Midwives
Romanticising the NHS helps no one
We should welcome its successes while urgently seeking to address its failures
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Labour’s mercurial kingmaker
The eventful career of Josh Simons, the man who gave up his seat for Andy Burnham
In defence of Lara Bird
There is nothing weird or dishonest about having a dual existence
The hitch with the Hitch
How Christopher Hitchens brought me back to Christ
The ties that bind
A revived society tie has raised thousands for hedgehogs — and reminds us what Britain has lost with the decline of the club tie
Against Northernism
“Northernism” is a superficial form of cultural branding, not a serious political project
When all you have is a Hermer
Why Lord Hermer is a strange fit as Attorney General
What difference does he make?
Andy Burnham is not the answer to our woes because Burnhamism is not replicable
A Laboured response
Keir Starmer and his advocates are all out of ideas
How the “Burnham bind” will rewrite British politics
If Andy Burnham wins in Makerfield, Labour has a bigger opportunity than people think
How the Boat Race sank
Yet another great British tradition is disappearing beneath the waters of history
The emperor’s new AI
A satirical X account is doing what the media class has failed to do, and report on the great AI delusion
The sleep of reason
Sir Mark Rowley’s forgotten police thriller reveals the assumptions, anxieties and moral universe of Britain’s managerial elite.
Countryside counter-attack
A ban on trail hunting reveals a government more interested in cultural punishment than rural survival
Will we miss Mahmood?
Shabana Mahmood has been a voice of sanity in the Labour Party
Manic and messianic
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Campaigners should let assisted suicide go
There is no principled case for using the Parliament Acts to squeeze through assisted suicide