The supercilious headmaster
And some improvement by the president of the Sixth Form Debating Society
A tale of two speeches
One sees the world as a negotiation, the other as a series of court cases
The Gospel of Donald
An exclusive look into the Bible according to Trump
This is how she scrolls
The Leader of the Opposition does PMQs by Twitter
Droning on
Bonus points if you can identify the shadow chancellor
Robot dreams
Keir Starmer is very excited about AI, but does he understand it?
The sketchwriter’s gift
Kemi has outsourced her research effort to Captain Ketamine
No more bloody inquiries
They tend to be a pointless waste of time and money
Happy New Keir!
Starmer slings some mud back across the pond
Keir-y-e-Liason
Rob tries to stay awake at the Liazzzzzzon committee
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The establishment is still living in an immigration fantasy land
It is influential left-wingers, not the broader public, who have deluded themselves on mass migration
American strategy in Iran is wiser than it seems
President Trump’s intervention will leave the world safer than it was
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.
On Britain as a capitalist command economy
It is neither neoliberal nor socialist but a secret third thing
Rewatching the English
English identity has become too surreal and discomfiting to define
The story of a lifetime
Whole life novels lay bare the randomness and haphazardness of life
Hyperventilating vexillology
Once councils flew the symbols of the realm; now they proclaim the enthusiasms of the age
The slow vibe shift
Escaping our “post-cultural state” will not happen overnight
Welsh Labour is doomed
New scandals will speed up its decline into irrelevance
The pro-nature case for regulatory reform
England’s environmental regime hasn’t delivered a restoration of nature — only decline, delay, and bureaucracy
Our oriental roots
Marian Boswall salutes the early plant
hunters who revolutionised gardening
Critical briefing: Tisza
What you need to know about the new Hungarian establishment
Were we close to a revolution in 1926?
Nine Days in May / The Edge of Revolution
Student Loans don’t add up
a fairer way out of a
disastrous policy mess
Scotland should reject assisted suicide
It is dangerous, and arrogant, and premised on irrational fears
Soft competition
There are participation prizes to everyone at the Venice Biennale