Liam Byrne
To defeat populism, don’t start here
Views that would be charming in their naivety, were they not so contradictory or facile
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The Book of JO’B
James O’Brien’s aggressive incuriosity is becoming ever more embattled as his worldview crumbles
The rise and fall of Nicola Sturgeon
The former SNP leader squandered her talents in a classic tale of hubris
Fear and fury in Belfast
Violence spiralled out of control in Northern Ireland in the aftermath of a shocking crime
The screaming spires
Oxford University must clarify where it stands on academic freedom
Losing control of the narrative
The British establishment no longer sets the terms of public debate over migration
Keir factor
The prime minister must feel as if he faces the Plagues of Egypt
Legal curiosities
The pursuit of justice in small or atypical jurisdictions has sometimes led to some unusual legal quandaries
Student Loans don’t add up
a fairer way out of a
disastrous policy mess
Soft-Play Britain
Britain’s governing class talks of growth and grandeur but focuses on planters and paint schemes
Good enough for politics
We should be more willing to declare some political problems solved
Kemi always gets it right
Whatever the crisis, the Conservative leader invariably discovers that events have vindicated her.
Metamorphoses at the Rijksmuseum
Metamorphoses at the
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
Critical briefing: energy price shocks
The shocks from the Iran War are yet to be felt, but are sure to be powerful
Can the army survive migration?
As Western militaries struggle to recruit young people, Britain may be turning to a familiar solution: immigration
The government must end its war on the price mechanism
The government is stubbornly ignoring the harms and risks of its interventions into markets
Iran has been fatally misunderstood
The US and Israel were foolish to imagine that the Iranians would crumble