Nick Robinson
The poverty of miners’ strike nostalgia
We should not romanticise a futile and sometimes thuggish struggle
Cleaning up
The fate of a Whitehall cleaner, Emanuel Gomes, should not be brushed aside
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How religion shapes football fandom
The meaning of football is intertwined with the meaning of faith
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
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
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
London vs the rest of the country
The publishing industry should aim to be more provincial and less metropolitan
Reform’s reality gap
Behind the rhetoric of mass deportations, Reform UK’s numbers and logistics don’t yet add up
Unusual summer reds
Think exotic spices, maraschino cherries and curly shoes
Angst in the Anglosphere
England’s existential crisis is being played out at the World Cup
Westminster is not Manchester
Andy Burnham would find being the PM a lot more difficult than being a mayor
The tyranny of memes
Modern would-be assassins are products of the internet
Fell for it again
Britain’s pro-development enthusiasts mistook fantasy politics for the real thing — and are now paying the price.
Averting irrational egalitarianism
How to stop ideological anti-racism damaging our institutions and our country
Where are all the ambitious Scots?
Whole sectors were once dominated by Caledonian migrants
Hey, leftists, leave independent schools alone
The campaign against independent schools is irrational, short-sighted and destructive
One deuce of a decider
This is it, when you look into the abyss and the abyss looks back into you