“A” for effort
Sunak the swot earns grudging respect for his class presentation
Schrodinger’s deal
The Northern Ireland Protocol now exists in a state of quantum uncertainty
Weighing their options
In which Rishi tries to look dynamic
Taking flight
Why planes make such a great setting for films
I’ve got a brand new combine harvester
City lawyer turns rural heartthrob as Keir Starmer woos the farmers
Panto in parliament
Michael Gove takes us on a regional tour
Sturgeon walks into the sunset
The overwhelming figure of Scottish politics is human after all
Kettering meets Kiev
A people under threat, and their brave war-time leader — yes, that’s right, its Philip Hollobone
Bananas republic
Helping the dear leader pay the bills was all part of the service in the Glorious People’s Republic of Boris
Your part in my downfall
Hutton reflects on his unsuccessful stint as editor-in-chief of the Critic, and has determined the readers are to blame
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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 trans war on reality
Trans activists loudly trumpet a false mythology
of victimhood. In fact, trans people are more
likely to kill than be killed,
We’ve had enough agitslop
British TV drama has become an embarrassing display of liberal neuroses
Against the scolding mob
MPs have helped to create the puritanism that is now coming for their drinks
Discontent down under
Populism is now a significant part of Australian politics
Unreadable red bile
This anti-capitalist screed is profoundly and irredeemably fatuous
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Arvo Pärt: 4 symphonies (Chandos)
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A rare interview proved a delight
Eavesdropping on two intelligent people sharing a civilised conversation about interesting things
Cry sod Harry, England and St George
Why aren’t people proud to be English?
An anti-gambling bonanza
Don’t expect a lot of objective and thorough research from a new “gambling harms” organisation
The centre-left is out of ideas
The new journal Arguably barely makes an argument