Andy Burnham
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
He won’t take the knee
Has Robert Peel been reincarnated as the Chief Constable for Manchester?
Should all England be a Greater Manchester?
Neither Starmer nor Johnson know if local lockdowns are any more effective than national lockdowns. But both have dug-in to their positions.
You’ll take it and like it
Madchester? Sadchester? No, Gladchester, thought Boris
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How religion shapes football fandom
The meaning of football is intertwined with the meaning of faith
Labour’s mercurial kingmaker
The eventful career of Josh Simons, the man who gave up his seat for Andy Burnham
In defence of Lara Bird
There is nothing weird or dishonest about having a dual existence
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
The hitch with the Hitch
How Christopher Hitchens brought me back to Christ
Good enough for politics
We should be more willing to declare some political problems solved
The miracle of the magical migrants
Is a man’s identity is fluid when he steps on British soil, but calcified on African soil?
Were we close to a revolution in 1926?
Nine Days in May / The Edge of Revolution
Leading us a not- so-merry dance
Virtually every moment of physical theatre has to include some sort of balletic lunge
Most of the world thinks differently to us
Universalism is based on irrational ideas about human nature
It’s high time we banned dogs
The tide is turning against these slobbering beasts
The right-wing case for social media
X and other platforms can be vital sources of unfashionable information and dissenting opinions
Will we miss Mahmood?
Shabana Mahmood has been a voice of sanity in the Labour Party
Publishing has an AI problem
From reviews to actual books, creativity is being outsourced to machines
Papal pressures
The Pope was well-received in Spain, but political tensions have been mounting
Metamorphoses at the Rijksmuseum
Metamorphoses at the
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam