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
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?
A wealth of Irish architecture
Editorial errors do not spoil a fine work of Irish architectural history
Crocodile Keir
For all of Sunak’s shoddy timing, Starmer’s opportunism was pathetic
Staying in place
How history and heritage enrich our surroundings
Hero of the hour
Giles Watling asked the question that was on nobody’s lips, as he rushed to the Prime Minister’s rescue
No questions about the woman question, please
Activists are even being excluded from conversations about activism
The spectre of the past
The “Great English Ghost Story” offers a form of comfort and is rooted in the ache of nostalgia for a more elegant era
Less than an animal?
It is surely wrong that animal foetuses enjoy more protection under the law than human ones
Plagiarism: a racist weapon
It has been genuinely disturbing to see Claudine Gay ousted simply for being an empowered black woman
Water matters
British towns were built on rivers in more than one sense
Let there be love
Filmmakers have fallen out of love with romantic movies, but it’s time to bring back passion to the picture house
Why Britain needs more empty homes
The UK’s housing sector is straining at the seams; empty units and second houses are a sign of economic health
