Penny Mordaunt
Fort Mordaunt – a castle with a keep
Penny Mordaunt treats us to her motte and bailey defence
Shock: there is a pregnant “person” in the Cabinet
Legislation on maternity leave is now drafted to apply to “a person” not “a woman” who is a mother
Emergency powers – which, why and how long?
The coronavirus emergency powers legislation is not open to amendment
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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
Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
What is wrong now was wrong before
Julia Gillard should not pretend that the “unintended consequences” of the gender debate were unknowable
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
Seeing colour
Donald Locke, Resistant Forms at Camden Art Centre
Amazing Grace? Meh, it was OK
If there is a reason to see this play, it is Ralph Fiennes
Critical briefing: cuckooing
A hidden scourge has been plaguing British streets for too long
The real problem with rigmarole
A journalistic focus on proceduralism distracts us from deeper political questions
Dead reckoning
How Britain forgot the sea (and why it matters)
The last true Kapellmeister
Chaotic in all things except music, where he demanded precision and gave his all
Stella Creasy hates questions
For many politicians, being disagreed with is proof that they are right
The importance of ancestry
Remembering a great scholar of nationalism
Keeping the faith
Brexit triumphalists can’t understand how other people living in the UK in 2026 do not share their enthusiasm
Facing demons
On the highs and lows of demonic infestation
Ice and fire
Ben Stokes has had a truly exceptional career