Greensill
Conflict of interest
Nigel Boardman’s inquiry into the Greensill Affair squanders the opportunity for real reform
The secret of Dave’s success
At Greensill, who could doubt that David Cameron had no idea what was going on?
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Amnesty irrational
Gender identity ideologues cannot get away with baseless smears any more
Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
Who pays for Manchesterism?
Burnham spent nine years extracting money from Westminster, now he’ll be reaching directly into taxpayers’ pockets
The case against recognising Somaliland
The Somaliland lobby is being dangerously naive about the realities of the region
The goading life
How the transgressive media of the 1990s influenced, and was eaten by, online culture
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
Department heads must roll
Apologies for gender dissidents are not enough — there must be consequences too
New model Auntie
David Elstein spells out the big decisions that Matt Brittin, the BBC’s new director-general, needs to make very quickly in order to save the Corporation
Calypso and carnage
A seismic Test series and a harbinger of a new force in Test cricket
Why people smuggling means profits
People smuggling is one of the few functioning markets left in the UK
Angst, Nazis and forgotten treasure
Transcription / You Are the Führer’s Unrequited Love / For the Love of Willie
Profile: Alec Douglas-Home
The quintessential Tory grandee who
was the last of his kind: a politician
motivated by service to his country
The rise and fall of Nicola Sturgeon
The former SNP leader squandered her talents in a classic tale of hubris
Sex, success and failure
Sarah Ditum talks with songwriter Neil Hannon of The Divine Comedy
A win for academic freedom
The university free speech complaints scheme is (finally) going ahead
Patchett is as good as she needs to be
Whistler by Ann Patchett; The Smiths: A Novella by Michael
Bracewell; Schoolgirl by Osamu Dazai