Policy
Keir the Coaster
The Labour Party’s craven leadership will leave the electorate guessing when voting starts
Fracking is just common sense
The war in Ukraine has injected a healthy dose of realism into the West’s energy policy
Debating the Covid-19 Lockdown
Toby Young and Kapil Komireddi on this week’s podcast debating the costs of the Covid-19 Lockdown
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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
Lost in translation
Attempting to understand the lives and thought of our ancestors can teach us about ourselves
Questioning Islam should not be policed
Luke Salmons’s legal victory should lead to a change in police culture
What has Labour learned?
Pinning the failures of the government on Keir Starmer alone will not work
Decolonisation dissected
This toxic and destructive ideology must be rejected
Empire State Madrid
Can a stagnant Spain rediscover the future? Hope lies with its capital
Reform’s reality gap
Behind the rhetoric of mass deportations, Reform UK’s numbers and logistics don’t yet add up
The meaning and meaninglessness of Makerfield
Andy Burnham has triumphed — but can he maintain his success?
Hard rain in Spain
Domestic scandal has rocketed back to the forefront of Spanish politics
How religion shapes football fandom
The meaning of football is intertwined with the meaning of faith
