Bernard Jenkin
How do you solve a problem like the protocol?
The apotheosis of Johnsonism
The House mirror
Sir David Amess showed MPs what they should be
Let’s leave the Commonwealth
There is no point in being a member just to be browbeaten about our past
Izzy Hardcastle
Ornament of the book-world
The downfall of the podcast-industrial complex
How did some of our finest podcasters get the election so wrong?
Take a bow
This season’s must-have neckwear is a sartorial two-fingered salute to life
Religion is here to stay
A new spirit of confidence and fearlessness characterises those who continue to believe
Libyans, Parisians and London Irish
Dry-ish, spare, clear-eyed — rare in a world of literary bloat, sentiment and overstatement
Boris: the PM who could do no wrong
This must be in competition for the most inaccurate work of non-fiction since … well, since Johnson’s last book
Going off script
The only thing worse than Kemi Badenoch’s scripted questions are her unscripted questions
Why does the establishment want to harm farms?
The Government expects farmers to act as environmental agents of the state
The Democratic Party deserves Donald Trump
Its arrogance and complacency have been exposed
Office politics
There’s the joker, the slacker, and the bloke who just got fired
