Comedy
Hero of the hour
Giles Watling asked the question that was on nobody’s lips, as he rushed to the Prime Minister’s rescue
Torygeddon
The Conservatives face an extinction level election, but there’s still time for some prehistoric bloodletting
He’ll never let the old flag fall
Lee Anderson will never stand for insult, especially the insult of never being invited round for dinner
The truth is out there
Henry Staunton is dismissed as dangerously “erratic” by the powers that be, but he may just be telling the truth, no matter how weird
Rishi goes a-wooin’
The Prime Minister was an extremely nervous suitor trying to impress some very sceptical rural in-laws
How the internet killed The Simpsons
Nicholas Clairmont has avidly viewed more than 750 episodes of the comedy about the residents of Springfield — but won’t be watching any more
They like her when she’s angry
Kemi Badenoch is the Incredible Hulk of government ministers, roaring her way through the public realm, smashing opponents left and right
Frock right off
Dresses, dogs and dinner
Boremageddon
Ricky Gervais’s tiresome adolescent offencemongering sent me to sleep
The meaning of laughs
In praise of Douglas Adams, a comedy legend
Doublespeak about assisted suicide
The campaign for assisted suicide is distinctly Orwellian
The expensive problem with the minimum wage
Higher wages for some, perhaps, but joblessness for others
The case for Jenrick
He can reform the party and take on Labour
Land of fire and blood
The detours, if at times distracting, are worth the price of this historical journey
Rocking the Reichstag
Women across the world have been protesting against the bizarre new German self-ID laws
Don’t bite the hand that feeds the birds
The government’s flawed biodiversity analysis endangers successful state-funded schemes
A beguiling star who loved melodrama
Taylor’s hunger for money, flashy gizmos and flashier gewgaws found its echo in Burton’s need to forsake the classics
How long can Ireland’s gender equality hold?
A gender divide in voting is not as clear as in other countries — but that could change
Free speech is fascist
Words must be controlled to ensure that Starmer’s subjects behave themselves
A festival of losing
Will the Republic of Ireland ever face up to its problems?
We are missing the important point on procurement
Systemic dysfunction is far more important than individual failures
