Election
Is charging VAT on private schools a vote loser?
Whether a policy is wise and whether it is unpopular are different questions
Do journalists know what matters?
Something can affect ordinary people even if the media thinks it shouldn’t
Ireland’s political stagnation
Ireland is stuck in political stalemate, with few viable alternatives on offer
Against conservative clichés
What conservatives talk about when they talk about conservatism
Keir Starmer is not the voice of reason
His position in the gender wars is disingenuous
The Tories should aim to lose in 2024
Retreat to victory!
The contradictions of Keir
Why is the Labour leader’s record such a muddle
Get ready for opposition
The bright side of a Tory loss
An attack puppy
Are the Tories losing their bite?
We deep dive at dawn
NEW: The Critic Sunday read — what biscuits were eaten at Chequers on Thursday
The scourge of EDI
It is patronising, divisive and anti-meritocratic
A bad man writes a worse book
Alastair Campbell’s new book is beneath the level of the bargain bin
The ghosts of Tory past
The Conservatives are haunted by the spirits of the last two decades
Harriet Pester: Bookworld PR
Alas, not everything is plain sailing in the world of book-trade PR
The follies of human quantitative easing
British politicians have made a fatal commitment to human quantitative easing
Loony tunes
Opera begs leave to celebrate lunacy in a different way
Sue her
A mad week of misgendering, arson, and Wetherspoons coming out
Existential questions
The Conservative Party has to come up with some compelling answers if it is to survive
Brexit: a portrait of political paralysis
There was an exit door, but one which May, the Remainer, was never willing to take
Is Beer the solution to all of life’s problems?
The Unaccountability Machine: Why Big Systems Make Terrible Decisions — And How The World Lost its Mind. By Dan Davies
Playing the ball
The Kookaburra experiment seems a confused diversion, not a ticket to high intensity
