Small Boats
Small boats and big problems
The asylum issue is not going away, and Keir Starmer must face it soon
Braverman’s dilemma
The Home Secretary was in an impossible situation, with Number 10 wanting the rhetoric of action without the substance
Keir: more than just a lucky general
Neither Left nor Right can accept that Starmer’s impressive focus and strategic sense is responsible for transforming Labour’s prospects
June letters
Hard power is the only currency that is truly respected
Sein oder Nichtsein
What a pairing Hüller and Fiennes would make
The scarlet letter
A touchy-feely Labour government must embrace the ugly reality of business
When things could only get better
Fans of the 1990s aren’t nostalgic reactionaries. They celebrate an era of optimism, peace, prosperity and great popular culture
Against literary celebriphilia
We need interesting authors, not “big names”
The DUP’s accidental ally
UUP failures are keeping DUP hopes alive
Britain was not built on slavery and imperialism
At least in its current, extreme interpretation, the Williams Thesis is almost certainly false
Toady of Whitehall
Open cruelty was met with equally shameless sycophancy
Mission: Possible
Captain Boring is here to moderately improve the nation
Fruitful discussion
Hannah’s Children is a sharp retort to assumptions about barefoot, bread-baking women harassed by scores of children and domineering husbands
