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
Why Tony Hinchcliffe’s jokes didn’t work
It is very hard to blend comedy and politics
The big picture
A story of modern Britain, a moral tale, of venality, hubris and fraud
A craven surrender
The handover of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius represents a mindless and unjust capitulation to a foreign power
Hoop dreams
Football turned out to be a poor way of shirking parental duties
Must-Miss TV
Your regular Critic round-up of the hottest shows and films.
The city and its uncertain plot
Despite fascinating thematic material to work with, Murakami still makes it ploddingly dull
Who Should Be The Next Archbishop of Canterbury?
With the shock resignation of Justin Welby, who will the Great British Public select to lead the Church of England?
History unmakers
Our national treasures are morbid symptoms of a country in decline
Transformation of a wasteland
Surviving buildings lend texture to the development, a sense of it having a history
How Roman women were victimised twice
The victims of abuse could also be degraded by historians
In defence of hereditary peers
Starmer’s spiteful plan for the Lords breaks an important intergenerational contract
