Richard Leonard
Tony goes to Holyrood
The Bumper Book of Scottish Political Counterfactuals: In which Tony Blair takes his rightful place as First Minister
What Labour owes to Scotland
Can Keir Starmer succeed without the land of Keir Hardie?
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Tame Impala fails to impress
unconquered by a
taste of Crusader food
Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
What is wrong now was wrong before
Julia Gillard should not pretend that the “unintended consequences” of the gender debate were unknowable
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
Averting irrational egalitarianism
How to stop ideological anti-racism damaging our institutions and our country
Boriswave denialism
Britain’s ruling class has used dependence on cheap labour as an economic strategy, and cannot see any other option
I don’t trust the British state
British institutions simply are not functioning in the interests of the people they are meant to serve
The last true Kapellmeister
Chaotic in all things except music, where he demanded precision and gave his all
The Reparations Game
Chris and Henry talk to Nigel Biggar about reparations.
Homage to Zaporizhia and Sumy
Horror continues in Ukraine — but the tide could be turning
Europe’s French nuclear shield?
With the NATO alliance under threat, will
Europe really trust President Macron’s
offer of a pan-EU nuclear deterrent?
An artful chip
Any penalty is at heart a psychological battle between taker and keeper
Thank God for Brexit
The EU is a bureaucratic monster and Britain is better off out
When can we believe what we read?
Technology can make knowing the truth more difficult — but we should always have asked more questions about what we read
UK defence readiness is indefensible
Silence is no longer an option — Britain’s Chief of the Defence Staff must resign