Keir Starmer, toolmakers and the death of the working-class hero
Why his story of individual aspiration has failed to resonate.
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Politicians ignore the Mumsnet manifesto at their peril
It is hard to read the list of policy demands and not reflect that life is getting worse for British…
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“Pro-family” rhetoric and its fascist resonances
Traditional gender roles have propped up authoritarian regimes of the past. In Republicans’ views on women, the echoes are clear.
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Hunter Biden is the great American failson
The media allowed his personal embarrassments to become a national disgrace.
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Rishi Sunak and Sky TV have unleashed a class war
The debate over the Prime Minister’s background is a reflection of bourgeois neuroses.
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Rishi Sunak’s D-Day apology reveals the limits of saying sorry
It isn’t always the hardest word. It’s often the easiest. It can trip off the tongue far too readily.
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The Tories’ fate was decided long before the D-Day blunder
For the Conservatives, the race was probably already lost in January 2023.
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How the European left can take on the hard right
There are flickers of hope in Italy and Spain.
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