Blue Labour
How the “Burnham bind” will rewrite British politics
If Andy Burnham wins in Makerfield, Labour has a bigger opportunity than people think
In defence of Blue Labour
It might be old-fashioned and romantic but it has been ahead of the times
Blue Labour offers bad answers to the wrong questions
Its combination of stale economics and sinister moralism should be rejected
Labour’s blues
Leftish economics allied to moderate social conservatism offers a compelling route to power for Sir Keir Starmer
Legacy of failure
13 years of missed chances, bungled crises and miserable inaction
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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 Goodwin that failed
Pareto and the problem of elite circulation
Dignified design for the people
A book that asks all the right questions but hasn’t thought through all the answers
Tony Blair cannot escape politics
And our politics cannot escape from Tony Blair
How the war wasn’t won
The Supreme Court judgment on sex and the Equality Act is still being opposed and undermined
In defence of lunchtime drinks
Hannah Spencer is being a tedious puritan
Failing to face the facts
The Tories’ rosy view of their recent election drubbing reveals a reluctance to have the tough intellectual debate needed to secure the party’s future
Making the case for liberalism
Wooldridge’s polemic draws together the disparate traditions of liberal thought and action
Game of Thrones star steals the show
Steal, Amazon Prime’s enthralling new six-part financial crime thriller
Ant & Dec: heroically bland
Clear separation between private and public selves is faintly refreshing
The rise and fall of Nicola Sturgeon
The former SNP leader squandered her talents in a classic tale of hubris
Migration musings
A new book on immigration is welcome in its honestly and openness