Peter Mandelson
A question of selection
The Sensible Centrists have made a flawed case against party members choosing leaders
‘The Sun Wot Won It’?
When has media coverage really influenced politics?
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Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
Solent mean
Solent PhD student frozen out after introducing Roger Scruton into seminar
Tame Impala fails to impress
unconquered by a
taste of Crusader food
A chaplain’s vindication
The case of Dr Bernard Randall has exposed the rot in our institutions
Why ministers fail
Even the more effective politicians do not have time to achieve anything
The cost of equal outcomes
By treating disparities in mental health detention as evidence of racism, the NHS is sacrificing safety
Britain’s mutilated constitution
We must restore the old to build the new
A criminal abuse of the law
Our criminal justice system is deferential to those who abuse it while coming down hard on the innocent
The last thing Labour needs
The revival of the Terminally Ill Adults Bill threatens to consume a party already struggling to hold itself together
Entebbe and the Israeli way of war
Fifty years after Israel’s most audacious hostage rescue, its legacy still shapes how the country understands security, citizenship and war
The problem with scapegoating social media
Social media has become a convenient whipping boy for Britain’s political class
An unpleasant man, and a genius
The most interesting people are not necessarily the most attractive
Why violence is political
Attempts to de-politicise the murder of Anne Widdecombe will fail
Unusual summer reds
Think exotic spices, maraschino cherries and curly shoes
Signal failure
Ministers love announcing transformative mega-projects, but millions of commuters would settle for an internet connection that actually works