Ian Blackford
Scots on the rocks
A bad day for the SNP
Boris banks on his support
Whispers about Russian gold breach Westminster’s united front
All the news fit to post, two weeks early
It’s Christmas come early for Critic readers
Liar! Liar! House on fire?
Never mind whether PMQs matter – does Parliament currently matter?
Nicola Sturgeon knows where to look the Brexit gift-horse
Regulating Brexit Britain’s internal market provides the SNP with fresh causes for grievance
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The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Stop ignoring the Islamisation of our democracy
The British state is bending to Islamism, not attempting to defeat it
How to build a Europe of the peripheries
Resetting Britain’s relations with the EU should not mean being beholden to France and Germany
The problem with prohibiting political dishonesty
It will be used to stifle freedom and not just to curb mistruths
The costs of independence
Northern Ireland offers sobering lessons on the consequences of devolutionary radicalism
Entebbe and the Israeli way of war
Fifty years after Israel’s most audacious hostage rescue, its legacy still shapes how the country understands security, citizenship and war
The right-wing case for social media
X and other platforms can be vital sources of unfashionable information and dissenting opinions
The ends of Pan-Africanism
An exhibition devoted to Pan-Africanism avoids important political and aesthetic questions
The price is right
Stories about outrageously profligate eating have the appeal of scandal
Right-wing fight night
A debate over the future of right-wing politics in Britain offered little heat and less light
Britain will be worse without hereditary peers
The expulsion of the hereditaries is neither fair nor pragmatic
Gender self-ID was never the law
Barrister Akua Reindorf KC speaks about the controversial trans guidance the government is so loath to implement
What on Earth is the point of the Lib Dems?
With neither power nor principles, the party is an absolute waste of space