Hope Not Hate
Night of the ghost fascism
If a far right protest is rumoured but no one turns up, can it be counter-protested?
Stop pampering the left’s attack dog
Hope not Hate are not a reliable judge of what constitutes dangerous extremism
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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
Ant & Dec: heroically bland
Clear separation between private and public selves is faintly refreshing
Taxing the lights on
Miliband’s new levy undermines the very investment needed to bring energy prices down
Can we get removals right?
Deporting illegal migrants is a lot more difficult than promising to deport them
Wrestling with realignment
Labour will use the Irish Sea border as an excuse to realign with the EU’s rules
The EU is changing on immigration
A firmer stance is being taken — but will it be enough?
From triple lock to price caps
Opinium polling for The Critic reveals the totemic pension policy has entrenched a politics that demands control over growth
Stop ignoring the Islamisation of our democracy
The British state is bending to Islamism, not attempting to defeat it
Sex wars, what are they good for?
On Norman Mailer, Germaine Greer and the virtues of intellectual combat
Anyone could have predicted
Left-leaning commentators should not pretend to be surprised by the consequences of multiculturalism
QAnon for centrist dads
Peter Chappell’s What If Reform Wins is less a political forecast than a Westminster panic attack in novel form
Light my fire
A perfect spy requires a spark for his cigarette