Farage fumbles
“Stop Farage” seems to be a more effective message than “Farage”
Come together
Some political truths on which we can all agree
Once more unto the speeches
There was a great deal of talking today, but how much of it meant anything?
Nice Tice
Can Richard Tice clean up Reform’s image? Or a park?
Kemi always gets it right
Whatever the crisis, the Conservative leader invariably discovers that events have vindicated her.
The ephemeral Farage
Nigel Farage’s appearance in Parliament was as rare as it was undistinguished
Saint Nicola
Nicola Sturgeon wants sympathy for her husband’s crimes—but after years spent avoiding awkward questions, her latest reinvention may be the hardest sell yet.
Peston’s Inbox
Farage: I’m not worried
Laughing to hide the tears
Beware: prime ministerial jokes ahead
Keeping the faith
Brexit triumphalists can’t understand how other people living in the UK in 2026 do not share their enthusiasm
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How Bridget Phillipson earned an F
Phillipson’s big ambitions were reduced to performative stunts
The migrant crime cover up
Why is Labour fighting to keep migrant crime statistics secret?
Who pays for Manchesterism?
Burnham spent nine years extracting money from Westminster, now he’ll be reaching directly into taxpayers’ pockets
The goading life
How the transgressive media of the 1990s influenced, and was eaten by, online culture
Amnesty irrational
Gender identity ideologues cannot get away with baseless smears any more
The great recoupling
Our politicians have a bizarre sense of costs and benefits when it comes to energy
Under the volcano
As Sicilians say, Mamma Etna gives more than she takes away
Lost in translation
Attempting to understand the lives and thought of our ancestors can teach us about ourselves
Burnham’s beginnings
Keir’s out and Andy’s in. But will anything meaningful change?
Operatic satire is a Shaw thing
The old Art has an armoury of skunk-like defence mechanisms to keep the unwashed at bay
Romance rethink
An optimistic rejoinder to common dating advice
When art took on fascism (and lost)
Abstract activist concerns have overshadowed aesthetic production
Signal failure
Ministers love announcing transformative mega-projects, but millions of commuters would settle for an internet connection that actually works
The decline of British food culture
The products of social media virality and high street homogenisation leave the ambitious diner as cold as a neglected jacket potato
The pro-nature case for regulatory reform
England’s environmental regime hasn’t delivered a restoration of nature — only decline, delay, and bureaucracy
Rendering the word of God in English
500 years ago, William Tyndale published his groundbreaking New Testament translation