Robert Hutton
Robert Hutton is The Critic's parliamentary sketchwriter, and the author of Agent Jack: The True Story of MI5's Secret Nazi Hunter, Romps, Tots & Boffins, and, Would They Lie To You? He tweets at @RobDotHutton
Two men and a Boris
Three is the magic number. Or six. We don’t know what the magic number is
Unpacking the shoeboxes of history
Robert Hutton reviews House of Glass by Hadley Freeman and Inge’s War by Svenja O’Donnell
School’s out forever
British universities are in an unsustainable state of overexpansion, and taxpayers can’t be expected to keep footing the bill
The slain in Spain, and Belfast again
This police drama tidies up loose ends just enough, but still leaves the viewers wanting more
Are we being watched?
Secretive Covid-era “spy” agency repurposed to monitor social media during riots
EDI corrodes the rule of law
Embedding EDI in the work of barristers makes for bad law, not a good society
Keep prisoners of war off social media
Social media platforms are incentivising war crimes
Amicus curAI?
The implementation of AI into the judicial process must be handled with care
Women have bad odds with Dodds
This appointment is an insult from Keir Starmer
Nigel Farage had a point on Ukraine
Putin is the aggressor, yes, but Western states still behaved irresponsibly
The British state is failing to protect women
Misogyny, rape and sectarian violence go increasingly unchallenged in the UK