Electoral Commission
Who regulates the regulators?
Now in power, Vote Leave politicians have forgotten about the Electoral Commission
Who regulates the regulators?
No case has been made for giving the Electoral Commission more power
A body fit only for the bin
The Electoral Commission has repeatedly wilted in the face of hysterical conspiracy theories
Remain’s Media-Blob complex
How the Electoral Commission and the media nearly de-railed Brexit
The poverty of miners’ strike nostalgia
We should not romanticise a futile and sometimes thuggish struggle
Nicola Sturgeon and the WhatsApp Group of Secrets
Stern but lovable Scot, Professor Sturgeon, would tell us the whole truth…wouldn’t she?
Three novelists pushing the bloat out
Some novels still dare to leave the reader’s hand unheld — without universal success
British defence must be renewed
War may not be imminent but Britain must still be secure
It’s the only one for me, nicotine
Once again, public health fanaticism is being prioritised over simple pleasures
How dark can humour be?
Laughter — even laughter about morbid things — is part of what makes us human
Politics with the depth of a puddle
A month of politically-minded podcasts has reached its exhausting apogee
Essential all-embracing warmth
Gidon Kremer: Songs of Fate (ECM)
The age of the news influencer
TikTok reveals a broader existential crisis facing the media and our consumption of the news
How bad is the news on booze?
And how bad are the ideas for curbing consumption?
Britain needs eccentric thought
Lewis Goodall is wrong about the “radicalisation” of the Tory right
