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How religion shapes football fandom
The meaning of football is intertwined with the meaning of faith
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
Can Russell T Davies write “terfs”?
In Tip Toe, Russell T Davies is more nuanced than one might expect — much to the dismay of gender ideologues
Labour’s mercurial kingmaker
The eventful career of Josh Simons, the man who gave up his seat for Andy Burnham
The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
From triple lock to price caps
Opinium polling for The Critic reveals the totemic pension policy has entrenched a politics that demands control over growth
The SNP is in a Peter Murrell muddle
The Peter Murrell case has exposed the rot at the heart of the SNP’s political culture
Itamar Ben-Gvir, heel
The Israeli demagogue is a bleak but interesting model of a modern politician
The tyranny of memes
Modern would-be assassins are products of the internet
An anti-gambling bonanza
Don’t expect a lot of objective and thorough research from a new “gambling harms” organisation
A love-hate affair
Finger-lingering over hideous fluffy lilac footwear
Vapid slogans for the hard of thinking
Every modern university, it seems, needs a “mission statement”
Why Keynes was wrong
He misinterpreted fundamental economic principles
Stop saying sectarianism
Britain’s emerging politics are not really sectarian at all, but the result of neo-communal fragmentation
The ends of Pan-Africanism
An exhibition devoted to Pan-Africanism avoids important political and aesthetic questions
Sir David Attenborough at sea
RRS Sir David Attenborough is a ship worthy of the great man’s name