The BBC now knows what a woman is
The state broadcaster has made an important transition
Can Kemi really be proud of her trans record?
That small c conservatism is really hard to spot
The Times’ fake diaries
The newspaper of record only got the Prime Minister wrong
Suella all along
You can achieve anything if you don’t take the credit
Why was a foreign rapist in Britain?
The sad background to a horrific case
Kemi Badenoch has a problem with the truth
From wokeness, to housing, to immigration her words don’t match the facts
Questioning “Kemi’s” comments
What Steerpike did not say
Fun in the sun
Summer finally appeared for the most civilised drinks event of the season
Selected for greatness
Some men are born to greatness, others are parachuted into Tory safe seats
What the BBC does not say about femicide in London
Racial disparities are evident among perpetrators as well as victims
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Tame Impala fails to impress
unconquered by a
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Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
What is wrong now was wrong before
Julia Gillard should not pretend that the “unintended consequences” of the gender debate were unknowable
Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
The EU must change course on energy
European industry is finally standing up to irrational EU climate policies
Peston’s Inbox
Farage: I’m not worried
A magnificent navy on land
The state of the British Armed Forces triumphantly vindicates Parkinson’s Law
In defence of the Freedom of Information Act
We should not let our access to information held by public authorities be diminished
Fond portrait of an odd couple
Two irascible, elderly artists and two beautiful younger women in unusual relationships
Questionably loyal opposition
A “rainbow coalition” between Conservatives and the Greens raises questions about the state of the Tories
When all you have is a Hermer
Why Lord Hermer is a strange fit as Attorney General
Operatic satire is a Shaw thing
The old Art has an armoury of skunk-like defence mechanisms to keep the unwashed at bay
It is time to cut pensions
The economic burden on younger people is unsustainable
Symphonies have life
John McCabe: 2 symphonies and cello concerto (Signum Classics)
Eulogy for rural life
A growing sense of gloom pervades Starmer’s Britain