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How many Nationalist parties does it take to change a lightbulb?
Will Salmond’s Alba Party split or maximise the pro-independence vote in May?
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The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
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
Can Russell T Davies write “terfs”?
In Tip Toe, Russell T Davies is more nuanced than one might expect — much to the dismay of gender ideologues
Vandalising the law
Activists and politicians should respect the law even if they don’t like it
Soft-Play Britain
Britain’s governing class talks of growth and grandeur but focuses on planters and paint schemes
Orbánism is not dead
The veteran Hungarian prime minister is going but his agenda lives on
The case for compromise with Cuba
The strategic case for negotiating with Havana
Discontent down under
Populism is now a significant part of Australian politics
Let’s scrap the Table Tax
The state should stop using our cafes, pubs, and restaurants as a cash cow
From triple lock to price caps
Opinium polling for The Critic reveals the totemic pension policy has entrenched a politics that demands control over growth
A bewitching Sink drama
Sadie Sink and Noah Jupe make Shakespeare compelling for Gen Z
The joys of village cricket
Cricket embodies much of what is valuable about our culture
The knife and the bone
After war and repression, Iranian dissidents believe the regime’s reckoning is near — but Tehran’s influence reaches far beyond its borders
The imprudence of Dame Prue
Dame Prue Leith is spreading errors about assisted suicide