Andy Burnham
Andy Burnham’s immigration double game
Andy Burnham might make sceptical noises about mass migration but they mean nothing in practice
There is nothing authentic about Andy Burnham
The blokeish Labour man is as slimy a politician as the rest of them
I’m worried about Andy Burnham
If Burnham does to Britain what he has done to Manchester, we are in big trouble
Manchesterism is dead in the water
Andy Burnham already appears to have abandoned hope for meaningful change
It’s what you Makerfield of it
Andy Burnham may yet stop Reform, but victory would raise almost as many questions for Labour as defeat.
Gorton and Denton: the view from the left
Labour have handed the Greens a victory that now threatens to unpick Keir Starmer’s leadership
Starmer’s Gorton gamble
As Labour purges its soft left, a by-election in Greater Manchester could hand the Greens their breakthrough.
Andy Burnham doesn’t understand economics
His plan to “re-industrialise” illustrates devastating economic illiteracy
The mistakes of Manchesterism
Andy Burnham is being unrealistic about growth
What Would Andy Do?
The Burnham wishlist turns out to perfectly match that of the median Labour member
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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
Reform’s man in Makerfield
An interview with Rob Kenyon about online controversies and national priorities
Discontent down under
Populism is now a significant part of Australian politics
British comedy: a post-mortem
British comedy has become safe, stale and contrived
Time for change?
A new book might overstate the durability of Trumpian politics
Food pairing is folly
A warning against trying to match wine to dish
Don’t kowtow to cry-bullies
Why Kezia Dugdale can’t apologise enough
The simple joy of giallo
Giallo films made for glorious Italian escapism
Critical briefing: Tisza
What you need to know about the new Hungarian establishment
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
Trump: the imprudent king
The President has so far achieved the opposite of what he promised
Jorge Luis Borges
A giant of Spanish letters who was forged by childhood exposure to his father’s vast English library