Starmer
The Starmer strikes back
In a galaxy far, far from stable, Labour’s leadership chaos overshadows the King’s Speech
Reset as usual
Labour’s problem is not messaging, presentation or leadership — it is that the party lacks the appetite for the reforms Britain demands
Soft-Play Britain
Britain’s governing class talks of growth and grandeur but focuses on planters and paint schemes
Britain’s armed forces to the rescue?
And is Scottish Labour still relevant for Starmer’s Labour Party?
Most Read
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
Fair vs free elections
The grey zone between interference and counter-interference is becoming Europe’s new political frontier
Marriage and muscular liberalism
The Fury controversy exposes the contradictions behind Britain’s new marriage laws
No gods, no monsters
We should stop projecting our neuroses onto foreign leaders
Knowingly crass and conflicted
This American culture is hegemonic because even to steal from it is to propel it
An artful chip
Any penalty is at heart a psychological battle between taker and keeper
Pick up sticks
Christopher Pincher saunters around
town with a stylish walking cane
Contra Kemi
Is Kemi Badenoch a principled opponent of identity politics or an anti-woke opportunist?
Escape to the country
Some tractor-acceptance meditation might help with moving day
