Sketch
Parliamentary sketches from our parliamentary sketch-writer
Playtime’s over
It was an austere Spring Statement for an austere government
Plane stupid
How the Heathrow fire, like everything else, proved that Richard Tice’s politics are correct
A load of balls
Chris Philp’s colourful body language summed up the feelings of MPs on both sides of Parliament
Not faring very well
Liz Kendall found few sympathetic ears on welfare reform
Yawning gap
Lots was missing from this press conference: expectation management, questions from the press and — wasn’t there another MP?
I’m gonna need you to resize the state
Does Keir Starmer have big plans for British institutions?
Kronsteen vs Blofeld
Blofeld has got messianic qualities. But I intended that as a compliment
All behind you, Volodymyr
Though we don’t have any guns, or butter, or money
The Apprentice
What’s Europe ever done for America?
Trump’s poodle
Nigel Farage is talking about Ukraine but talking to Washington
Most Read
The Book of JO’B
James O’Brien’s aggressive incuriosity is becoming ever more embattled as his worldview crumbles
The rise and fall of Nicola Sturgeon
The former SNP leader squandered her talents in a classic tale of hubris
Fear and fury in Belfast
Violence spiralled out of control in Northern Ireland in the aftermath of a shocking crime
The screaming spires
Oxford University must clarify where it stands on academic freedom
Nigel Farage, community leader
The logic of multiculturalism is turning on its architects
There is nothing authentic about Andy Burnham
The blokeish Labour man is as slimy a politician as the rest of them
Tolerating the intolerant — and the intolerable
The right’s refusal to confront political Islam has helped entrench it in Britain
Art: my part in its downfall
Pierre d’Alancaisez was part of the
contemporary art world’s inner circle until
he saw the error of his ways
The simple joy of giallo
Giallo films made for glorious Italian escapism
Among the true believers
Belgium’s cycling culture is unique, and increasingly under threat
Andy Burnham’s immigration double game
Andy Burnham might make sceptical noises about mass migration but they mean nothing in practice
The promises of politicians
We are surrounded by lies, euphemisms and deceit
Ban their benefits and deport them
Our interview with Zia Yusuf
A profound Tory
Simon Heffer’s biography of Enoch Powell very much deserves revisiting
Save our green and pleasant land
It’s time to stop ruining Britain’s countryside with drab, identikit houses and instead build real places with focus, heart and purpose
Against the censorious right
Miriam Cates is wrong about free speech and anonymity