Rachel Reeves
Star-crossed Labour
Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves are a classic doomed couple
Bring on the clowns
PMQs seemed remarkably appropriate for the pantomime season
Our economic problems are bigger than we think
The failings of Rachel Reeves are only a small aspect of our economic dysfunction
Full Budget Truther
Badenoch fails to checkmate
Rachel Reeves doesn’t understand basic economics
The Budget is based on ignorance as well as irresponsibility
The Budget’s attack on racing
Gambling, which funds racing, is likely to lose around £1.6 billion a year from 2027
Rachel’s Christmas drinks are off
Until we get better numbers in from the Office for Budget Responsibility
Zach and Zara’s jobs are no more
Struggling Gen Z graduates can get ahead, but they will have to change with changing times
Labour: a party of nostalgics
It’s difficult to imagine Keir Starmer’s government ever recovering from this disastrous year
Punch drunk
How many more beatings can Rachel Reeves take?
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The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Losing control of the narrative
The British establishment no longer sets the terms of public debate over migration
Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Stop ignoring the Islamisation of our democracy
The British state is bending to Islamism, not attempting to defeat it
The bonfire of British history
Absentee landlords’ neglect allows architectural jewels to be burned to the ground
Reset as usual
Labour’s problem is not messaging, presentation or leadership — it is that the party lacks the appetite for the reforms Britain demands
Antisemitism and the Islamic connection
Antisemitic sentiments in Islamic theology cannot be overlooked or obscured
Why are doctors special?
Doctors have a lot less to complain about than other workers
The meaning and meaninglessness of Makerfield
Andy Burnham has triumphed — but can he maintain his success?
Three pheasants, one Land Rover
Labour’s new war on pheasant shooting is about who gets to decide how England’s land is used
Orbánism is not dead
The veteran Hungarian prime minister is going but his agenda lives on
When imitation is more then just flattery
An informative and entertaining history of plagiarism in its many forms
Spectres of folk
Can the gallery embrace unofficial culture?
Embers to tend
The brilliance of Sappho has been obscured by rumour and neglect
How to build a Europe of the peripheries
Resetting Britain’s relations with the EU should not mean being beholden to France and Germany