Rachel Reeves
What Would Andy Do?
The Burnham wishlist turns out to perfectly match that of the median Labour member
Reeves’s tears show she’s human
I don’t want emotionally cold robots operating in Parliament
Vale of tears
Rachel Reeves’s misery sums up the state of the Labour government
The end of Keir Starmer
Keir Starmer has already wasted his opportunity to govern
Spending like there’s no tomorrow
The endless cycle of spending and debt has always been a choice
Britain’s recurring nightmare
Starmer is caught in the same mud that has swallowed every government of the last decade
Giggling in the sea
At least British politics appears to amuse our politicians
Sede vacante
The Critic has been canvassing our top sources for suggestions on the new Pope
Going downhill
A bad week is only getting worse for Rachel Reeves
Playtime’s over
It was an austere Spring Statement for an austere government
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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
We can restrict doctors’ strikes
Well-paid doctors should not be allowed to endanger patients uninhibited
Publishing has an AI problem
From reviews to actual books, creativity is being outsourced to machines
Crisis? Watt crisis?
Renewable energy promises the gold at the end of a rainbow
Don’t bet against the SNP
The complete ineptitude of their rivals has kept them at the top of Scottish politics
Manchesterism is dead in the water
Andy Burnham already appears to have abandoned hope for meaningful change
“You can’t preach here!”
A hostile attitude towards preaching threatens freedom of religion and freedom of speech
Women who play along …
It’s only natural when you come across the aftermath of a collision to wonder who was to blame.
It is time to cut pensions
The economic burden on younger people is unsustainable
What does it mean to be free?
Women are caught between different experiences of freedom and loss
A win for academic freedom
The university free speech complaints scheme is (finally) going ahead
The artist formerly known as Nero
The life and death of Rome’s last Julio-Claudian emperor revealed every Roman fear about the dangers of one-man rule