Shirley Williams
Broken eggs, no omelette
Baroness Williams believed until she died that comprehensive schools fostered equality. Her folly has only entrenched class privilege
Shirley Williams – her legacy for education
Shirley Williams secured a selective school for her own daughter – but did not understand why other parents might want that choice
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unconquered by a
taste of Crusader food
What is wrong now was wrong before
Julia Gillard should not pretend that the “unintended consequences” of the gender debate were unknowable
A shameful Bill
Labour is spectacularly failing the British people on immigration
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
How to fix the economy
A repentant ex-financial trader tells all
Don’t bet against the SNP
The complete ineptitude of their rivals has kept them at the top of Scottish politics
Climate alarmism must not be unquestionable
We have succumbed to herd-like thinking over renewable energy
Critical briefing: the Chişinău Declaration
Why the Chişinău Declaration is more of a symbolic gesture than a chance for real reform
Parade of defeats
Armenia is a democracy tearing itself apart over who gets to define the soul of a nation
The last ponies on the moor
Dartmoor Ponies are facing an extinction event, thanks to a government Quango
Labour’s battle of egos
There is little love left to lose between those plotting regicide in Downing Street
Today Havering, tomorrow Westminster
The local elections exposed a political class united mainly by its inability to feel embarrassment
Eine kleine Berlinermusik
Berlin! Berlin! Berlin! (Bis); Love Maps (TXYart)
A very postmodern schism
A postmodern spectacle exposed deep divisions about the nature of truth
Is it time to let the doctor die?
Doctor Who has become increasingly incoherent and increasingly ideological
Britain’s housing crisis is a crisis for veterans
We have to make the system more able to house our heroes