Labour Party
Bloody opposition
The Tories have left Britain in the hands of managers, judges and technocrats
Three cheers for peers of mature years
Removing some of the wisest and most experienced voices in the House would be destructive and wrong
Labour’s economic plans are a disaster waiting to happen
They won’t save the planet and they won’t save the economy
Labour’s looming constitutional vandalism
A Labour landslide will complete the Blairite destruction of Britain’s unique constitution
Blairism at its most zealous
The Labour manifesto is a recipe for bland bureaucratic managerialism
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
Keir has much to fear
Keir Starmer should enjoy the election campaign because he may not enjoy the demands of power
What the Conservatives should learn from Keir Starmer
The only way to reform the Tories is to purge
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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
Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
What is wrong now was wrong before
Julia Gillard should not pretend that the “unintended consequences” of the gender debate were unknowable
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
Eat less chicken
Industrial farming is bad for the environment but it is also cruel
Vandalising the law
Activists and politicians should respect the law even if they don’t like it
Failing to face the facts
The Tories’ rosy view of their recent election drubbing reveals a reluctance to have the tough intellectual debate needed to secure the party’s future
Gregory Halting
Procrastinator extraordinaire
A mean mood in Makerfield
Reform have enthusiasm, but quiet Labour voters could still swing it for Burnham
Election objections
Andy Burnham doesn’t need a general election mandate
Fast out of the blocs
how to acquire an
art collection quickly
Will Spain become a Protestant country?
How immigration is changing the religious dynamics of a traditional Catholic stronghold
Hippo critical
No Roman left a greater intellectual legacy than Augustine, whose writings shaped Christianity and the Western mind for more than a millennium
Two false dawns
Anger can furnish a movement with energy, but not with votes
Under the volcano
As Sicilians say, Mamma Etna gives more than she takes away