Rochdale
The road to Hell is paved with arse-covering cowardice
Good intentions were not to blame for the failure to stop the grooming gangs
Gorgeous George returns
George Galloway was delighted to be back — but was anyone delighted to see him?
Keir the coward
Narrowing the borders of permissible opinion will not solve Britain’s societal crises
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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
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
The rise and fall of Nicola Sturgeon
The former SNP leader squandered her talents in a classic tale of hubris
The Cup and me
My lasting World Cup memories have nothing to do with England
A very postmodern schism
A postmodern spectacle exposed deep divisions about the nature of truth
It is time for antidisestablishmentarianism
Church establishment is still worth fighting for
The testing of Giorgia Meloni
Italy’s first woman PM has proved a pragmatic conservative who has brought stability to her country
Britain should speak up for Egypt’s persecuted Christians
We should oppose blasphemy laws at home and abroad
Two faces of America
Copland: 3rd symphony, Walker 5th (LSO Live)
The excesses of intellectual illiberalism
Justified dissatisfaction with liberal modernity has curdled into something alarmist and authoritarian
Stella Creasy hates questions
For many politicians, being disagreed with is proof that they are right
