Andy Burnham
The problem with price freezes
Freezing prices is not half as simple (or cheap) as politicians often think
How the “Burnham bind” will rewrite British politics
If Andy Burnham wins in Makerfield, Labour has a bigger opportunity than people think
The old age elephant in the room
Does Andy Burnham seriously think that he can fix social care?
Westminster is not Manchester
Andy Burnham would find being the PM a lot more difficult than being a mayor
Whip smart
Threatening the whipping system would be alarmingly stupid
Labour’s battle of egos
There is little love left to lose between those plotting regicide in Downing Street
Peston’s Inbox
Farage: I’m not worried
Tony Blair cannot escape politics
And our politics cannot escape from Tony Blair
Reform’s man in Makerfield
An interview with Rob Kenyon about online controversies and national priorities
A mean mood in Makerfield
Reform have enthusiasm, but quiet Labour voters could still swing it for Burnham
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The lonely death of Henry Nowak
We must draw lessons from a horrendous and disgraceful case
A failed war on fags
The black market has taken over the tobacco trade Down Under
Thank God for Brexit
The EU is a bureaucratic monster and Britain is better off out
I don’t trust the British state
British institutions simply are not functioning in the interests of the people they are meant to serve
American strategy in Iran is wiser than it seems
President Trump’s intervention will leave the world safer than it was
From Wigton to Wadham College
The Oxford Bragg describes is almost as much another world to us now as it was to him then
A below-par Riley is still better than most
The Palm House by
Gwendoline Riley; My Death by Lisa
Tuttle; Still Talking by Lore Segal
“Treatment” does not make child predators safe
People who abuse children must be kept away from children
The third man
Bridget Phillipson’s “Code of Practice” has clarified nothing on sex and gender
Wunderbar wines
The love affair between British and German wine is an ancient one
The underworld on the high street
Beneath the façade of everyday commerce, organised crime has quietly captured British high streets
Britain’s AI gamble reeks of desperation
The government is betting it all on AI — it could lose our trousers
Literature amid lies
Leonardo Sciascia sought justice in the face of cynicism
A second Northern Ireland?
How the SNP squandered a major opportunity for independence
Why a wealth tax would fail
Wealth taxes have been tested in various countries and have been abandoned for very good reasons
Why do we still have social housing?
A decade working in Social Housing taught me that the sector’s perverse incentives guarantee the perpetuation of the very poverty it exists to eradicate