Planning Reform
In defence of the Town and Country Planning Act
The essentially valuable function of the planning system has been subverted by its inheritors
On a pedestal?
Give up joyless meat-hating for Lent
Who wants to rule forever?
Being in power a long time doesn’t guarantee you’ll get things done
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How religion shapes football fandom
The meaning of football is intertwined with the meaning of faith
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
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
The hitch with the Hitch
How Christopher Hitchens brought me back to Christ
The UK’s messiest election ever?
Trying to predict the results of the next election is a mug’s game
Migrant hotels are not the real problem
The real problem with illegal immigration is at the border
Grey expectations
Saving England’s native red squirrel will require harsh measures
Is Keir Starmer failing?
To fail at something, he would have to do something
Peston’s Inbox
Burnham: “Ay up! I’m a northerner”
Profile: Alec Douglas-Home
The quintessential Tory grandee who
was the last of his kind: a politician
motivated by service to his country
Today Havering, tomorrow Westminster
The local elections exposed a political class united mainly by its inability to feel embarrassment
Seeing colour
Donald Locke, Resistant Forms at Camden Art Centre
Broken windows
If small instances of disorder are neglected, greater ones will soon be committed
Left-wingers are wallowing in post-truth politics
Complaints about right-wing “fake news” have obscured the biggest misinformation problem
The judge’s verdict
Much of what is passed off as sport is no such thing