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Two Britains
Former Labour MP Natascha Engel says the country divides on our relationship with HMRC
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How religion shapes football fandom
The meaning of football is intertwined with the meaning of faith
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Can Russell T Davies write “terfs”?
In Tip Toe, Russell T Davies is more nuanced than one might expect — much to the dismay of gender ideologues
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.
The Mexican baby business
In UK courts, parental orders for children born overseas outnumber those born to surrogates here
Vapid slogans for the hard of thinking
Every modern university, it seems, needs a “mission statement”
Is it time to let the doctor die?
Doctor Who has become increasingly incoherent and increasingly ideological
Keir factor
The prime minister must feel as if he faces the Plagues of Egypt
Zack Polanski’s war on carrots
Cheap food is not evidence of exploitation but of competition — something Adam Smith understood long before Zack Polanski
Election objections
Andy Burnham doesn’t need a general election mandate
Rewatching a TV show from a lost world
In River Cottage, a chef escaped to Dorset from London in search of the good life
Fit for a queen
Hannah Betts reassesses the late Queen as a royal style maven
Kemi at the crossroads
Kemi Badenoch cannot tell everybody what they want to hear
Stella Creasy hates questions
For many politicians, being disagreed with is proof that they are right