British Politics
Farage the fumbler
Nigel Farage is not built for the highest positions of responsibility
Populism in its purest form
Nigel Farage is rallying his voters to defend his right not to be asked inconvenient questions about his money
Why there will probably be no early election
It would be all but impossible to build an attractive but realistic manifesto
Why must everything move to Manchester?
Northern England is being framed in patronising reductionist terms
Running down the clock
Does Keir Starmer have any plans for his final weeks in Downing Street?
In defence of division
We cannot allow oikophobes and iconoclasts to define what it means for us to be united
Will Andy crash and Burnham?
The Manchester man is going to face the same constraints as Keir Starmer
Our first Catholic prime minister?
Andy Burnham’s religious background has a subtle but deep historical significance
Against Northernism
“Northernism” is a superficial form of cultural branding, not a serious political project
Hurty words
Robust debate is to be celebrated, not condemned
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Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
Tame Impala fails to impress
unconquered by a
taste of Crusader food
Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
How to fix the economy
A repentant ex-financial trader tells all
Venice Biennale 2026
Collected detritus of Biennales past, left available for recycling when there’s space to fill
Saint Nicola
Nicola Sturgeon wants sympathy for her husband’s crimes—but after years spent avoiding awkward questions, her latest reinvention may be the hardest sell yet.
Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
In defence of Lara Bird
There is nothing weird or dishonest about having a dual existence
The Islamists’ young recruits
Islamist networks are increasingly targeting children, and the British state refuses to acknowledge the problem
These green and printed lands
How William Caxton developed Englishness, and how his Englishness is breaking down
The EU’s immigration asymmetry
Ten years on, the EU still hasn’t learned Brexit’s hard lesson on migration
Sex wars, what are they good for?
On Norman Mailer, Germaine Greer and the virtues of intellectual combat
The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Will we miss Mahmood?
Shabana Mahmood has been a voice of sanity in the Labour Party
Taking the Sheen off
Shiny old lies remain the very bedrock of our trade