Esther McVey
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How religion shapes football fandom
The meaning of football is intertwined with the meaning of faith
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
Can Russell T Davies write “terfs”?
In Tip Toe, Russell T Davies is more nuanced than one might expect — much to the dismay of gender ideologues
The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
The tears of Keir’s
It was an anticlimactic end to an unconvincing premiership
Life for petty theft?
IPP sentences are a shocking stain on the criminal justice system that the Prime Minister would do well to kill off
The trains have to run
Populists have had success in persuading people that they can govern — but can they actually govern?
Why 1776 matters to modern Britain
The American founding is a case study in peaceful regime change
The screaming spires
Oxford University must clarify where it stands on academic freedom
Signal failure
Ministers love announcing transformative mega-projects, but millions of commuters would settle for an internet connection that actually works
Supernatural delight
Religion cannot be reduced to dry abstractions
The name game
Nominative determinism is a rich seam to be mined in sport
It’s time to see Brexit through
The next government must finally drag Britain out of the European Union’s tractor beam
The sleep of reason
Sir Mark Rowley’s forgotten police thriller reveals the assumptions, anxieties and moral universe of Britain’s managerial elite.
The centre-left is out of ideas
The new journal Arguably barely makes an argument
London vs the rest of the country
The publishing industry should aim to be more provincial and less metropolitan