Vanessa Jardine
Why won’t the Chief Constable hold my sign?
I didn’t even ask her to agree with it
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Amnesty irrational
Gender identity ideologues cannot get away with baseless smears any more
How Bridget Phillipson earned an F
Phillipson’s big ambitions were reduced to performative stunts
Who pays for Manchesterism?
Burnham spent nine years extracting money from Westminster, now he’ll be reaching directly into taxpayers’ pockets
The goading life
How the transgressive media of the 1990s influenced, and was eaten by, online culture
The migrant crime cover up
Why is Labour fighting to keep migrant crime statistics secret?
A massive cross-party achievement
The new V&A East Museum has surpassed all expectations
I don’t trust the British state
British institutions simply are not functioning in the interests of the people they are meant to serve
How broad should a broad church be?
A party needs borders or it becomes meaningless
The failed promise of Emmanuel Macron
He claimed that France would become a manufacturing power again. What happened?
The cost of equal outcomes
By treating disparities in mental health detention as evidence of racism, the NHS is sacrificing safety
Taylor’s Version of feminism
Taylor Swift’s marriage is less a retreat from feminism than its logical conclusion
By the by-elections
Do not expect major surprises or lasting change as a result of the latest Scottish by-elections
Boriswave denialism
Britain’s ruling class has used dependence on cheap labour as an economic strategy, and cannot see any other option
Exile and exaltation
Bohuslav Martinu: The Symphonies (Deutsche Grammophon)
A love-hate affair
Finger-lingering over hideous fluffy lilac footwear
Fond portrait of an odd couple
Two irascible, elderly artists and two beautiful younger women in unusual relationships