Jeremy Corbyn
The anti-Corbyn plot that never was
John Ware looks at the hard facts behind Momentum’s claims of centrist betrayal
PMQs: Time to move on
Whatever Boris Johnson may claim, Starmer has emerged from Corbyn’s shadow
The stab-in-the-back myth
Nick Cohen on the dangerous lie the Corbynite left copied from the Nazis
Harry, Meghan (and Jeremy) want to be alone
LA may not be the place for true socialist privacy
PAYE makes the world go round
Jamie Blackett reviews Daylight Robbery by Dominic Frisby
Starmer for the Prosecution
At his first PMQs, Labour’s new leader offered a masterclass in constructive opposition
Corbyn – what was he good for?
He lost, but did Jeremy Corbyn succeed in moving Britain Leftwards?
The politics of the plague
Boris Johnson may already have waited fatally long
The “real” Labour Party
Since Blair doesn’t seem to count for many members, they have no positive model of Labour in power
The Opposition Trap
The next Labour leader will start with the opposite of a blank sheet: an overstuffed, losing manifesto
How not to investigate the origins of Covid
Wuhan: How the Covid-19 Outbreak in China Spiralled Out of Control by Dali L. Yang
How bad is the news on booze?
And how bad are the ideas for curbing consumption?
The fixtures that forged a nation
Even if you loathed sport, you could enjoy this book — which is why it can both delight and frustrate
In praise of the viola
Cantabile: Anthems for viola (Delphian)
War on Nazis in Oz and in the air
LeBor reviews Our Dad the Nazi Killer and Masters of the Air
The never-ending question
Jonathan Gullis may still be in the middle of his parliamentary question
Against stakeholderism
How ideas like “citizens’ assemblies” threaten democracy and effective policy-making
Realism is not the same as self-pity
There is a limit to how much women can physically protect themselves from men
The “conversion therapy” ban still makes for bad law
Recent amendments have failed to answer serious concerns about its implications
The death of charity?
The decline of religion and the fraying of our social fabric has made us meaner
Dial S for screen time
These middle-class tweens being forbidden phones have had iPads since they were six
