Politics
Mercer’s friendly fire
His latest bout of unprofessionalism has not gone unnoticed
Free State or failed state?
The collapse of the Irish party system is news, there and abroad
The Knobjective Worldview
The creators of the internet can’t stand the idea we have messy, human bodies
The newest think-tanks
Your guide to the latest start-ups from wonk-world
What does Labour’s new team mean for Brexit?
Sir Keir purges traces of Brexit sympathy from his front bench
Will Keir Starmer get a chance at a first impression?
Three opposition leaders have made it into government in the last 40 years. Keir Starmer faces an uphill battle to become the fourth
Bums on seats
What will the long delayed boundary review finally do?
A vengeful pursuit of political power
Natascha Engel reviews Unspeakable by John Bercow
Five Rules for Ruling
There’s no problem with a witchhunt when there really are witches
Bernie Sanders, the tyrants’ friend
The Democratic presidential hopeful’s record reveals a far-left fellow traveller with some very murky associates
The sadness of Sceptical Man
Emotion need not entail irrationality, and fence-sitting need not involve wisdom
The government is failing Northern Ireland
Its reputation will be stained forever by the Northern Ireland Protocol and the Windsor Framework
13 Years Later
Who could be inspired by this zombie conservatism?
Britons need real ownership, not feudal leaseholds
We should shake up an outdated and restrictive system that offers a simulation of property ownership
Venice’s tortuous tourist tax
How much public money has been wasted on a scheme which will be quietly retired?
Saving my own bacon
Only the particularly pig-headed will stick it out in the pork farming business
Who edits the editor?
The bright young things of publishing want to be involved in every line of every new book
A sharp satire perfect for Critic readers
We should be giving copies of this magazine away at every screening
A bitter pill
Women and girls are losing medical advice and safeguards in the name of “freedom”
The problem with securonomics
A genuine strategy for increasing our economic security and resilience as a society would not start with the state
The Met is watching you
We are passively accepting the development of a society of hyper-surveillance
