British Politics
Zack Polanski is a post-literate politician
The influencer politician cannot understand the substance of policy
The decline of investigative journalism
Democracy for Sale may have found the only MPs actually doing their jobs
Broken bonds
Can Britain’s social safety net be rewoven?
Politicians are football’s fair-weather friends
In general, they seem to love the game only when it is politically convenient
The rising threat of digital exclusion
Old and vulnerable people are at risk of dangerous marginalisation
Government in a nutshell?
The mystery of Keir Starmer’s vision is still a tough nut to crack
Rachel Reeves doesn’t understand basic economics
The Budget is based on ignorance as well as irresponsibility
The Budget was nakedly ideological
Does this dying government want to take the country with it?
Will religion divide the British right?
Using Christianity as a political prop does not help anyone
Scotland is approaching a political reckoning
Reform has become a serious force in Scottish politics — but do not count out the SNP
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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
Strange new world
A new art history hinges on a proleptic reading of Edwardian history
The disunited kingdom
The establishment must confront the disturbing realities of sectarian politics in the UK
Tedious transgression
The mainstreaming of porn is dangerous, hypocritical and very, very boring
So long, Socrates
Socrates turned relentless questioning into a way of life — and paid for it with his own
Populism in its purest form
Nigel Farage is rallying his voters to defend his right not to be asked inconvenient questions about his money
Pretending obligatory is “voluntary”
There is no better way to destroy people’s independence and probity
The case for vapes
Arguments for prohibitionism disappear in a cloud of vapour
The myth of banned books
If transgression is fun and easy, it is probably not transgressive
Killing with kindness
The MoD’s drive for a net zero military is an ideological folly that risks national security
Breaking the mould
The closure of the Denby pottery factor is an example of short-term political thinking
Sing for victory
The days when recording a novelty single was a pre-tour duty are long gone