Out of work benefits
Boriswave denialism
Britain’s ruling class has used dependence on cheap labour as an economic strategy, and cannot see any other option
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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
A shameful Bill
Labour is spectacularly failing the British people on immigration
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
Devolution has been a disaster
Wales, and the United Kingdom at large, are weaker for the devolution project
Is Keir Starmer failing?
To fail at something, he would have to do something
How the Southport riots broke Starmer’s government
A combination of authoritarianism and hypocrisy proved fatal
Where are all the ambitious Scots?
Whole sectors were once dominated by Caledonian migrants
We can restrict doctors’ strikes
Well-paid doctors should not be allowed to endanger patients uninhibited
The case for coal
We need more energy, quickly, and where else to get it from?
An anti-gambling bonanza
Don’t expect a lot of objective and thorough research from a new “gambling harms” organisation
Plant sentience
Pollination, long treated as a largely mechanical transaction, begins to look more like a dialogue
First time thrills
Most of all, it was a tournament of heroes and villains
Good enough for politics
We should be more willing to declare some political problems solved
Self-inflicted misery
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