John Major
Against beautiful losers
We must lose our attachment to the good-natured failure
The Major problem
What is his legacy — if, indeed, he has one
Sporting Prime Ministers
Some had talent, some did not
How Blair won over Conservative Britain
Like Margaret Thatcher, Tony Blair won big in enemy territory. Can Starmer do the same?
How Labour lost the “unlosable election”
With living standards in decline, the Tories won in 1992 against the odds. Will this next election be the same?
Blob ONE, Number Ten NONE
Our overtaken by events December leader
There’s nothing so ex as an ex-PM
Rejected and reviled former prime ministers should stay in the political graveyard where they belong
A year of Black Wednesdays?
The CRG deputy chairman on the longterm Lockdown risks
Sunak’s folly
The Chancellor’s rash splurge on infrastructure is a worrying sign that Britain’s economic policy is heading in the wrong direction
The verdict of history
How will Brexit shape views on the political generation that lost?
For Heaven’s sake, not Robert Jenrick
He’s the ideal candidate if you want the Conservatives to lose
Anti-Christian bias is rife in Employment Tribunals
If you’re Christian, you can no longer count on a fair hearing in workplace disputes
Afrocentrism with a Labour twist
Dawn Butler’s Black History Month video was disturbing as well as weird
Why can’t there be more vampires?
Bloodsucking, in various more or less metaphorical guises, is after all opera’s happiest place
What we don’t talk about when we talk about mental illness
We talk about mental health differently – but is it an improvement?
Playing the long game
Rishi Sunak misjudged the electorate by prioritising tax cuts over the country’s future
No average Joe
“He looked like the Milkybar Kid but played like Clint Eastwood”
Humble pie?
Ric Holden is painfully aware that he is only just Holden on to his seat
Defend the bishops’ bench
Removing the Lords Spiritual from the House of Lords would be constitutional vandalism
Ultra processed arguments
Public health commentators cannot seem to decide what is safe to eat
Autumn Reeves
It was a grim budget — but was it a necessary one?
