The Opposition Trap
The next Labour leader will start with the opposite of a blank sheet: an overstuffed, losing manifesto
The normalisation of Trump
Due to the Democrats’ efforts to foster division, Trump still has a fighting chance
The myth of Scotland’s Covid superiority
Scottish Government advisers are using misleading data to promote Scottish exceptionalism
Giving up control
How the rules on Northern Ireland could keep the whole UK locked in EU law
PMQs: Bullying Boris silences his own benches
Bluster and evasion come too easily to the prime minister
What is a conservative?
Brexit proved there is a huge audience for a culturally conservative party, but who will fill it?
A fistful of Gandhis
The condescending contrivances of diversified dosh
Misogyny is not a hate crime
Listing misogyny as a hate crime could have grave implications for freedom of speech
There’s always hope
Union hacks never die, they just go into corporate comms
What would Terry Pratchett have made of 2020?
Hard graft and moral clarity were central to the Discworld author’s success
Simon Richards hands on the Freedom Association torch
The future of freedom is increasingly in the universities