Charlie Falconer
The principles of peers
Supporters of assisted suicide are being sore losers
The real scrutiny of assisted dying is only just beginning
Its advocates cannot be allowed to act as if the Leadbeater Bill is a done deal
Assisted suicide is not more important than the law
Charlie Falconer shouldn’t be allowed to bully the House of Lords to its own assisted suicide
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Tame Impala fails to impress
unconquered by a
taste of Crusader food
Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
What is wrong now was wrong before
Julia Gillard should not pretend that the “unintended consequences” of the gender debate were unknowable
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
Kurdish delight
Witnessing ancient traditions that have endured through fraught and tumultuous histories
It’s what you Makerfield of it
Andy Burnham may yet stop Reform, but victory would raise almost as many questions for Labour as defeat.
Do machines laugh?
The experience of amusement defies a reductionist approach to the mind
One deuce of a decider
This is it, when you look into the abyss and the abyss looks back into you
Parade of defeats
Armenia is a democracy tearing itself apart over who gets to define the soul of a nation
Critical briefing: EU-Taliban talks
As European governments harden their approach to migration, Brussels has taken the extraordinary step of negotiating directly with Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers
Labour’s battle of egos
There is little love left to lose between those plotting regicide in Downing Street
The Falklands tragedy
British weakness is endangering the Falklands
Digging for gold
La fanciulla del West, Opera Holland Park
Killing with kindness
The MoD’s drive for a net zero military is an ideological folly that risks national security
A love-hate affair
Finger-lingering over hideous fluffy lilac footwear