Laurie Penny

The haunting of Tory conference

9 October 2025 3:34 am

Spooky season came early to Manchester this year. Outside the convention centre, a baffled, shattered city reels from the latest…

Don’t cure my autism

27 September 2025 9:00 am

I admit that when Donald Trump announced he had found the answer for autism, I was curious. As an autistic…

Corbyn’s new party is Starmer’s creation

12 July 2025 9:00 am

Have you ever been to an activist meeting? A proper one, not a cocktail party for potential donors. If Keir…

Labour has tied itself in knots over welfare reform

2 July 2025 9:30 pm

The problem with having principles is that they’re very expensive. This is proving an enormous headache for Starmer’s government, which is…

The politics of horror

21 June 2025 9:00 am

Everyone forgets the actual opening scene of 28 Days Later, even though it’s deeply relatable, in that it features a…

Why ‘woke’ is now just a right-wing fetish

24 May 2025 5:42 pm

There’s been a late entry in the competition for most cretinous misunderstanding of international trade policy. For anyone who’s been…