Sketch
Parliamentary sketches from our parliamentary sketch-writer
He’s not the messiah
The Reform faithful are buying what Nigel Farage is selling them — but should they?
Nigel and Angela
Both our heroes have been facing lots of questions
What a silly summer
Notes on people who really should have taken a holiday
That Kemi reshuffle in full
The new Conservative frontbench is almost as full of talent as the last
Tough on Starmer, tough on the causes of Starmer
Plus Nigel Farage’s lightbulb moment
Sour grapes Kemi
They should pay someone to regularly scream “14 years!” during brainstorming sessions at CCHQ
Red on Red
Ducking the big challenges, preferably into a large body of water
Death to the BBC!
BBC Parliament fails to pull a broadcast of anti-Reithian chants
Mumbling “no fire” in a blazing theatre
Keir Starmer’s impersonation of normalcy is less than convincing
Love, PEACE and PROSPERITY!
The sketch is now in effect. PLEASE DO NOT VIOLATE IT!
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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
What’s so illiberal about “illiberal democracy”?
Viktor Orbán has been a political pioneer in Europe
The Hollywood starlet and the immigration albatross
Free marketeers were too content to ignore the negative externalities of immigration
Vapid slogans for the hard of thinking
Every modern university, it seems, needs a “mission statement”
Literary freedom is in the gutter
The disappearance of a praiseful review for a “cancelled” writer is as disturbing as it is bizarre
Pretending obligatory is “voluntary”
There is no better way to destroy people’s independence and probity
A.E. Housman
The poet is less read than he once was but his deep love of England still resonates
Britain must maintain its cultural inheritance
We should not allow our masterpieces to disappear overseas
The costs of telling the truth too late
The girl guiding decision is causing pain — so why do activists seek to prolong it?
The testing of Giorgia Meloni
Italy’s first woman PM has proved a pragmatic conservative who has brought stability to her country
Where are Britain’s moral voices?
On decriminalising abortion up to birth, the Archbishop of Canterbury must talk the talk, not walk the walk
Self-inflicted misery
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