Nigel Farage
Politics on cheat mode
Westminster’s politics are switched to easy settings while Farage thrives on cheat mode
The year ahead for Reform
Why 2026 will tell us if Reform really are ready for Government
Rachel’s Christmas drinks are off
Until we get better numbers in from the Office for Budget Responsibility
Reform should ignore the drums of war
The appointment of Alan Mendoza is a bad sign for Reform’s foreign policy
Prehistoric questions
Has anything changed since 4300 BC? Probably not
Quantum politics
It’s not inconsistency, it’s clever physics
Living rent-free
A spectre is haunting the Labour Party
Reform has to be serious about spending
The British people deserve, and need, honesty on economics
Sharkbait
Is this an election which I see before me?
Fawlty Towers
A comically incapable man is locked in a toxic relationship with a self-absorbed woman
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Tame Impala fails to impress
unconquered by a
taste of Crusader food
Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
What is wrong now was wrong before
Julia Gillard should not pretend that the “unintended consequences” of the gender debate were unknowable
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
Labour’s toxic medicine
The more they treat the symptoms of decline, the worse things get
Bye bye, Beeb?
A Netflix-style subscription model is the only way to save the BBC
Class war in the upper house
The end of the Lords’ ancient
right to resolve peerage disputes
is the latest casualty of Labour’s
constitutional vandalism
Bypassing the parasites
Too often, lawyers add little to business transactions except delays and questionable costs
The gifts of gentle density
There are all but endless benefits to building more beautifully
Critical briefing: local elections
Our political editor explains what to look out for in Thursday’s elections
Profile: Alec Douglas-Home
The quintessential Tory grandee who
was the last of his kind: a politician
motivated by service to his country
Amazing Grace? Meh, it was OK
If there is a reason to see this play, it is Ralph Fiennes
The right-wing case for social media
X and other platforms can be vital sources of unfashionable information and dissenting opinions
No, rent controls don’t work
Stop toying with failed ideas and build some damn houses
Literature amid lies
Leonardo Sciascia sought justice in the face of cynicism