Harold Wilson
Here we go again
The striking similarities between the tired, unoriginal politics of our age and those of the turbulent 1970s
Labour’s reluctant royalists
How Labour leaders from Wilson to Starmer fell for The Queen
This is Starmer’s chance
He could be the next Harold Wilson
One year of Sir Keir
How does Starmer compare to Thatcher, Blair and Cameron?
Budget 2021: What did we get?
Rishi goes back to tax and spend
How I discovered History
Remembering the Six Day War and history lessons from Dick Crossman
Fifty years on: the battle to elect Britain’s first black MP
Dr David Pitt’s experience is now largely forgotten. It shouldn’t be.
Do Prime Ministers lose their seats?
There is no special place in the British electoral system for party leaders
The odd world of Peter Oborne
How has a far-sighted conservative commentator fallen so far?
Am I prepared to help my mum die?
Euthanasia poses impossible questions about life and death
Why is the BBC so obsessed with drag?
Incessant coverage of drag shows and drag queens has become something of a running joke
Keir’s comms catastrophe
Labour’s goal is clear but its messaging is anything but
Must-Miss TV
Your regular Critic round-up of the hottest shows and films.
Still knocking on the door
For all the promises, subpostmasters are still waiting for compensation
In praise of Elon Musk
He deserves respect for his defence of free expression online
The meaning of depoliticisation
How the establishment made political questions unanswerable
Reaping a bitter harvest
Labour are struggling to justify their own policies
Minimum pricing, maximum annoyance
No one wins when the minimum price for alcohol rises
Is the culture war over?
Populist political victories do nothing to change the reality of progressive institutional dominance
