Keir Starmer
Should all England be a Greater Manchester?
Neither Starmer nor Johnson know if local lockdowns are any more effective than national lockdowns. But both have dug-in to their positions.
A circuit break to the consensus
Does Starmer attacking government policy make it harder or easier for Tory rebels?
In which Sir Keir eats Mr Johnson’s cake
Starmer’s first order is last orders for pubs
Labour is braced to back Brady
Labour’s whips are ready to ally with Tory rebels
The elephant in the chamber
PMQs is failing to explore whether the government’s Covid strategy makes sense
Keir Starmer – a Serious Man
Starmer lays out a future – back to “the third way”
Liar! Liar! House on fire?
Never mind whether PMQs matter – does Parliament currently matter?
Cabinet Wars – Episode I
How do the cabinet and shadow cabinet stack up on Twitter?
Parliament is Labour’s best friend
Labour needs to learn to use the new hybrid arrangement to their advantage
PMQs: Bullying Boris silences his own benches
Bluster and evasion come too easily to the prime minister
Ozi the Orangutan is no Winnie-the-Pooh
A misguided attack on palm oil production is enough to make you facepalm
Black holes and revelations
Keir Starmer has detected a previously unknown budgetary singularity from whose gravity no tax cuts can escape
Why can’t there be more vampires?
Bloodsucking, in various more or less metaphorical guises, is after all opera’s happiest place
Imaginary friends
The idea of a synthetic companion that knows everything about you goes well beyond friendship
Prom-lematic
Landlords, Lammy, “Land of Hope and Glory” and other questionable phenomena
Anti-Christian persecution is an international problem
Britain should use its diplomatic influence to help
Two-tier justice in Northern Ireland
Why do only some killings deserve investigation?
British universities should stop using foreign students as a crutch
Its short-term benefits are obvious but it is not a long-term solution
Gender identity ideology is undermining healthcare
There is nothing “gender-affirming” about having cancer
How the Tories can win again
The new leader of the Conservatives must reach an important, ignored sector
Schrödinger’s Culture War
Is it a myth or a tremendous success?
