Government
Why are our politicians afraid of politics?
The depoliticisation of policy should concern us all
Keir has much to fear
Keir Starmer should enjoy the election campaign because he may not enjoy the demands of power
The Tories are victims of themselves
It is futile to complain about the consequences of laws they have established or upheld
Were lockdowns ethical?
Questionable benefits were emphasised above obvious and dramatic harms
Gunfight at the Not-Really-OK Corral
It’s high noon for Sunak’s Conservatives as the bullets start to fly
Torypocalypse
Rishi Sunak has industriously succeeded in alienating everyone
Whitehall in the thick of it
The Civil Service’s utter determination not to do anything ministers ask of it makes the Government’s work tricky
The myth of Sunakos
What if you got everything you wanted and did not deserve?
A minister for men?
A pointless non-job for the boys
Not so smart casual
Modern politics and the decline of the suit
The stories of a cemetery
There is much to learn about human life in a graveyard
Fat lot of use
One cannot approve of so lazy a gimmick as a fat suit in reality-obsessed 2024
The National Trust should act its age
Our main heritage conservation charity wants to be down with the kids
The new Stalinism?
Far left tactics are shifting in a more centralised, disruptive direction
A labour of love
We are all historians of our own here and now
Rock as ritual
Just as Taylor has nailed the emotional lexicon of her people, Finn has nailed it for his
Bits and pieces
Can the digital age can demystify the art world?
Can Reform perform?
A Farage-less Reform campaign began with more of a splutter than a bang
Against literary celebriphilia
We need interesting authors, not “big names”
Labour could cause irreversible damage in government
Don’t give Keir Starmer a blank cheque to rewrite British society
Double Double
A man motivated by the pinnacle or nothing at all
