Holyrood election
Winning by inches or losing by miles?
The Scottish Conservatives self-congratulation is delusional. They have not stopped the SNP.
How many Nationalist parties does it take to change a lightbulb?
Will Salmond’s Alba Party split or maximise the pro-independence vote in May?
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The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
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
Jolly boating weather
The Gondoliers, English Touring Opera, Hackney Empire
Why Brexit was right
Bad decisions have been made since we voted to leave but we were still right to leave
Selling the commons
How Britain put a price on nature
Making the case for liberalism
Wooldridge’s polemic draws together the disparate traditions of liberal thought and action
An unpleasant man, and a genius
The most interesting people are not necessarily the most attractive
Westminster is not Manchester
Andy Burnham would find being the PM a lot more difficult than being a mayor
It’s high time we banned dogs
The tide is turning against these slobbering beasts
“You can’t preach here!”
A hostile attitude towards preaching threatens freedom of religion and freedom of speech
Are Reform the new Greens?
As the Green Party loses interest in rural matters, Richard Negus considers the claim that British agriculture and the countryside have a new champion
Hey, Starmer, leave those kids alone
Banning under-16s from social media is more prohibitionist stupidity
IPSO has to go
A regulator built to uphold standards has become a partisan censor — the right must walk away before it is too late