Ed Miliband
Taxing the lights on
Miliband’s new levy undermines the very investment needed to bring energy prices down
Crisis? Watt crisis?
Renewable energy promises the gold at the end of a rainbow
Gas shock therapy
Ed Miliband must abandon his absurd and failing approach to energy
Why Ed Miliband can’t change course
He would have to abandon his self-appointed role as an agent of progress
What farmers want
What the next government can do to win back the trust of agriculture
Ed Miliband’s hot air
The government is misleading the public on energy and prices
Getting our lame ducks in a row
Government energy policy is fuelling the collapse of Britain’s dwindling manufacturing sector
Ed Miliband does not understand economics
Why employment figures aren’t the right metric for energy policy
Playing politics
The Critic’s crack team of writers take you through the latest video games, inspired by real events
Ed Miliband’s undimmed Green zealotry
Labour insiders are concerned by the energy secretary
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The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Stop ignoring the Islamisation of our democracy
The British state is bending to Islamism, not attempting to defeat it
Averting irrational egalitarianism
How to stop ideological anti-racism damaging our institutions and our country
Restoration romps
Purcell, The Musical, OSO Arts Centre, Barnes
Critical briefing: energy price shocks
The shocks from the Iran War are yet to be felt, but are sure to be powerful
The screaming spires
Oxford University must clarify where it stands on academic freedom
Countryside counter-attack
A ban on trail hunting reveals a government more interested in cultural punishment than rural survival
Emin: from the bed to the grave
Not so much a fresh start, as an opportunity to finally take her concerns in earnest
First-place Finnish
Shostakovich: Symphony 1; Moscow Cheryomushki (Philharmonia Records)
A second Northern Ireland?
How the SNP squandered a major opportunity for independence
Out with the old?
Reform seems to be thriving, and Labour seems to be losing, but what can actually change?
In defence of lunchtime drinks
Hannah Spencer is being a tedious puritan
It’s time to ban the Brotherhood
Britain can no longer afford to ignore the Muslim Brotherhood’s quiet but far-reaching influence