Unite
The party of retailers
Labour’s drift from its union roots reveals the party no longer knows what — or who — it is for
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The Book of JO’B
James O’Brien’s aggressive incuriosity is becoming ever more embattled as his worldview crumbles
The rise and fall of Nicola Sturgeon
The former SNP leader squandered her talents in a classic tale of hubris
Fear and fury in Belfast
Violence spiralled out of control in Northern Ireland in the aftermath of a shocking crime
The screaming spires
Oxford University must clarify where it stands on academic freedom
Losing control of the narrative
The British establishment no longer sets the terms of public debate over migration
The centre-left is out of ideas
The new journal Arguably barely makes an argument
The Islamic identity crisis
V.S. Naipaul was prophetic on the struggles between Islam and modernity
Murders for May
From the spa resort of Buddington to the streets of Tokyo
The mirage of majesty
Royal charm cannot disguise Britain’s shrinking power in a transactional world
I’m worried about Andy Burnham
If Burnham does to Britain what he has done to Manchester, we are in big trouble
We need to make a better case against Magic Monetary Theory
Simplistic rebuttals help MMT endure. We need better arguments
The underworld on the high street
Beneath the façade of everyday commerce, organised crime has quietly captured British high streets
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
Operatic satire is a Shaw thing
The old Art has an armoury of skunk-like defence mechanisms to keep the unwashed at bay
Spirits, a seven-year-old and a death camp
Balancing the gap between what the narrator knows and what the reader does
Suicide of an author’s credibility
Matt Goodwin has done the causes that he represents no favours with his new book