A “no deal” Brexit is not an “Australian deal” Brexit
The Withdrawal Agreement seriously constrains a sovereign UK’s room for manoeuvre
Should all England be a Greater Manchester?
Neither Starmer nor Johnson know if local lockdowns are any more effective than national lockdowns. But both have dug-in to their positions.
No deal Brexit? What about the deal that is already signed?
The government’s commitment to the Withdrawal Agreement compromises a clean break Brexit
A circuit break to the consensus
Does Starmer attacking government policy make it harder or easier for Tory rebels?
A little respect
Hancock’s concessions represent a major victory for Graham Brady
If Brady is blocked – what next?
Conservative backbenchers are considering their options
J.K. — Saviour of the Union?
Articulate with cross-generational appeal: Graham Stewart wonders if this non-politician could take on the Scots Nats
Labour is braced to back Brady
Labour’s whips are ready to ally with Tory rebels
Where are we going with all this?
The Treasury now has to rely on epidemiological guesswork not economic forecasting
The elephant in the chamber
PMQs is failing to explore whether the government’s Covid strategy makes sense
Roger Scruton’s naive nationalism
Cultural nationalism is an ill-fitting model for the modern nation state
The kindest of ghosts
A new history of childhood reading is a treasure
Britain is at breaking point
The UK is experiencing existential challenges, but neither elitists nor populists offer a solution
Make high culture popular again
We need to face the music and embrace the highbrow
Knife-edge of the Western world
Vilnius is a serene western capital on a critical eastern frontier
Labour’s move to ban speech on abortion won’t stop outside clinics
All dissent on the subject is being problematised if not criminalised
Starmer’s tax will hurt children
It is not just a tax, it is cruel theft
The day of the DfIDs
The real problem with foreign aid
Don’t stop the music
How a legendary DJ was cancelled just for listening to women
The Tory beauty contest
The good, the bad, the ugly and the downright embarrassing
Why was I the only reporter?
On the sentencing of the Rotherham grooming gang
