Kemi Badenoch
A question of identity
The Tories have failed to adapt to Britain’s seismic political realignment
Prehistoric questions
Has anything changed since 4300 BC? Probably not
Quantum politics
It’s not inconsistency, it’s clever physics
Kemi’s open goal
Even Badenoch didn’t miss today
Making a mess of a mess
Neither Rachel Reeves nor Kemi Badenoch can make any sense
Fawlty Towers
A comically incapable man is locked in a toxic relationship with a self-absorbed woman
Easy mode
For some politicians, the game is always too hard
Nigel: Who didn’t admire Putin?
Rob has another rifle through Peston’s Inbox
On the Casey
Whenever a problem is too big for Starmer, he reaches for Louise
The tribune of justice
Why hasn’t Keir done a better job clearing up the Tory mess?
Most Read
Tame Impala fails to impress
unconquered by a
taste of Crusader food
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
From an entitlement state to an investment state
How to achieve a pro-social and pro-market economy
Trump will not discredit Europe’s populist right
European populism is a lot deeper than mere Trumpism
Ditching ancient traditions is not progress
Uniforms, oaths, titles, offices are the joints that hold together the structures of the state
Bach in black
CPE Bach: Berlin Symphonies (BIS)
Questioning Islam should not be policed
Luke Salmons’s legal victory should lead to a change in police culture
Zelda Zingari
Arty types: the fashionable poet
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
Day of judgement
The judges were determined to maintain the honour of France; it almost worked
A garden reborn
a garden reborn
We must save the right to smoke
Liberals must not put down the sword against paternalism
Two false dawns
Anger can furnish a movement with energy, but not with votes