Brexit
The laughometer at the leaders’ debate
The issue being dodged by both Johnson and Corbyn was trust. Principally, the lack of it
Starting blocks
On the most important nomination stage in living memory
The Hartlepool Declaration
How much impact will Farage’s retreat really have?
Party people
Corbyn knows the crowd-pleasers, but can he play to a wider audience?
The man who wasn’t there
James Kirkup reviews David Cameron’s memoirs
Darren against Remain’s Goliath
Abused as a criminal and fined £20,000 by the regulator, a hero of Brexit has been vindicated
Supreme maestro
Watching Lord Pannick QC addressing 11 justices of the Supreme Court is like watching one of the great maestros conducting a symphony orchestra
Holy baloney
Marcus Walker prays for episcopal consistency
The emptiness of hype
A cultural legacy depends on far more than passing enthusiasm
Grandmasters: a meeting of great minds
Napoleon and Goethe: Touchstone of Genius by Raymond Keene
The establishment prefers distractions to solutions
Politicians discuss irrelevances rather than confronting the obvious
“Problematic” art
This kind of adolescent tripe passes these days for thought
The lies of Sinn Fein
Sectarian smears against Unionists have been exposed as the falsehoods they always were. Will anyone bother to say sorry?
How big a problem is problem gambling?
Jolyon Maugham should not roll the dice on opposing GambleAware
Playing politics
Parliament was at its most preposterous today
Ironic fascism
Taboo-breaking counterculture paved the way for the return of the very fascism it claimed to subvert
With their pants down
The Conservatives are in a nightmare they cannot wake up from
Stop blaming Brexit for Britain’s economic ills
It is not only wrong — it distracts us from our real problems
Why Reform is rubbish
Its top-heavy structure and patchy talent mean it cannot seize a massive opportunity
