Keir Starmer
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
Rejoice, the war is over!
Remember when Keir Starmer took the knee for BLM to demonstrate his opposition to the culture war?
Women have bad odds with Dodds
This appointment is an insult from Keir Starmer
Britain is not for sale
On the commodification of the nation state
Starmer and the satirists
Will British comedians be as tough on the new government as on the last?
British lessons for Canadian politics
What can the experiences of the Labour Party teach Pierre Poilievre?
Are the grown ups really back in charge?
Centrist commentators are wallowing in limp clichés instead of asking serious questions about policy
The schadenfreude election
The Labour landslide is a clarifying moment, which will be good for British political debate
Kemi Badenoch won’t save the Conservatives
Her radical credentials are based on pure PR
Murders for October
Tales from the gothic to the macabre
How to be realistic on Ukraine
There is a route to peace, but it will take compromise
Is “progressive realism” either?
Weighing up the rights and wrongs of the Lammy Doctrine
A broken Reed
Who did Steve Reed MP annoy to be sent to face the outrage of the farmers?
The case for duelling
A Modest Proposal: If yes to assisted suicide, then why not duelling?
Reading Winston Churchill
Half a century on, we’re still learning more about Britain’s most famous Prime Minister
Tom Stoppard’s Hampstead drama
Best not try to memorise this deceptive Connect Four of relationships — just get into the flow
The art of violence
High jinks in the Groucho Club are small beer when compared to the misdeeds of their artist ancestors
John Swinney’s Isla Bryson moment?
The Scottish Government must be made to face the facts on sex and gender
Their generation
How young rockers became venerable sages
