Political History
Labour’s reluctant royalists
How Labour leaders from Wilson to Starmer fell for The Queen
Labour and monarchy
Not the relationship one might think
Why are British politicians such utter bores?
Mediocre people for mediocre times
The odd couples
Against the Prime Minister/Chancellor diarchy
This is Starmer’s chance
He could be the next Harold Wilson
Labour’s lost cause
Despite recent successes, the party is still leaving working class voters behind
Back to the 70s? If only…
Britain is in far worse trouble than we were 40 years ago
Wakefield and the revival of Labour Britain
After an electoral disaster in the 1930s, Wakefield kickstarted the new Labour era. Can it do the same for Starmer?
Chips, with everything
Mr Heffer has produced a monumental second volume on Henry ‘Chips’ Channon to match his first
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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
Bonfire of the fallacies
Two opposing ideas about hard power and foreign policy — legalism and nihilism — are being exposed by the Trump
administration
The case for coal
We need more energy, quickly, and where else to get it from?
Fear and fury in Belfast
Violence spiralled out of control in Northern Ireland in the aftermath of a shocking crime
Embers to tend
The brilliance of Sappho has been obscured by rumour and neglect
There is nothing authentic about Andy Burnham
The blokeish Labour man is as slimy a politician as the rest of them
The great HR survivors
As the DEI era fades, personnel heads live on as senior CEO consiglieri and hatchet-bearers
How the “Burnham bind” will rewrite British politics
If Andy Burnham wins in Makerfield, Labour has a bigger opportunity than people think
Canis lupus labor
Europe is a wolf coming up the path to devour the Labour Party
When all you have is a Hermer
Why Lord Hermer is a strange fit as Attorney General
The bonfire of British history
Absentee landlords’ neglect allows architectural jewels to be burned to the ground
Police policies must be reformed
If we are to have policing “without fear or favour” then it is time for change