David Baddiel
Baddiel shoots, he doesn’t score
People who don’t much care for England are unlikely to understand English football
Why is anti-semitism the last acceptable form of bigotry?
Just like Covid-19, this new, virulent strain of anti-Semitism will prove hard to dispel, and no vaccine will be available to act as a panacea
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How religion shapes football fandom
The meaning of football is intertwined with the meaning of faith
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
Can Russell T Davies write “terfs”?
In Tip Toe, Russell T Davies is more nuanced than one might expect — much to the dismay of gender ideologues
Labour’s mercurial kingmaker
The eventful career of Josh Simons, the man who gave up his seat for Andy Burnham
The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Campaigners should let assisted suicide go
There is no principled case for using the Parliament Acts to squeeze through assisted suicide
On Britain as a capitalist command economy
It is neither neoliberal nor socialist but a secret third thing
Ban their benefits and deport them
Our interview with Zia Yusuf
Empire State Madrid
Can a stagnant Spain rediscover the future? Hope lies with its capital
Unreadable red bile
This anti-capitalist screed is profoundly and irredeemably fatuous
The costs of independence
Northern Ireland offers sobering lessons on the consequences of devolutionary radicalism
The decision-dodgers
The puberty blocker trial shows that outsourcing policy choices to experts isn’t working
Spaceships, ghost ships and sheep
The secret sauce of Project Hail Mary: it’s a laugh
The emperor’s new AI
A satirical X account is doing what the media class has failed to do, and report on the great AI delusion
Fair vs free elections
The grey zone between interference and counter-interference is becoming Europe’s new political frontier
How the “Burnham bind” will rewrite British politics
If Andy Burnham wins in Makerfield, Labour has a bigger opportunity than people think