Liz Kendall
Artificial unintelligence
The government is still making a mess of describing its AI strategy
Red on Red
Ducking the big challenges, preferably into a large body of water
Not faring very well
Liz Kendall found few sympathetic ears on welfare reform
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Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
Tame Impala fails to impress
unconquered by a
taste of Crusader food
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
How to fix the economy
A repentant ex-financial trader tells all
Heart of darkness
Alexander Adams encounters an unflinching master of sex and death in Vienna
The joys of village cricket
Cricket embodies much of what is valuable about our culture
The malicious and the mad
Two recent productions offer two different perspectives on dark sides of masculinity
A magnificent navy on land
The state of the British Armed Forces triumphantly vindicates Parkinson’s Law
The problem with Palantir
The software company is attempting to redefine politics for the worse
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.
Herodotus and the birth of enquiry
Before there were historians, there was Herodotus — a wandering Greek determined to discover why civilisations rise and fall
Saint Nicola
Nicola Sturgeon wants sympathy for her husband’s crimes—but after years spent avoiding awkward questions, her latest reinvention may be the hardest sell yet.
It is time to cut pensions
The economic burden on younger people is unsustainable
Is Keir Starmer failing?
To fail at something, he would have to do something
Ice and fire
Ben Stokes has had a truly exceptional career