local elections 2026
Our new five-party system
First-past-the-post no longer means
an electoral carve-up between the
Tories and Labour, allowing “fringe”
parties real political influence
Today Havering, tomorrow Westminster
The local elections exposed a political class united mainly by its inability to feel embarrassment
The year ahead for Reform
Why 2026 will tell us if Reform really are ready for Government
The year ahead for the Conservatives
Can Kemi, and the Tories, survive 2026?
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The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
Tame Impala fails to impress
unconquered by a
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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
Leaving the ECHR would not make Britain like Russia
The case for opposing withdrawal is currently intellectually fatuous
Broken windows
If small instances of disorder are neglected, greater ones will soon be committed
Most of the world thinks differently to us
Universalism is based on irrational ideas about human nature
Fast out of the blocs
how to acquire an
art collection quickly
The case for coal
We need more energy, quickly, and where else to get it from?
New model Auntie
David Elstein spells out the big decisions that Matt Brittin, the BBC’s new director-general, needs to make very quickly in order to save the Corporation
Day of judgement
The judges were determined to maintain the honour of France; it almost worked
Two false dawns
Anger can furnish a movement with energy, but not with votes
The torment and the tourists
Holiday-makers must stop enabling the abuse of horses in Egypt
Reset as usual
Labour’s problem is not messaging, presentation or leadership — it is that the party lacks the appetite for the reforms Britain demands
Entebbe and the Israeli way of war
Fifty years after Israel’s most audacious hostage rescue, its legacy still shapes how the country understands security, citizenship and war