Labour Conference 2025
Red flags
Starmer blames two people for everything that is wrong with Britain: Nigel Farage and Tony Blair
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How religion shapes football fandom
The meaning of football is intertwined with the meaning of faith
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
Can Russell T Davies write “terfs”?
In Tip Toe, Russell T Davies is more nuanced than one might expect — much to the dismay of gender ideologues
Labour’s mercurial kingmaker
The eventful career of Josh Simons, the man who gave up his seat for Andy Burnham
In defence of Lara Bird
There is nothing weird or dishonest about having a dual existence
The case for vapes
Arguments for prohibitionism disappear in a cloud of vapour
Censors create martyrs
Starmer has stumbled onto the fastest way to increase Hasan Piker’s audience
We must end the tyranny of the Treasury
Short-term and parochial thinking has made us weaker and less safe
Wilde times at the country house
Gerald Barry’s outrageous The Importance of Being Earnest manages to overmatch the virtuoso original
Keir’s logorrhoea
The prime minister has a lot to say — but does any of it actually matter?
A scarcity machine
Why Peckham residents should not celebrate development being blocked
The imprudence of Dame Prue
Dame Prue Leith is spreading errors about assisted suicide
Grin and bear it
Carelessness and frivolity sabotage any attempt at a serious discussion
Terry tackles literary lightweights
Is a distinguished professor right to hold intellectual biography in low esteem?
Papal pressures
The Pope was well-received in Spain, but political tensions have been mounting
Profile: Alec Douglas-Home
The quintessential Tory grandee who
was the last of his kind: a politician
motivated by service to his country