in the winter
Under the volcano
As Sicilians say, Mamma Etna gives more than she takes away
Why a wealth tax would fail
Wealth taxes have been tested in various countries and have been abandoned for very good reasons
Vapid slogans for the hard of thinking
Every modern university, it seems, needs a “mission statement”