Jonathan Ashworth
What would be different if Starmer was in charge?
Keir Starmer’s weakness is a lack of healthy scepticism for the wisdom of experts
Cabinet Wars – Episode 2
Comparing the Cabinet on Twitter might suggest who is on manoeuvres – and who’s dropped the social media ball
AI has not killed the author
Advanced technology can enhance rather than replacing the pleasure of a good book
Entering the populist Pyongyang
Your correspondent watches the far right debate immigration — but will he go native?
Why Labour has the best history books
Labour continues to blunder down that long blind Blairite alleyway, unable to turn back or find an exit
The BBC feeds us bad science
We can’t even trust the Beeb to tell us about the basic facts of motherhood
Brexit and the dubious doppelgangers
Doppelganger models are an unreliable guide to how Britain would have looked had Brexit never happened
Immigration enthusiasts and problematic polling
New analysis made British voters look far more pro-migration than they are
In defence of GB News
Demands for the channel to be silenced amount to snobbery and opportunism
Soothing sounds in time of war
There are expectations going back to 1948 that musicians turn up to provide relief
In defence of British theological education
Critics should be more optimistic about the new generation of ordinands
Matthew Parris and the illusion of independence
Those in flight from human dependency are the ones who cannot be realistic