Labour Party
Wanderer above the sea of clods
The next month might be maddening but it will not be dull
Sunak must take the fight to Labour
Starmer has been allowed to escape criticism and accountability
A question of selection
The Sensible Centrists have made a flawed case against party members choosing leaders
A stern telling-off
Rachel Reeves has had enough of these misbehaving Tories
The future is blue
With Corbynite leadership and conservative members, Unite embodies Labour’s identity crisis
Why Labour has the best history books
Labour continues to blunder down that long blind Blairite alleyway, unable to turn back or find an exit
There is no conservative case for Keir Starmer
Despairing at the Tories is understandable, but the opposition of your opposition is not your ally
Against stakeholderism
How ideas like “citizens’ assemblies” threaten democracy and effective policy-making
Keir the coward
Narrowing the borders of permissible opinion will not solve Britain’s societal crises
Fear the Keir
Starmer is Blair 2.0 — but this time, things can only get worse
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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
It’s what you Makerfield of it
Andy Burnham may yet stop Reform, but victory would raise almost as many questions for Labour as defeat.
Reform’s reality gap
Behind the rhetoric of mass deportations, Reform UK’s numbers and logistics don’t yet add up
The centre-left is out of ideas
The new journal Arguably barely makes an argument
Hard rain in Spain
Domestic scandal has rocketed back to the forefront of Spanish politics
Fisticuffs over the fourth movement
When did classical music become so disturbingly polite?
A magnificent navy on land
The state of the British Armed Forces triumphantly vindicates Parkinson’s Law
Damaged brains and troubled souls
Dana White, of all people, should not be so dismissive of the salience of mental suffering
Kemi always gets it right
Whatever the crisis, the Conservative leader invariably discovers that events have vindicated her.
Broken windows
If small instances of disorder are neglected, greater ones will soon be committed
Britain will be worse without hereditary peers
The expulsion of the hereditaries is neither fair nor pragmatic
Two false dawns
Anger can furnish a movement with energy, but not with votes