Conservative MPs
Humble pie?
Ric Holden is painfully aware that he is only just Holden on to his seat
The case for Jenrick
He can reform the party and take on Labour
The case for Badenoch
She has a chance to capitalise on Starmer’s weakness
Kemi Badenoch’s “ming vase” must be shattered
The Conservative candidate should not be allowed to escape scrutiny
The self-destruction of the centrists
Chaos looms for the Conservative Party
Kemi Badenoch won’t save the Conservatives
Her radical credentials are based on pure PR
The fading fumes of the New Right
None of the Tory candidates offer the chance of an ideological makeover
What is behind the ECHR debate?
We should stop pretending that moral disagreements can be reduced to technical debates
Rime of the ancient Tory mariner
The lesson of the Conservative conference? Keep your kids away from politics
Sausage to fortune
Vague promises might haunt Starmer more than an embarrassing gaffe
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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
What is wrong now was wrong before
Julia Gillard should not pretend that the “unintended consequences” of the gender debate were unknowable
Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
Parade of defeats
Armenia is a democracy tearing itself apart over who gets to define the soul of a nation
The SNP is in a Peter Murrell muddle
The Peter Murrell case has exposed the rot at the heart of the SNP’s political culture
It is time to cut pensions
The economic burden on younger people is unsustainable
Our first Catholic prime minister?
Andy Burnham’s religious background has a subtle but deep historical significance
Critical briefing: Tisza
What you need to know about the new Hungarian establishment
What difference does he make?
Andy Burnham is not the answer to our woes because Burnhamism is not replicable
Tasty tunes
The Chocolate Soldier, Opera della Luna, Wilton’s Music Hall
Signal failure
Ministers love announcing transformative mega-projects, but millions of commuters would settle for an internet connection that actually works
Cloaked Crusader
Richard I: valiant hero of Romance but also a perfidious, self-serving lord
What is the CID for?
Zac Brettler’s short life and mysterious death
The centre-left is out of ideas
The new journal Arguably barely makes an argument