Keir Starmer
A spectre is haunting Europe
The spectre of the Donald
Trump is the real technocrat
Donald Trump, unlike his opponents, is serious about policy
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Have I mentioned Keir’s learning to do magic?
Artificial stupidity
AI is touted as a technological cure-all on the basis of little evidence
Give all the islands back
Long live Sir Keir, Defender of the Brave New Left and Scourge of All Gammons
Agincourt in the act
The Tories can’t resist the culture war bait
Don’t ban political lying
There is no excuse for lies, but trying to ban them might do more harm than good
Starmer’s political prisoners, pt. 2
Amid the outrage that followed the British riots, great injustices were done
The supercilious headmaster
And some improvement by the president of the Sixth Form Debating Society
Starmer’s scapegoating is downright silly
Of course Amazon is not to blame for the Southport killings
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Tame Impala fails to impress
unconquered by a
taste of Crusader food
Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
What is wrong now was wrong before
Julia Gillard should not pretend that the “unintended consequences” of the gender debate were unknowable
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
Right-wing fight night
A debate over the future of right-wing politics in Britain offered little heat and less light
Taxing the lights on
Miliband’s new levy undermines the very investment needed to bring energy prices down
From the Desk of Lord Kronsteen
When a sketchwriter faces awkward questions, only a billionaire’s dictated letter of support will do
Running out of autobahn
Beijing’s manufacturing strategy is colliding with Europe’s self-inflicted industrial weaknesses
Civilisation needs silence
On cooing babies and other noisy performances
Literary freedom is in the gutter
The disappearance of a praiseful review for a “cancelled” writer is as disturbing as it is bizarre
Andy Burnham’s devolution delusions
Think central government is the only problem? Look around you
Bonfire of the fallacies
Two opposing ideas about hard power and foreign policy — legalism and nihilism — are being exposed by the Trump
administration
Playing by numbers
Attacking the Space:
Inside Rugby’s Tactical and Data
Revolution by Sam Larner
Not so good after all
Can left-leaning journalists finally acknowledge the challenges British society faces?
How the war wasn’t won
The Supreme Court judgment on sex and the Equality Act is still being opposed and undermined