Reform UK
Will there be an election?
Electoral maths and the human factor make it a lot less likely
Reform’s constitutional quandary
What could Reform UK do about the House of Lords?
Reform’s gate fever
As they have grown more successful, Nigel Farage and his men have lost sight of what it takes to succeed
Why violence is political
Attempts to de-politicise the murder of Anne Widdecombe will fail
Farage the fumbler
Nigel Farage is not built for the highest positions of responsibility
Populism in its purest form
Nigel Farage is rallying his voters to defend his right not to be asked inconvenient questions about his money
Reform should not abandon free markets
Nigel Farage should stick to his liberal guns against the forces of collectivism
Two false dawns
Anger can furnish a movement with energy, but not with votes
Farage fumbles
“Stop Farage” seems to be a more effective message than “Farage”
Once more unto the speeches
There was a great deal of talking today, but how much of it meant anything?
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How Bridget Phillipson earned an F
Phillipson’s big ambitions were reduced to performative stunts
The migrant crime cover up
Why is Labour fighting to keep migrant crime statistics secret?
Who pays for Manchesterism?
Burnham spent nine years extracting money from Westminster, now he’ll be reaching directly into taxpayers’ pockets
The goading life
How the transgressive media of the 1990s influenced, and was eaten by, online culture
Amnesty irrational
Gender identity ideologues cannot get away with baseless smears any more
Beauty from the ruins of war
Painting gave artists and their viewers a temporary way out of the grim wartime reality
Leaving the ECHR would not make Britain like Russia
The case for opposing withdrawal is currently intellectually fatuous
David Lean
The cinematic genius admired by today’s directors
Why we should explore space
Space exploration lifts the human spirit: rather than asking “Why?”, we should ask “Why not?”
Piano pair strike just the right note
Serendipity has delivered a double bill for the ages this month
Unholy war
The Kremlin’s actions contradict its image of itself
Operatic satire is a Shaw thing
The old Art has an armoury of skunk-like defence mechanisms to keep the unwashed at bay
Breaking the mould
The closure of the Denby pottery factor is an example of short-term political thinking
Police policies must be reformed
If we are to have policing “without fear or favour” then it is time for change
Faith in fakes
Baudrillard warned that politics would become a world of signs detached from reality. Manchesterism suggests he was right
On Britain as a capitalist command economy
It is neither neoliberal nor socialist but a secret third thing