British Politics
Wrestling with realignment
Labour will use the Irish Sea border as an excuse to realign with the EU’s rules
Is Keir Starmer failing?
To fail at something, he would have to do something
Devolution has been a disaster
Wales, and the United Kingdom at large, are weaker for the devolution project
The original sin
It should not have been difficult to see that there were problems with appointing Peter Mandelson
The UK’s messiest election ever?
Trying to predict the results of the next election is a mug’s game
What the reparations debate says about Britain
Social and ideological shifts mean that we face an increasingly divided future
How to build a Europe of the peripheries
Resetting Britain’s relations with the EU should not mean being beholden to France and Germany
A magnificent navy on land
The state of the British Armed Forces triumphantly vindicates Parkinson’s Law
We must end the tyranny of the Treasury
Short-term and parochial thinking has made us weaker and less safe
Let’s scrap the Table Tax
The state should stop using our cafes, pubs, and restaurants as a cash cow
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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
Papal pressures
The Pope was well-received in Spain, but political tensions have been mounting
English football is not boring
Greater competition is being confused with dullness
A memo crying in the wilderness
Why does the Church of England now sound like an HR department?
In the trenches
Hannah Betts considers whether the
classic trench coat is the GOAT
The sleep of reason
Sir Mark Rowley’s forgotten police thriller reveals the assumptions, anxieties and moral universe of Britain’s managerial elite.
Beware the British ICE
Mass deportation of Muslims will not solve antisemitism, but feed feelings of alienation
In defence of lunchtime drinks
Hannah Spencer is being a tedious puritan
British comedy: a post-mortem
British comedy has become safe, stale and contrived
Why Brexit was right
Bad decisions have been made since we voted to leave but we were still right to leave
Badenoch in the bindweed
The Conservative Party leader might please no one by trying to please everyone
The meaning and meaninglessness of Makerfield
Andy Burnham has triumphed — but can he maintain his success?