Boris Johnson
Christmas shows us why lives are worth saving
Like the ancient world, we have an inability to explain or even value ourselves
Presser is not short for presents
Imagine an Advent calendar with nothing behind the numbers, forever
That’s it then
Cancel the kitchen scraps for Hanbury and Serco
Cancel this
I keep my distance, but you still catch my eye
All the news fit to post, two weeks early
It’s Christmas come early for Critic readers
Starting pistol
Brexiteer anger is beginning to spill over into actions
A sequel too far
Brexit Academy: Assignment Miami Beach
Are Brexiteer MPs happy?
Somebody is being played for a fool and the ERG are starting to think it isn’t Brussels
All the news fit to post
Are Freedom of Information requests really being politically policed by the Cabinet Office?
The First Friend
How the taxpayer funds Nimco Ali
The Age of Coles
The former vicar is perfectly suited for the Starmer years
Don’t marry your cousin
And don’t knock culture wars — they can save lives
Bants means bans
Scarcely any football chants will be allowed under Labour’s new “equality” rules
Cardinal win
Conclave is a political drama and a closed-room mystery rolled into one
The dismal state of British defence
The UK’s defence strategy is a combination of hope and vibes
“Trope” is not a synonym of “lie”
You cannot dismiss an argument by calling it a trope
A rebel advance in Syria is nothing to cheer
You don’t have to sympathise with Assad to think that the alternative would be worse
Over the line
No one should discipline children for asking honest questions or telling the truth
Doublespeak about assisted suicide
The campaign for assisted suicide is distinctly Orwellian
An intelligent book on AI? Very nearly
The threat from AI comes from humans placing too much faith in complex but fallible systems
Ageing gracelessly?
A new book on care is filled with empirical insights but short on rhetorical power
