Too sleepy to secede?
The Tory answer to the SNP is the nationalism of the land of Nod
Clear them all out
Downing Street officials should be held to higher standards
Carry On Tories
Rishi Sunak could not escape Matt Hancock’s steamy grasp
Dead policy sketch
Reports of Channel 4’s privatisation have been greatly exaggerated
New Year’s Rishilutions
Can he turn things around? Probably not
A hellhole Noël
Stalag 17 followed by Frank Capra’s It’s a Wonderful Life is an ideal festive double-bill
Davros man
COMUNICATE! COMUNICATE! COMUNICATE!
Pure pantomime
Parliament is putting on quite a show this Christmas
Top of the polls
Starmer’s cult of impersonality is frustrating Labour Leninists everywhere
No room at the premier inn
Britain is fully booked this Christmas and won’t be accepting any more lodgers
A life of indulgence
Jacob Rees-Mogg has a major persona and a minor career
Opposing big government means opposing climate change
We need a market-led course to net zero
Could there be a Reform revolution?
Reform’s Welsh Conference brimmed with optimism — but can that be translated into success?
Reparate good times, come on!
The Critic’s Extremely Factual Guide to Slavery Reparations the UK Most Definitely Owes
Don’t idolise Roger Scruton
Our reverence for the late thinker must not limit our imaginations
Alive and flicking
A game invented by a man named Adolph might have been a hard sell to the British public, but it was an instant hit
You were warned
Badenoch’s election means bad news for the Tories
Over the line
No one should discipline children for asking honest questions or telling the truth
In defence of the stiff upper lip
Emotional reserve in public does not mean neglecting our interior lives, it means being serious about them
Plane English
On pyjamas and private jets
Farewell to Larry Siedentop
The great political philosopher, Oxford don, and sage defender of Western liberalism
