Keir Starmer
What is the secret of Labour’s success?
Is there a dark secret that Labour delegates know but must never share?
“I spoilt my ballot because women don’t have penises”
Labour needs politicians with the balls — or ovaries — to speak the truth on women’s sex-based rights
Brighton crock
Starmer struggles to speak his mind – about his own party
Are the far-left about to split off?
A left-wing split could deprive the Labour Party of thousands of campaigners
The Passion of Ken Loach
Expelled from the Labour party, Loach can once again present himself as a rebel
A tale of two Keirs
Keir Starmer lacks the star-power to become Prime Minister
The ghost of PMQs past
The biggest change to PMQs in sixty years is that the PM’s answers have got longer
An unconvincing ally
”Unionist” Keir Starmer seems to assume the UK’s role in Ulster is that of a glorified referee
Bursting Boris’s bubble
Labour has found an attack line that has the benefit of being true
Labour don’t want women’s votes
Keir Starmer’s endorsement of self-ID will do little to persuade voters that the Labour Party is alive to the concerns of ordinary people
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Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
What is wrong now was wrong before
Julia Gillard should not pretend that the “unintended consequences” of the gender debate were unknowable
Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
Killing with kindness
The MoD’s drive for a net zero military is an ideological folly that risks national security
Dancing with death
The rush to judge Liam Scarlett was cruel and unjust
Lessons on being a rule-taker
The EU reset undermines Brexit and Britain
From an entitlement state to an investment state
How to achieve a pro-social and pro-market economy
Sometimes look on the bright side of life
We should welcome the more culturally affirmative moments of pessimistic and condemnatory commentators
The Hollywood starlet and the immigration albatross
Free marketeers were too content to ignore the negative externalities of immigration
NigeDosh: an urgent appeal
Tonight’s political coverage is repeatedly interrupted by urgent appeals for charities that may or may not be fictional
Stop selling sexism
Banning strip clubs might sound unrealistic but it is the right thing to do
It’s what you Makerfield of it
Andy Burnham may yet stop Reform, but victory would raise almost as many questions for Labour as defeat.
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What you need to know about the new Hungarian establishment
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