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Parliamentary sketches from our parliamentary sketch-writer
Francis Urquhart or Baldrick?
Robert Jenrick takes his shamelessness elsewhere
Artificial unintelligence
The government is still making a mess of describing its AI strategy
Politics on cheat mode
Westminster’s politics are switched to easy settings while Farage thrives on cheat mode
The Trump Game
British political leaders are sucked into playing by Trump’s rules
Stand-up Starmer
Neither the Prime Minister nor his opponents can carry off comedy
A bewildering development
Richard Tice asks us to mind our — and his — language
Only following procedure
The Prime Minister is in office. But what is he running?
Bring on the clowns
PMQs seemed remarkably appropriate for the pantomime season
Regrets? Has she had a few?
Did Badenoch just give up on Brexit?
He’s the voice, try and understand it
Make a noise and make it clear, oh, woah
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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
Emin: from the bed to the grave
Not so much a fresh start, as an opportunity to finally take her concerns in earnest
From an entitlement state to an investment state
How to achieve a pro-social and pro-market economy
The Mexican baby business
In UK courts, parental orders for children born overseas outnumber those born to surrogates here
Bypassing the parasites
Too often, lawyers add little to business transactions except delays and questionable costs
How the Boat Race sank
Yet another great British tradition is disappearing beneath the waters of history
The pro-nature case for regulatory reform
England’s environmental regime hasn’t delivered a restoration of nature — only decline, delay, and bureaucracy
Migrant hotels are not the real problem
The real problem with illegal immigration is at the border
Symphonies have life
John McCabe: 2 symphonies and cello concerto (Signum Classics)
Bring back borstals
Antisocial teenagers need structure and discipline before it is too late
Not exiles, but stayers
White South Africans are not abandoning their home
The UK’s messiest election ever?
Trying to predict the results of the next election is a mug’s game