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What a super-majority means for Labour
When the last Tory government fell, the famous question after election night was: ‘Were you up for Portillo?’ Were you…
Can Starmer control 450 unruly MPs?
It doesn’t matter how loyal a candidate is. Once elected, all MPs (to a greater or lesser extent) conclude they…
Joe Biden is running out of time in the Middle East
Jerusalem The idea of a Saudi-Israel rapprochement would have been unthinkable not so long ago, and yet, shortly before the…
The ‘luxury beliefs’ that harm vulnerable children
Now that everyone insists that the oppressed must be lifted up – or platformed, if you’re that way inclined: why…
Babies with Down’s syndrome have a right to be born
Many of us remember at least one morning in our childhoods when fate threw us some unexpected twist and we…
Teenagers are fuelling Sweden’s gun crisis
Stockholm There were 149 bomb attacks in Sweden last year. Though warring gangs are for the most part responsible, ordinary…
Even pilgrims are staying away from Jerusalem
Israel has a new train line: 25 minutes from Ben Gurion airport to Jerusalem. The Christian pilgrims would love it…
Stop worrying if your child is a picky eater
One parent in our class WhatsApp chat raised a pressing concern: her daughter was coming home every day with a…
A.A. Milne and the torturous task of writing
For those of us lucky enough to have been regular contributors to Punch magazine, April is a slightly crueller month…
How Ukraine plans to revive its birth rate
In my village in Ukraine, there aren’t many families left intact. The funerals of those who have been killed in…
Why I’m fighting to ban smartphones for children
I am not often lost for words, but the five middle-aged homeless men who spoke at the Big Issue celebration…
Grappling with anti-Semitism at Easter
Grappling with anti-Semitism at Easter
In defence of forgiveness
It is often the small constants in the culture that give the game away. Much of the news today is…
The utter horror of UHT milk
On a trip to Italy via Paris last month, my travelling companion and I went to the Gare de Lyon…
