A life of indulgence
Jacob Rees-Mogg has a major persona and a minor career
Killing time
Parliament is making the world a better place, one death at a time
Peston’s inbox
Kemi wants a correction, and Keir could appear on celebrity TV
Going off script
The only thing worse than Kemi Badenoch’s scripted questions are her unscripted questions
Rewiring the state
Kemi Badenoch has a plan, though what it involves is anyone’s guess
A broken Reed
Who did Steve Reed MP annoy to be sent to face the outrage of the farmers?
Kemi’s men of mystery
The second tier Conservatives had a chance to shine
Reaping a bitter harvest
Labour are struggling to justify their own policies
Must-Miss TV
Your regular Critic round-up of the hottest shows and films.
Kemi Badenoch’s bad spell
Badenoch keeps bowling lop hops to Keir Starmer
Italy is right to extend its ban on surrogacy
It is good for women and it is good for children
The Age of Coles
The former vicar is perfectly suited for the Starmer years
Sectarianism contra socialism
How did “left-wing” MPs end up voting for the VAT exemption for private schools?
Death by a thousand cuts
The near-invisibility of the Proms on BBC TV is a symptom of the collapse of public service broadcasting in Britain
“Scottish visas” would double down on two failed ideas
The plan offers the worst of devolution and mass migration in one policy
Out of power for half a century
As the Conservatives face the prospect of a long spell in opposition, they must heed the lessons of their predecessors
Writing lives
The life story of the biography, from Victorian glorification to Bloomsbury boldness to contemporary obliquity
Violence is a feature of porn, not a bug
Aggression towards women permeates the most popular pornography
The death of an Anglo-Hungarian Painting
Nine months after a savage act of vandalism at Trinity College Cambridge, anger is growing at its lacklustre response
Are we being misled on Georgia?
Claims of electoral fraud are serious — but they have not been substantiated
St. Vincent
The acclaim is excessive but the talent undeniable
