Matt Brittin
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
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The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
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
We can restrict doctors’ strikes
Well-paid doctors should not be allowed to endanger patients uninhibited
Wunderbar wines
The love affair between British and German wine is an ancient one
American crusades
Populism is susceptible to foreign lobbies and crusading delusions
Reclaiming the rule of law
The rule of law was meant to protect liberty — not to be weaponised against democracy
The forlorn hope of growth
Voters are struggling economically but wrongly believe the country to be rich
Nowhere left to go
Labour is running out of cash, authority and time.
The NHS is no longer above question
People are finally, if grudgingly, waking up to its flaws
Badenoch in the bindweed
The Conservative Party leader might please no one by trying to please everyone
Why left-wingers should care about borders
A welfare state, and social solidarity, depend on immigration restrictionism
The mirage of majesty
Royal charm cannot disguise Britain’s shrinking power in a transactional world
Better Slayyyter than never
Like the first Strokes album if Max Martin had produced it