Denby pottery
Breaking the mould
The closure of the Denby pottery factor is an example of short-term political thinking
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Labour’s mercurial kingmaker
The eventful career of Josh Simons, the man who gave up his seat for Andy Burnham
In defence of Lara Bird
There is nothing weird or dishonest about having a dual existence
The hitch with the Hitch
How Christopher Hitchens brought me back to Christ
A shameful Bill
Labour is spectacularly failing the British people on immigration
The ties that bind
A revived society tie has raised thousands for hedgehogs — and reminds us what Britain has lost with the decline of the club tie
No bullshit government
Tom Jones grills the shadow minister for
policy renewal about the plans of a
future Tory administration
An anti-gambling bonanza
Don’t expect a lot of objective and thorough research from a new “gambling harms” organisation
Warm home, wrong decision
Ministers are once again choosing the most politically convenient response to rising energy costs, not the most effective one
The costs of independence
Northern Ireland offers sobering lessons on the consequences of devolutionary radicalism
So long, Socrates
Socrates turned relentless questioning into a way of life — and paid for it with his own
Jams, jellies and EU insanity
From toast to tungsten, the EU is an enemy of innovation
Sex wars, what are they good for?
On Norman Mailer, Germaine Greer and the virtues of intellectual combat
Farage fumbles
“Stop Farage” seems to be a more effective message than “Farage”
What has Labour learned?
Pinning the failures of the government on Keir Starmer alone will not work
The case for vapes
Arguments for prohibitionism disappear in a cloud of vapour
