Labour Party
Eulogy for rural life
A growing sense of gloom pervades Starmer’s Britain
What has Labour learned?
Pinning the failures of the government on Keir Starmer alone will not work
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
Farage fumbles
“Stop Farage” seems to be a more effective message than “Farage”
The meaning and meaninglessness of Makerfield
Andy Burnham has triumphed — but can he maintain his success?
Come together
Some political truths on which we can all agree
How the “Burnham bind” will rewrite British politics
If Andy Burnham wins in Makerfield, Labour has a bigger opportunity than people think
Why does Labour hate our pubs?
The government has to stop taxing the hearts of our communities out of business
Westminster is not Manchester
Andy Burnham would find being the PM a lot more difficult than being a mayor
Tony Blair cannot escape politics
And our politics cannot escape from Tony Blair
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The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Stop ignoring the Islamisation of our democracy
The British state is bending to Islamism, not attempting to defeat it
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
An unpleasant man, and a genius
The most interesting people are not necessarily the most attractive
Questions for the Munich hawks
It is wrong to use Neville Chamberlain as a byword for cowardice and fecklessness
The sacrifice that changed Naipaul
The humiliation of his father, forced to slaughter a goat to atone for
angering Hindus, made the writer wary of insulting religion
The return of a luxury lingerie brand
La Perla isn’t about the male gaze; it’s about feminine feel
The imprudence of Dame Prue
Dame Prue Leith is spreading errors about assisted suicide
Reclaiming the rule of law
The rule of law was meant to protect liberty — not to be weaponised against democracy
Carry on, matron
The crisis in nursing can be reversed by a return to Florence Nightingale’s vision of vocation and a rebuilt hierarchy on the wards
Escape to the country
Some tractor-acceptance meditation might help with moving day
The EU is changing on immigration
A firmer stance is being taken — but will it be enough?
Seeing colour
Donald Locke, Resistant Forms at Camden Art Centre
The price is right
Stories about outrageously profligate eating have the appeal of scandal