Blue Cards
How to destroy football
“Blue cards” will only add to the confusion and subjective rulings we’re now seeing
No dog in this fight
A Labour government will bring fresh disasters to replace the old Tory ones, but the Critic will continue its policy of honest criticism
Twilight of the gods
The eclipse of the gilded 1980s generation can be seen as a welcome changing of the guard
Doing something can be worse than doing nothing
The Gaza pier and the failings of a “do something” foreign policy
From Balfour to Sunak
Remembering a previous prime ministerial humiliation
Rosemary Sutcliff
A writer of genius, capable of conveying the feelings and lives of those who lived in the distant past
The follies of the wets
There is nothing “moderate” about the Tory centrists
Our attitude towards MPs is inconsistent
We hate career politicians, but we want politicians to focus entirely on their career
Keir has much to fear
Keir Starmer should enjoy the election campaign because he may not enjoy the demands of power
Schrödinger’s sex binary
We have to resist the mass gaslighting of women and girls
Christians are still being persecuted in Egypt
We should stand in defence of a beleaguered minority