Conservative Party
Kemi Badenoch’s “ming vase” must be shattered
The Conservative candidate should not be allowed to escape scrutiny
The Conservatives must reject Human Quantitative Easing
It has been a disaster for the party and for the nation
(DTB) Don’t Trust Boris
The former prime minister is up to his old tricks
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
Boris the Innocent
The Johnsonian lexicon has yet to incorporate the word “responsibility”
What is behind the ECHR debate?
We should stop pretending that moral disagreements can be reduced to technical debates
The problem with petty scandals
They distract us from state failure and institutional decay
Rime of the ancient Tory mariner
The lesson of the Conservative conference? Keep your kids away from politics
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Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
Tame Impala fails to impress
unconquered by a
taste of Crusader food
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
How to fix the economy
A repentant ex-financial trader tells all
Out with the old?
Reform seems to be thriving, and Labour seems to be losing, but what can actually change?
Saved from the flames
We should feel fortunate indeed to have the Aeneid
Andy Burnham’s immigration double game
Andy Burnham might make sceptical noises about mass migration but they mean nothing in practice
Boriswave denialism
Britain’s ruling class has used dependence on cheap labour as an economic strategy, and cannot see any other option
Are Reform the new Greens?
As the Green Party loses interest in rural matters, Richard Negus considers the claim that British agriculture and the countryside have a new champion
How the Southport riots broke Starmer’s government
A combination of authoritarianism and hypocrisy proved fatal
A shameful Bill
Labour is spectacularly failing the British people on immigration
From triple lock to price caps
Opinium polling for The Critic reveals the totemic pension policy has entrenched a politics that demands control over growth
Will London fall?
If the Greens take London, what might happen to policing?
Eine kleine Berlinermusik
Berlin! Berlin! Berlin! (Bis); Love Maps (TXYart)
Cloaked Crusader
Richard I: valiant hero of Romance but also a perfidious, self-serving lord