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The problem with Burnham’s call for kinder, gentler politics
Andy Burnham used his big speech this week to unveil his spiffing new idea to solve all the country’s terrible…
Devolution has failed. Try telling Andy Burnham
There is so little substance to Andy Burnham that it seems almost churlish to attack the one area where he…
A love note to Thomas Tuchel
As Pride Month comes to an end, please indulge me in a confession. I think I’m in love with Thomas Tuchel. Obviously,…
Why Scots will never support England at the World Cup
As this year’s World Cup got under way, a pub called MacGregors on Shore Street in the Scottish town of…
A full-throated endorsement of the Pelosi Center
Former speaker of the House, Representative Nancy Pelosi, who will retire from Congress this year is lending her name and her leadership to the University…
The Supreme Court is not in Trump’s thrall
The latest Supreme Court term, which ended on Tuesday, surely must have been a deep disappointment for those who argue…
Will Starmer’s last defender please turn out the lights
There are still people out there – with access to the full gamut of unblunted cutlery – who maintain that…
Road rage in the Foreign Office
With Sir Keir Starmer straggling on as PMINO – Prime Minister in Name Only – ministers have truly gone feral.…
Left-wing politicians rail against Mahmood’s ‘refugee tax’
Britain’s dimmest left-wing MPs are up in arms today. No, not about the lack of cash announced in the Defence…
The defence investment plan is Starmer’s sad swansong
With just a few weeks until he is expected to step down as prime minister, Keir Starmer chose a drone…
‘Insane’ Treasury diversity plan attacked by MPs
It doesn’t take a genius to work out that the Treasury is riddled with idiots who struggle to count and…
What is Andy Burnham hiding?
When it became obvious that Andy Burnham would be the next prime minister if he won in Makerfield, it seemed…
The England cricket team is going backwards
In 1999, New Zealand came back from losing the first match to win a Test series in England 2-1. The…
Why white working-class kids fail
Another year, another educational inquiry, another round of soul-searching about the underachievement of white working-class pupils. This time, senior education…
Why is the New York Times celebrating slave-trading Vikings?
Norway play the Ivory Coast later today in the first knockout phase of the World Cup, and one suspects the…
The true cost of ending the doctors’ strikes
After three years, and a cost to taxpayers of over £3 billion, the junior doctor strikes are finally over. For…
Why asylum seekers probably won’t have to pay back their accommodation costs
It’s clearly asylum week at the Home Office. On Sunday, destructive new ‘safe and legal’ routes for asylum seekers which…
Why does Starmer think he could become Nato chief?
When the incumbent prime minister – presumably Andy Burnham – lays a wreath at the Cenotaph on Remembrance Sunday this…
How ideology hollowed out children’s literature
Self-immolation is a horrible way to go, but no one seems to have told that to the children’s publishing industry.…
Why do the French have a problem with air conditioning?
In the French city of Nantes, the ribbon-cutting ceremony for the city’s long-anticipated railway station was a big event. The…
Revealed: How the Treasury abandoned numeracy to boost diversity
On Monday, Andy Burnham finally set out some of his plans for government. To the surprise of no one, much…
E. Jean Carroll’s banana republic justice
E. Jean Carroll gets to keep her money. The Supreme Court has declined to review the $5 million sexual abuse…
Burnham won’t be the first prime minister to have tried levelling up
Every generation of politicians seems to believe that they are the first to discover the North. In Andy Burnham’s speech today…
Andy Burnham’s tragic Blairite tribute act
‘What a fitting venue to be sat in – The People’s History Museum’. So began the introduction to Andy Burnham’s…
Is Andy Burnham really ready to become prime minister?
Andy Burnham is not prime minister yet, but he has already outdone John Major. Whoever thought of putting him in…
