Keir Starmer
No more Mr Nice Guy
Starmer fails to land a blow on a Boris Johnson who is up for a scrap
Normal politics resumes
From Hard Brexit to Soft Lockdown, Boris Johnson is keeping most of his natural support with him
‘The Sun Wot Won It’?
When has media coverage really influenced politics?
Boris on the box. Or Boris at the despatch box?
Should lockdown policy be announced in televised addresses or to a near-empty parliament?
What Labour owes to Scotland
Can Keir Starmer succeed without the land of Keir Hardie?
Diversity in scepticism
Questioning the lockdown isn’t a Brexit or culture wars thing
Starmer for the Prosecution
At his first PMQs, Labour’s new leader offered a masterclass in constructive opposition
Rebecca Long Bailey – classroom warrior
On schools policy, Keir Starmer is no heir to Blair
What does Labour’s new team mean for Brexit?
Sir Keir purges traces of Brexit sympathy from his front bench
Can Labour learn to love the market?
As state socialism advances on all fronts, what is Labour’s real electoral future?
Humza Yousaf, global citizen
Britain needs one, and only one, foreign policy
Dear Keir, get real
Instead of announcing grand new doctrines, it’s time for a very British realism
The new Irish hate speech law will do more harm than good
New legislation endangers liberty and will not address political division
The central myth of Conservative centrism
The Conservatives are not suffering because they are too right-wing
The BBC feeds us bad science
We can’t even trust the Beeb to tell us about the basic facts of motherhood
Great Lives — great, The Essay — awful
Radio 3 maintains its course towards self-destruction
How Britain fell in love with cars
From Wind in the Willows to Wodehouse, cars captured the imagination
The problem with “extremism”
Violence and intimidation are deplorable, but can there be a clear definition of a concept as subjective as “extremism”?
Canals go national
Canals gave Britain a single national economy, one that connected resources, factories, population centres and ports
Chinese whispers
Oliver Dowden’s tough talk on Chinese hacking is less than wholly convincing
Have the police criminalised being “openly Jewish”?
It is unacceptable for the police to blame the victims of potential bigotry
