Election
We deep dive at dawn
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Why do the Tories love to promote their enemies?
They have failed to find and empower their own supporters
Why would anyone vote Tory?
The Conservatives have nothing to boast about
Girlhood is not a fetish
The Democrats cannot grow up
The road to somewheres
Can the Tories win back alienated voters?
Storms in South America
The Brazilian elections have divided the country like never before
Meloni is no fascist
Media hysteria distorts our understanding of European politics
How liberalism stole democracy
And how to get it back
Labour’s lost cause
Despite recent successes, the party is still leaving working class voters behind
Sinn Fein’s victory brings new urgency to Protocol crisis
Northern Ireland Protocol looms over Ulster politics as the Nationalists threaten to upend business as usual in Belfast
Living the good life
The rising middle classes were decisive in shaping the late 19th century English town
A beguiling star who loved melodrama
Taylor’s hunger for money, flashy gizmos and flashier gewgaws found its echo in Burton’s need to forsake the classics
The Democratic Party deserves Donald Trump
Its arrogance and complacency have been exposed
Going off script
The only thing worse than Kemi Badenoch’s scripted questions are her unscripted questions
The French far right are losers
Will Rassemblement National will ever be the ruling party?
Bernard-Henri Lévy
France’s celebrity philosopher, war reporter and professional pessimist
Religion without mercy
Progressivism has all the zeal of Christianity, but none of its emphasis on forgiveness
Light in the darkness
In conversation with Nigel Biggar about his career and the work of the Pharos Foundation
William Warham
A champion of the English Church unfairly eclipsed by his great rivals Wolsey, Cranmer and Cromwell
Chill message of Booker shortlist
The contempt of publishers for middle-class life and values is diminishing the novel
The tragedy of Radio 3
The centenary “celebration” of the BBC Singers summed up everything that has gone wrong
