Tom Miers
Money for nothing?
A universal basic income is not as costly as it sounds – and Scotland should be encouraged to try it
The rules of secession
The rules for calling and winning referenda should be set in law
Starmer and the blob
The Conservatives must focus on our constitutional order
No dog in this fight
A Labour government will bring fresh disasters to replace the old Tory ones, but the Critic will continue its policy of honest criticism
45 seconds to midnight
Say what you will of nuclear war but at least, unlike this election, it’s mercifully brief
In defence of emotional voting
We cannot expect voters to think in cold rational terms
The subsidy squeeze
Schemes such as HS2 cost billions of pounds while reducing UK productivity
For we are one and unfree
Australia doesn’t care about free speech, and it doesn’t want to
The Turner Prize’s identity crisis
The art establishment has revived competent drawing in spite of itself
The police should stop wasting time on tweets
How have we reached the point where expressing your opinion can consign you to a Kafkaesque nightmare?
Hurray for the Murrays
It is easy to forget how mediocre British tennis was before the Murrays