Starmer’s countdown begins
With authority drained, discipline gone and rivals circling, the Prime Minister’s survival is now a matter of timing
Britain has to ditch distributional analysis
Growth is being suffocated by egalitarian neuroses
Why shouldn’t we discriminate against people’s beliefs?
It is not the same as discriminating on the basis of race or sex
Supine Sunak is a flop
How can anyone have faith in British politicians?
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On ebbing power of the political influencer
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Can Russell T Davies write “terfs”?
In Tip Toe, Russell T Davies is more nuanced than one might expect — much to the dismay of gender ideologues
Nowhere left to go
Labour is running out of cash, authority and time.
Embers to tend
The brilliance of Sappho has been obscured by rumour and neglect
Farage fumbles
“Stop Farage” seems to be a more effective message than “Farage”
Reset as usual
Labour’s problem is not messaging, presentation or leadership — it is that the party lacks the appetite for the reforms Britain demands
Scotland’s biggest legal scandal
Hundreds of men could have being denied their right to a fair trial because of a justice system that rules important character evidence inadmissible
The global migration compact trap
The UN migration compact may be non-binding, but its political effects are very real
Grey expectations
Saving England’s native red squirrel will require harsh measures
Bach in black
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A second Northern Ireland?
How the SNP squandered a major opportunity for independence
The enduring fascination of Richard Nixon
Why America’s most contradictory president still exerts a strange grip on the political imagination.
The NHS is no longer above question
People are finally, if grudgingly, waking up to its flaws