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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…
Does anyone want what Burnham is promising?
This morning Andy Burnham has set out his devolution agenda for government. At the People’s History Museum in Manchester, the…
The growing anger about the RAF Barnham asylum plan
Last week, it was announced after much speculation that migrants would be housed in former military sites across the country;…
France’s ideological war on air conditioning
America is to blame for the heatwave that has caused so much misery in France in the last fortnight. Audrey…
Farage finds his Queen of the North
Reform UK is delighted to announce Sian Astley as our candidate for Mayor of Greater Manchester. Sian has pledged to scrutinise contracts previously…
Badenoch: Ed Miliband is a ‘Nigerian dictator’
Kemi Badenoch spared no prisoners this morning as she delivered her first attack speech dedicated to Andy Burnham and his…
The problem with swapping the navy’s destroyers for drones
It can be hard to believe, but it is only three weeks since John Healey resigned as defence secretary, saying…
Britain won’t mind if Meghan stays away
If you wanted to contrast the public lives of the two warring sides of the Royal Family, last weekend gave…
Who should replace Ben Stokes as England captain?
Ben Stokes, the England captain, has announced his retirement from international cricket. There will be plenty of time to celebrate…
The truth about white guilt
A few weeks ago, we all watched the same footage. A young man called Henry Nowak, barely out of childhood,…
Inside the Tories’ pro-Palestine minority
Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch says her party is the Jewish state’s “last line of defence” in British politics. Her record…
Must we give Andy Burnham a chance?
“Why don’t you write,” my commissioning editor suggested yesterday, “an optimistic piece on Andy Burnham? Give him a chance, sort…
