Keir Starmer
The anti-Corbyn plot that never was
John Ware looks at the hard facts behind Momentum’s claims of centrist betrayal
PMQs: Time to move on
Whatever Boris Johnson may claim, Starmer has emerged from Corbyn’s shadow
Finding the dividing line
Starmer seeks to trap Johnson on detail. But the future of the furlough scheme is really where the debate should head
Shifting momentum: why Starmer sacked Rebecca Long-Bailey
There is more to RLB’s sacking than meets the eye
An away win
Can the Conservatives win on “Labour issues” like poverty?
Boris and Keir – best of frenemies
In struggling to get schools open, who should Boris fear more – SAGE or Starmer?
Labour’s recovery will begin by returning to its roots
It’s organisation and closeness to community, not a magic policy solution, that will rejuvenate Labour
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?
Worthy instrument
York Bowen, Willam Walton: Viola concertos (SWR Music)
Join the escalation?
That world war may not erupt imminently is no excuse for being complacent
Lily Phillips is a Rorschach test
Experience and behaviour are not solely reducible to consent
Minimum pricing, maximum annoyance
No one wins when the minimum price for alcohol rises
The tragedy of Radio 3
The centenary “celebration” of the BBC Singers summed up everything that has gone wrong
Plane English
On pyjamas and private jets
Make high culture popular again
We need to face the music and embrace the highbrow
The new equality bar
Is the Bar Standards Council really fit to enforce a proposed raft of new equality rules?
A craven surrender
The handover of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius represents a mindless and unjust capitulation to a foreign power
The Critic guide to glass ceilings
On the self-made men (and women!) of the Labour Party
The WASPI women should blame themselves
No injustice has been done to them
