Cliche
Lions led by donkeys
This tired cliché recently came to mind in a British hospital
Back in the big time
It is tempting to explain the turnaround in two words: “Unai” and “Emery”
Labour’s looming constitutional vandalism
A Labour landslide will complete the Blairite destruction of Britain’s unique constitution
Fat lot of use
One cannot approve of so lazy a gimmick as a fat suit in reality-obsessed 2024
Polls at the pics
Films offer windows into the British and American political processes
“Moral debt” is classic watermelon politics
Do left-wing economists believe that there is anything to which wealth redistribution is not the answer?
British broadcasting capitulation
Editorial standards have been thrown out, and anti-white discrimination embraced at the BBC
British politics is Gething worse and worse
Identity is being prioritised over competence and ambition
Losing the battle, losing the war
The most pernicious effect of aligning art with political activism is that the distinction between the two is lost
Eyes on the prizes — and the surprises
Every literary season has a book that comes from nowhere and seems to gallop ahead of the competition