Richard Burgon
Shifting momentum: why Starmer sacked Rebecca Long-Bailey
There is more to RLB’s sacking than meets the eye
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Amnesty irrational
Gender identity ideologues cannot get away with baseless smears any more
Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
Who pays for Manchesterism?
Burnham spent nine years extracting money from Westminster, now he’ll be reaching directly into taxpayers’ pockets
The case against recognising Somaliland
The Somaliland lobby is being dangerously naive about the realities of the region
The goading life
How the transgressive media of the 1990s influenced, and was eaten by, online culture
Literature amid lies
Leonardo Sciascia sought justice in the face of cynicism
Hey, leftists, leave independent schools alone
The campaign against independent schools is irrational, short-sighted and destructive
Illuminating shady corners of the soul
Chilling accounts of how men can be destroyed from within
Critical briefing: EU-Taliban talks
As European governments harden their approach to migration, Brussels has taken the extraordinary step of negotiating directly with Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers
Life for petty theft?
IPP sentences are a shocking stain on the criminal justice system that the Prime Minister would do well to kill off
Why Mali matters
Terrorism is spiralling out of control in West Africa
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
The malicious and the mad
Two recent productions offer two different perspectives on dark sides of masculinity
Is our law praiseworthy?
In connection with civil liberties, British law is at its lowest ebb
Love on manoeuvres
La fille du régiment, Covent Garden
What makes an American?
What characterises a US citizen in the 21st century, beyond abiding by the country’s laws and supporting its constitution?