Theresa May
The big state heir to Blair
James Kirkup reviews Remaking One Nation by Nick Timothy
Corbyn – what was he good for?
He lost, but did Jeremy Corbyn succeed in moving Britain Leftwards?
How Sir Graham protected May
The Chairman of the 1922 protected the leader rather than the party
A flawed first draft of history
Theresa May’s former political secretary on the biography that doesn’t get her right
Do Prime Ministers lose their seats?
There is no special place in the British electoral system for party leaders
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Tame Impala fails to impress
unconquered by a
taste of Crusader food
A shameful Bill
Labour is spectacularly failing the British people on immigration
Going Green
A day out with Zack Polanski and friends
What is wrong now was wrong before
Julia Gillard should not pretend that the “unintended consequences” of the gender debate were unknowable
Pleasure and persuasion
Jean Sibelius: Symphonies 1-7 (Ondine)
The soul of Putin
Twenty-five years after George W. Bush first looked into Vladimir Putin’s eyes, the Russian president has changed less than America would like to believe
Why people smuggling means profits
People smuggling is one of the few functioning markets left in the UK
Why does Labour hate our pubs?
The government has to stop taxing the hearts of our communities out of business
Against the scolding mob
MPs have helped to create the puritanism that is now coming for their drinks
The paté of the Land
Chinese water deer, partridges and paté
Irish anti-Israel agitation is out of control
Anti-Israel sentiments among Irish nationalists are irrational and opportunistic
Jolly boating weather
The Gondoliers, English Touring Opera, Hackney Empire
The problem with price freezes
Freezing prices is not half as simple (or cheap) as politicians often think
British comedy: a post-mortem
British comedy has become safe, stale and contrived
The trains have to run
Populists have had success in persuading people that they can govern — but can they actually govern?
Migrant hotels are not the real problem
The real problem with illegal immigration is at the border