Katie Lam
Deporting the baby with the bathwater
The Tories’ ham-handed deportation plan would include waves of “culturally coherent” people
Pantsuit deportations
How to make it dinner party acceptable
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Labour’s mercurial kingmaker
The eventful career of Josh Simons, the man who gave up his seat for Andy Burnham
In defence of Lara Bird
There is nothing weird or dishonest about having a dual existence
The hitch with the Hitch
How Christopher Hitchens brought me back to Christ
The ties that bind
A revived society tie has raised thousands for hedgehogs — and reminds us what Britain has lost with the decline of the club tie
Against Northernism
“Northernism” is a superficial form of cultural branding, not a serious political project
Reclaiming Christian nationhood
Linking the Christian faith to our national identity is not radical (or American)
The Starmer strikes back
In a galaxy far, far from stable, Labour’s leadership chaos overshadows the King’s Speech
To defeat populism, don’t start here
Views that would be charming in their naivety, were they not so contradictory or facile
In defence of the Freedom of Information Act
We should not let our access to information held by public authorities be diminished
The principles of peers
Supporters of assisted suicide are being sore losers
The costs of independence
Northern Ireland offers sobering lessons on the consequences of devolutionary radicalism
First-place Finnish
Shostakovich: Symphony 1; Moscow Cheryomushki (Philharmonia Records)
Critical briefing: Unite the Kingdom
What you need to know about the Unite the Kingdom march on May 16
The case for vapes
Arguments for prohibitionism disappear in a cloud of vapour
From triple lock to price caps
Opinium polling for The Critic reveals the totemic pension policy has entrenched a politics that demands control over growth
Leaving it all in the ring
The great British bullfighting hopeful, Alexander Paul