Elections
Let Poland be Poland
Westerners are treating the country as a blank ideological canvas
Minority appeal
Can right-wing parties win with ethnic minorities?
An opposition unto itself
Ahead of the Spanish elections, the alliance opposing the leftist ruling coalition is falling apart
The case for voter ID
The system is too vulnerable to abuse
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The Book of JO’B
James O’Brien’s aggressive incuriosity is becoming ever more embattled as his worldview crumbles
The rise and fall of Nicola Sturgeon
The former SNP leader squandered her talents in a classic tale of hubris
Losing control of the narrative
The British establishment no longer sets the terms of public debate over migration
Fear and fury in Belfast
Violence spiralled out of control in Northern Ireland in the aftermath of a shocking crime
How the Southport riots broke Starmer’s government
A combination of authoritarianism and hypocrisy proved fatal
From triple lock to price caps
Opinium polling for The Critic reveals the totemic pension policy has entrenched a politics that demands control over growth
Rich portrait of a master poet
Auden, Peter Ackroyd
The chairwoman of the board
A story driven at a whip-crack pace, pulsing with manic energy and nail-biting
Bring back borstals
Antisocial teenagers need structure and discipline before it is too late
The EU is getting worse
Ursula von der Leyen’s left-wing managerial agenda is failing
An elusive eatery
Total failure, redeemed by souvlaki and chips at the kebab stand
The poetry of Easter
Reason cannot entirely account for the particular and the mysterious
Digging for gold
La fanciulla del West, Opera Holland Park
Grey expectations
Saving England’s native red squirrel will require harsh measures
Low energy
Rachel Reeves and Mel Stride are inconsistent while Reform are invisible
Labour’s battle of egos
There is little love left to lose between those plotting regicide in Downing Street