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Why personal insults fail
Getting personal might be mean, but it is also ineffective
Fabian fry-up
After last night’s disco, a very hungover conference is ready for a hearty plate of social democracy
Defending life and liberty
Abortion buffer zones hurt, rather than help women and babies
My “state of the nation” book
England’s Mean Unpleasant Land: How the Tories, Trump and TikTok Screwed Up Britain
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
The magic of the original stubbornly refused to rise from the dead and save the movie from mediocrity
Cardinal win
Conclave is a political drama and a closed-room mystery rolled into one
A nuclear nothing?
Is Russia’s new nuclear doctrine hot air, or an explosive new factor in world affairs?
Trump’s first gambit fails
The Republican candidate was not as effective on the debate stage as he anticipated
Keir’s comms catastrophe
Labour’s goal is clear but its messaging is anything but
Hot desking
We, the special advisers of the Labour Party, seek justice!
Disaster zone
It’s a big job says Keir Starmer, and it’s not our mess we’ll be clearing up
