British Politics
How the “Burnham bind” will rewrite British politics
If Andy Burnham wins in Makerfield, Labour has a bigger opportunity than people think
The lonely death of Henry Nowak
We must draw lessons from a horrendous and disgraceful case
Westminster is not Manchester
Andy Burnham would find being the PM a lot more difficult than being a mayor
Whip smart
Threatening the whipping system would be alarmingly stupid
Tony Blair cannot escape politics
And our politics cannot escape from Tony Blair
Andy Burnham’s immigration double game
Andy Burnham might make sceptical noises about mass migration but they mean nothing in practice
Labour’s toxic medicine
The more they treat the symptoms of decline, the worse things get
There is nothing authentic about Andy Burnham
The blokeish Labour man is as slimy a politician as the rest of them
The meaning of Zack Polanski
The icon of geriatric millennials is one of life’s drifters
Manchesterism is dead in the water
Andy Burnham already appears to have abandoned hope for meaningful change
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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
QAnon for centrist dads
Peter Chappell’s What If Reform Wins is less a political forecast than a Westminster panic attack in novel form
Canis lupus labor
Europe is a wolf coming up the path to devour the Labour Party
Sport’s regime changes
Canadian snooker has gone the way of Hungarian table tennis
Joyous genre-bending
Milestones (Signum Classics)
The case for compromise with Cuba
The strategic case for negotiating with Havana
California dying
The world’s dream factory now produces scenes from a dystopia
The hitch with the Hitch
How Christopher Hitchens brought me back to Christ
Ban their benefits and deport them
Our interview with Zia Yusuf
The errata of history
Misprints are just one in a catalogue of literary disorders
How to build a Europe of the peripheries
Resetting Britain’s relations with the EU should not mean being beholden to France and Germany
Campaigners should let assisted suicide go
There is no principled case for using the Parliament Acts to squeeze through assisted suicide