Rishi Sunak
A red wall budget?
The Northern Research Group’s demands to the Chancellor
Vanilla flavour Labour
Something borrowed, something blue – Keir Starmer’s vision cedes the initiative to Rishi Sunak
Unproductive investment
Rishi Sunak boasts a hugerise in public spending. That must mean big tax increases
A bright star in the east
Liz Truss doesn’t lack courage
All the news fit to post, two weeks early
It’s Christmas come early for Critic readers
Michael Ashcroft on the rise of Rishi Sunak: what is he thinking? What does he intend?
In this podcast, Graham Stewart talks to Michael Ashcroft, whose new book is the first biography to be written about the Chancellor of the Exchequer
Bidding for bribes
Inviting local areas to bid for central government money is a terrible idea
Do MPs understand what Sunak admitted today?
If MPs felt the cut to foreign aid was today’s worst news then they were not listening
Putting our arms around the National Elf Service
First have Christmas, then pay for it
“But is it good for the Jews?” Why Dom Cummings departure probably is
Toby Young was a huge fan of Dominic Cummings. The lockdown changed his mind
Food for thoughtlessness
The march of the public health puritans continues
In defence of the stiff upper lip
Emotional reserve in public does not mean neglecting our interior lives, it means being serious about them
The first female President will be Republican
American conservatives are far less averse to assertive women than the political left
The first victim of empire
England is an ongoing casualty of the British imperial project
Boris: the PM who could do no wrong
This must be in competition for the most inaccurate work of non-fiction since … well, since Johnson’s last book
What do Labour think a conversion therapy is?
There has to be a middle ground between complete denial and complete affirmation
A full-blooded blow-out
Kurt Weill: Symphonies, Seven Deadly Sins (DG)
White male conservatives for identity politics
Kemi Badenoch’s supporters should have fewer illusions
Party in the U.S.S.R.
Shortages, queues and giant slogan-laden banners were the order of the day as the party faithful gathered
America will be fine
The American system is far more resilient than it looks
Murders for November
Another mélange of murders, from Japan to Scotland
