Keir Starmer
Labour’s looming constitutional vandalism
A Labour landslide will complete the Blairite destruction of Britain’s unique constitution
Defend Christian private schools
Keir Starmer’s tax raid would be bad for children, parents and the state
The sincere insincerity of centrism
Politicians cannot but seem like they’re lying even when they genuinely aren’t lying
Blairism at its most zealous
The Labour manifesto is a recipe for bland bureaucratic managerialism
Culture war, what is it good for?
Women will continue to battle for our rights
It’s OK to be angry about socialism
It is perverse that this chronic failure of an ideology endures
Socialism with Starmerite characteristics
The coming-out party of the Labour moderates had distinctly totalitarian vibes
Foxy old Labour
Going after private schools would be an act of pointless institutional vandalism
Remove the kid gloves
“Votes for 16-year-olds” has exposed our incoherent attitude towards young people
Keir has much to fear
Keir Starmer should enjoy the election campaign because he may not enjoy the demands of power
Labour is killing British farming
Attacks on British agriculture must be resisted
An intelligent book on AI? Very nearly
The threat from AI comes from humans placing too much faith in complex but fallible systems
Developing nations will be forced to choose
Sitting on the fence between China and the USA is unsustainable
Consent isn’t everything
Protections against violent sexual encounters are being dismantled
The horror of 7 October on film
The killers’ headset footage, CCTV, interviews with survivors and heart-rending last messages
When America ignored a slaughter
Whatever America’s flaws, its absence from the global stage leaves a space quickly filled by far more malevolent actors
Getting the creeps
How should we cope with the unsettling in everyday life?
When the music stopped
A reflection on the inexorable decline of arts education and the rise of knee-jerk politics and managerialism
Death by a thousand cuts
The near-invisibility of the Proms on BBC TV is a symptom of the collapse of public service broadcasting in Britain
“Bold vision”
An action or choice can perfectly well be bold without being good
Accidental Orientalism
Britain has been reduced to selling a cheap simulacrum of its history
