Picking at old wounds
The campaign to rejoin the EU has been revived
Labour’s battle of egos
There is little love left to lose between those plotting regicide in Downing Street
Where is Britain’s vision?
Modern Britain has acquired a lack of national purpose, except for policies that are self-harming
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On a wind and a prayer
Beggaring ourselves will not cool the rest of the planet’s weather
All sound and fury
No politician has the endurance, let alone conviction, to upend the Whitehall orthodoxy
Are the Tories broken?
Why vote Conservative?
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A gross dereliction of duty
The British Army’s ammunition stockpile would only last a week of war
Money is free speech
Coined freedom seems an eminently good way of describing currency
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Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
Tame Impala fails to impress
unconquered by a
taste of Crusader food
How to fix the economy
A repentant ex-financial trader tells all
Night of the big bins
How Count Binface changed the face of Britain forever
Don’t bet against the SNP
The complete ineptitude of their rivals has kept them at the top of Scottish politics
How the Civil Service was the ruin of Keir Starmer
A weak and indecisive prime minister delegated too much to Whitehall
The chairwoman of the board
A story driven at a whip-crack pace, pulsing with manic energy and nail-biting
RIP New Labour?
Keir Starmer’s failure should mark a decisive break with a failed consensus
Soft competition
There are participation prizes to everyone at the Venice Biennale
Escape to the country
Some tractor-acceptance meditation might help with moving day
Critical briefing: Unite the Kingdom
What you need to know about the Unite the Kingdom march on May 16
The book awards are a joke
The panel of non-literary judges shows just how frivolous the Nibbies are
Israel does not run U.S. foreign policy
There is nothing wrong with questioning foreign influence — but that influence has been overstated
Strange new world
A new art history hinges on a proleptic reading of Edwardian history
The hollow men
T. S. Eliot understood contemporary politicians better than they understand themselves