Blue-Collar Conservatism
A shot across the bows
The government nearly lost a Commons division this week – what were they thinking of?
Why Ukraine almost certainly cannot win
And why the war is likely to continue anyway
South Africa needs better policies, not just better vibes
Political change must lead to economic change as well
Hatred without end
A year on from October 7th, mutual dehumanisation and refusal of moral responsibility characterises our “debate” over the Gaza war
Party in the U.S.S.R.
Shortages, queues and giant slogan-laden banners were the order of the day as the party faithful gathered
Pilot, playboy, player
This portrait of a gifted and not particularly pleasant man adds another feather to the author’s hat
The death of modern Britishness?
Attempts to construct a dehistoricised national identity have failed
The new equality bar
Is the Bar Standards Council really fit to enforce a proposed raft of new equality rules?
Don’t Cry for Me, Diego Garcia
A small island is in trouble, foreigners are probably up to no good, and the Tories are yomping to the rescue
More than just noise
Berg, Schoenberg, Webern: Piano works (Warner)
Office politics
There’s the joker, the slacker, and the bloke who just got fired