Prime Minister’s Question Time
Going off script
The only thing worse than Kemi Badenoch’s scripted questions are her unscripted questions
Soporific Starmer
The Prime Minister appears to be making a virtue of his own dullness
Left and right hooks
Keir Starmer and Rishi Sunak exchanged sloppy blows as Lee Anderson found a warm welcome in the stands
Cry God for Rishi
Rishi Sunak only wishes he had the prospects of Henry V
Sunak Mirror
Charlie Brooker couldn’t imagine anything so bleak as the Conservatives in 2023
The incredible shrinking PM
A low blow from Starmer
Rishi does the maths
Sunak squirms under a grilling from Starmer on the NHS
Carry On Tories
Rishi Sunak could not escape Matt Hancock’s steamy grasp
What is good in life, Theresa?
All good things come to an end; and Boris too
No more Mr Nice Guy
Starmer fails to land a blow on a Boris Johnson who is up for a scrap
Choosing enemies wisely
China manifestly wishes to avenge her past humiliation at Western hands
We can’t even give them away
Let’s not pretend we have sovereignty over the Chagos Islands
(DTB) Don’t Trust Boris
The former prime minister is up to his old tricks
November Letters
Aiming for the rescue and rebuilding of liberal capitalism
There is more to ethics than “#BeKind”
It is not cruel to fear the consequences of legalising assisted dying
Sectarianism contra socialism
How did “left-wing” MPs end up voting for the VAT exemption for private schools?
Booty contest
This book sets out to rebalance ahistorical narratives of how museum collections were constructed
The personal has become far too political
Something has gone very wrong when we are acutely aware of politics
The dangerous fallacy of “self-deterrence”
The concept makes little sense and could create serious risks
Must-Miss TV
Your regular Critic round-up of the hottest shows and films.
An artist at the assizes
Cyril Hare was that rara avis: a circuit judge who could write like an angel
