British Politics
W.S. Gilbert
A wildly funny and slyly subversive comic genius who deftly skewered the mores of Victorian England
Why Labour has the best history books
Labour continues to blunder down that long blind Blairite alleyway, unable to turn back or find an exit
Politics with the depth of a puddle
A month of politically-minded podcasts has reached its exhausting apogee
Lutfur Rahman and the future of localism
A new and dangerous kind of local politics is emerging in Britain
Return of the referendum?
More direct democracy could be Europe’s only means of restoring political legitimacy
Why Reform is rubbish
Its top-heavy structure and patchy talent mean it cannot seize a massive opportunity
How did Conservative modernisation go?
David Cameron’s “A-List” has turned out to be second-rate
Why Britain needs Popular Conservatism
The Conservative Party has not fulfilled the promise of Brexit or overcome the legacy of Blair
Britain needs eccentric thought
Lewis Goodall is wrong about the “radicalisation” of the Tory right
Giants and pygmies
Some stop-gap leaders of the opposition were never intended to be potential prime ministers
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The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Can Russell T Davies write “terfs”?
In Tip Toe, Russell T Davies is more nuanced than one might expect — much to the dismay of gender ideologues
Prosthetic, pathetic, human
Angela de la Cruz’s playful and ghastly art touches a raw nerve
How the Civil Service was the ruin of Keir Starmer
A weak and indecisive prime minister delegated too much to Whitehall
Manic and messianic
The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui, Royal Shakespeare Company
Reclaiming Christian nationhood
Linking the Christian faith to our national identity is not radical (or American)
Day of judgement
The judges were determined to maintain the honour of France; it almost worked
Offence archaeology and the future of elections
We have to ignore the cheap and disingenuous politics of offence archaeology
Devolution has been a disaster
Wales, and the United Kingdom at large, are weaker for the devolution project
The centre-left is out of ideas
The new journal Arguably barely makes an argument
How procedure is enabling petty criminals
We should support workers who confront criminals
The last ponies on the moor
Dartmoor Ponies are facing an extinction event, thanks to a government Quango
Soft-Play Britain
Britain’s governing class talks of growth and grandeur but focuses on planters and paint schemes