Keir Starmer
Two-tier immigration?
Britain has its border priorities out of whack
Is Starmer the anti-Thatcher?
He does not have the right ambition and imagination
Is Britain closed for business?
Stacks of extra administration will make it even harder for businesses to turn a profit
Keir’s woetanical garden
Labour still don’t understand the scale of the reforms that are needed
The perversity of the Oasis reunion
The cultural optimism of the nineties has been lost
You can’t legislate away hatred
Don’t just do something, stand there
Britain needs an actual leader of the opposition
Rishi Sunak is doing nothing to hold Keir Starmer to account
Weren’t the grownups meant to be back in charge?
Shallow managerialism has failed us already
Fears for tiers
The British state must be impartial in the face of different outbreaks of criminality
Will Starmer suppress dissent?
The riots should not be an excuse for a broader assault on civil liberties
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It is neither neoliberal nor socialist but a secret third thing
Rewatching the English
English identity has become too surreal and discomfiting to define
Conservatives should learn from Labour
We might disagree with the ideas of Labour politicians, but we can learn from their methods
The shadow of the thorn tree
Christian culture must combine tradition and modernity
Labour’s battle of egos
There is little love left to lose between those plotting regicide in Downing Street
After the flood
Net migration may be falling, but the long tail of Britain’s recent immigration regime ensures the debate is far from over
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Kemi doesn’t give her kids Easter eggs
Yes, I’d give the Devil benefit of law
Punishing anyone before they have even been convicted of anything makes me uneasy
Critical briefing: energy price shocks
The shocks from the Iran War are yet to be felt, but are sure to be powerful
Dignified design for the people
A book that asks all the right questions but hasn’t thought through all the answers
Just a Prime Minister
Keir Starmer only seems to have one answer to his critics
A below-par Riley is still better than most
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The expulsion of the hereditaries is neither fair nor pragmatic