Keir Starmer
Keir’s junk politics
Keir Starmer is trying to reform the public, not the NHS
The authoritarian populism of Keir Starmer
This government is anything but technocratic
The hollowness of postliberalism
Its vagueness and sentimentality encourage political opportunism
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
The sadness of AI boyfriends
Technology can make romance frictionless and sterile
Get smartphones out of school
Young people desperately need a break from social media
A wealth of glorious objects and images
A new book about the discovery of classical sculptures and frescoes is itself a real treasure
Hatred without end
A year on from October 7th, mutual dehumanisation and refusal of moral responsibility characterises our “debate” over the Gaza war
The expensive problem with the minimum wage
Higher wages for some, perhaps, but joblessness for others
Hoop dreams
Football turned out to be a poor way of shirking parental duties
Why does the establishment want to harm farms?
The Government expects farmers to act as environmental agents of the state
Procedural Man
The Process is good, the Process is correct, no matter what, trust the Process
In defence of hereditary peers
Starmer’s spiteful plan for the Lords breaks an important intergenerational contract
British industry has forgotten how to use its voice
Corporate cowards are not standing up to the government
End of the Long Peace?
Our technological and institutional sophistication will not eliminate conflict
