1983 General Election
Labour’s recovery will begin by returning to its roots
It’s organisation and closeness to community, not a magic policy solution, that will rejuvenate Labour
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Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
Tame Impala fails to impress
unconquered by a
taste of Crusader food
Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
How to fix the economy
A repentant ex-financial trader tells all
Our new five-party system
First-past-the-post no longer means
an electoral carve-up between the
Tories and Labour, allowing “fringe”
parties real political influence
Why we should explore space
Space exploration lifts the human spirit: rather than asking “Why?”, we should ask “Why not?”
Oldham, new problems
How changing demographics have reshaped culture and politics in Greater Manchester
Kemi always gets it right
Whatever the crisis, the Conservative leader invariably discovers that events have vindicated her.
Labour’s toxic medicine
The more they treat the symptoms of decline, the worse things get
The case for coal
We need more energy, quickly, and where else to get it from?
Keeping the faith
Brexit triumphalists can’t understand how other people living in the UK in 2026 do not share their enthusiasm
The hollow men
T. S. Eliot understood contemporary politicians better than they understand themselves
Two false dawns
Anger can furnish a movement with energy, but not with votes
The problem with price freezes
Freezing prices is not half as simple (or cheap) as politicians often think
Ant & Dec: heroically bland
Clear separation between private and public selves is faintly refreshing