Sketch
Parliamentary sketches from our parliamentary sketch-writer
Full Budget Truther
Badenoch fails to checkmate
How comfortable is wafer thin?
… and how cunning is the Treasury?
Government in a nutshell?
The mystery of Keir Starmer’s vision is still a tough nut to crack
Gallows humour
The Budget was a terribly depressing farce
Auntie in the dock
Robbie Gibb is shocked to find bias at the Beeb
Prehistoric questions
Has anything changed since 4300 BC? Probably not
Quantum politics
It’s not inconsistency, it’s clever physics
Living rent-free
A spectre is haunting the Labour Party
Kemi’s open goal
Even Badenoch didn’t miss today
The Culture Secretary who wasn’t there
Lisa Nandy was trying to help the corporation as though she were an outside consultant
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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
Middle management in the Middle East
The war against Iran has emphasised the importance of deep leadership
The meaning of Zack Polanski
The icon of geriatric millennials is one of life’s drifters
Literature amid lies
Leonardo Sciascia sought justice in the face of cynicism
Fond portrait of an odd couple
Two irascible, elderly artists and two beautiful younger women in unusual relationships
Dancing with death
The rush to judge Liam Scarlett was cruel and unjust
Scotland’s cold and durable fire
John Swinney is proving that in politics what matters most is simply showing up
London is broken
Local politics can’t offer the renewal our nation’s capital desperately needs
I’m worried about Andy Burnham
If Burnham does to Britain what he has done to Manchester, we are in big trouble
The case against Project Spire
The Church of England should abandon this misleading and expensive exercise in virtue signalling
The right has a conspiracy problem
Conspiracies exist — but the temptation to use them as an all-purpose explanation is wrongheaded
Standing up for cultural freedom
We must follow the example of brave artists who oppose censorship