Labour Party
A land fit for apparatchiks
The government is “freeing up” billions of pounds to invest in the future of the Labour
Mandelson is the perfect showman for our Hermit Kingdom
His appointment betrays the government’s chronic insularity and purblindness
The Hunting Act: 20 years on
It was a law that has achieved precisely the opposite of its stated aims
The revenge of the Blob
Mercurius Cantabrigiensis laments the bias in the public appointments system
The state versus the family
Labour’s assault on home-educating is opportunistic and wrong
Keir Starmer’s AI plans are not very intelligent
Labour do not seem to have grasped the material implications of artificial intelligence
The enemy of the Civil Service is my friend
Conservatives should hope that Keir Starmer can weaken its grip on British policy
Not a relaunch
Is that a PLAN FOR CHANGE in your pocket or are you just pleased to see me?
The strange history of Keir Starmer and assisted suicide
How long, and to what extent, has the prime minister supported legalisation?
Will Starmer’s immigration gambit backfire?
The prime minister might have opened a box that he cannot close
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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
The Cup and me
My lasting World Cup memories have nothing to do with England
In praise of the English football fan
No one likes them, they don’t care — and good for them
Will we miss Mahmood?
Shabana Mahmood has been a voice of sanity in the Labour Party
The ballad of Robbie and Harry
Sometimes, the struggle can become the art
A love-hate affair
Finger-lingering over hideous fluffy lilac footwear
Dining in a different world
Transported by a restored institution
Hard rain in Spain
Domestic scandal has rocketed back to the forefront of Spanish politics
After the flood
Net migration may be falling, but the long tail of Britain’s recent immigration regime ensures the debate is far from over
The costs of independence
Northern Ireland offers sobering lessons on the consequences of devolutionary radicalism
Keir’s logorrhoea
The prime minister has a lot to say — but does any of it actually matter?
Sex, success and failure
Sarah Ditum talks with songwriter Neil Hannon of The Divine Comedy