Jürgen Klopp
Fire and ice
Klopp is the air-punching booming-laugh extrovert; Guardiola the turtleneck-wearing, obsessively professorial introvert
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The establishment is still living in an immigration fantasy land
It is influential left-wingers, not the broader public, who have deluded themselves on mass migration
American strategy in Iran is wiser than it seems
President Trump’s intervention will leave the world safer than it was
On Britain as a capitalist command economy
It is neither neoliberal nor socialist but a secret third thing
Saint Nicola
Nicola Sturgeon wants sympathy for her husband’s crimes—but after years spent avoiding awkward questions, her latest reinvention may be the hardest sell yet.
Reform’s man in Makerfield
An interview with Rob Kenyon about online controversies and national priorities
Questionably loyal opposition
A “rainbow coalition” between Conservatives and the Greens raises questions about the state of the Tories
Is Keir Starmer failing?
To fail at something, he would have to do something
Fond portrait of an odd couple
Two irascible, elderly artists and two beautiful younger women in unusual relationships
Free speech is about principle, not political convenience
One might disagree with pro-Palestine radicals but that does not mean that they should be censored
Europe should defend itself
European states should invest more in their own defence, and the US should let them
No bullshit government
Tom Jones grills the shadow minister for
policy renewal about the plans of a
future Tory administration
Pricing out the young
Britain’s labour market is faltering, and subsidies cannot mask the policies pricing young workers out.
First-place Finnish
Shostakovich: Symphony 1; Moscow Cheryomushki (Philharmonia Records)
We can restrict doctors’ strikes
Well-paid doctors should not be allowed to endanger patients uninhibited
Crime thrillers 101
A new heist movie is basic and fun
Whip smart
Threatening the whipping system would be alarmingly stupid