Zimbabwe
Mugabe and Me
From bonding over jokes about Jesuit teachers to becoming a persona non grata, David Smith recalls his relationship with Robert Mugabe
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The former SNP leader squandered her talents in a classic tale of hubris
Losing control of the narrative
The British establishment no longer sets the terms of public debate over migration
Fear and fury in Belfast
Violence spiralled out of control in Northern Ireland in the aftermath of a shocking crime
How the Southport riots broke Starmer’s government
A combination of authoritarianism and hypocrisy proved fatal
The centre-left is out of ideas
The new journal Arguably barely makes an argument
Dangerous liasons
Does Keir Starmer have a plan for dealing with Donald Trump?
Today Havering, tomorrow Westminster
The local elections exposed a political class united mainly by its inability to feel embarrassment
Soft-Play Britain
Britain’s governing class talks of growth and grandeur but focuses on planters and paint schemes
Migrant hotels are not the real problem
The real problem with illegal immigration is at the border
The problem with prohibiting political dishonesty
It will be used to stifle freedom and not just to curb mistruths
What on Earth is the point of the Lib Dems?
With neither power nor principles, the party is an absolute waste of space
Mass hysteria
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We must end the tyranny of the Treasury
Short-term and parochial thinking has made us weaker and less safe
How the cranks won
Britain’s ruling ideology is founded less on what elites believe than on who they fear
Operatic satire is a Shaw thing
The old Art has an armoury of skunk-like defence mechanisms to keep the unwashed at bay