Laurie Penny

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…