motte and bailey
Fort Mordaunt – a castle with a keep
Penny Mordaunt treats us to her motte and bailey defence
The case for Badenoch
She has a chance to capitalise on Starmer’s weakness
The Scullionbait Awards for Reporting Merit
Articles with no opposing quotes, criticism, or trace of so-called “balance”
Keir’s comms catastrophe
Labour’s goal is clear but its messaging is anything but
“Nice” people need to read this book
How women have been hounded throughout the gender wars
A bleak midwinter
For fans watching QPR struggle for the past two decades, it feels like the club is cursed
Escaping the digital dark age
We cannot rely on digital media to preserve our art and knowledge
Enjoy some old Baileys
Few literary activities could give quite so much pleasure as reading the work of this brilliant but overlooked novelist
How the Tories can win again
The new leader of the Conservatives must reach an important, ignored sector
Revising Roman rottenness
The monsters of old can teach us about the monsters of today
In praise of Elon Musk
He deserves respect for his defence of free expression online
What is Toryism for?
What has it done if it has not made a system it wishes to defend?
