Basil Bunting
“Dear Ezra … Yours Ever, B Bunting”
The voice of a poet whose chequered career reads like a cockeyed novel
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The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
How religion shapes football fandom
The meaning of football is intertwined with the meaning of faith
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
The UK’s messiest election ever?
Trying to predict the results of the next election is a mug’s game
Climate alarmism must not be unquestionable
We have succumbed to herd-like thinking over renewable energy
The principles of peers
Supporters of assisted suicide are being sore losers
Warm home, wrong decision
Ministers are once again choosing the most politically convenient response to rising energy costs, not the most effective one
Civilisation needs silence
On cooing babies and other noisy performances
The emperor’s new AI
A satirical X account is doing what the media class has failed to do, and report on the great AI delusion
Bypassing the parasites
Too often, lawyers add little to business transactions except delays and questionable costs
The costs of telling the truth too late
The girl guiding decision is causing pain — so why do activists seek to prolong it?
The Starmer strikes back
In a galaxy far, far from stable, Labour’s leadership chaos overshadows the King’s Speech
By the by-elections
Do not expect major surprises or lasting change as a result of the latest Scottish by-elections
Questionably loyal opposition
A “rainbow coalition” between Conservatives and the Greens raises questions about the state of the Tories