Peers make mushy attempt to restore integrity standards in political life
Their Lordships seemed to enjoy debating the heavy topic, but whether it will have an impact on behaviour is another question
Spluttering Boris Johnson reverts to filibuster mode as PMQs get personal
When asked about a possible government post for his wife, the PM defaults to a well-oiled formula for fending off tricky questions
Secular Britain is reviving Christianity’s rituals
Much of what used to offer people a sense of identity has gone, but we retain a yearning for meaning
Cutting words? ’Tis but a scratch for the PM’s Black Knight
Perennial punchbag Michael Ellis had been dispatched to explain why Lord Geidt had resigned, the second ethics adviser in a row to do so
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Post-growth Britain is spiralling towards class war
Negativity, nastiness and envy are inevitable in a society where prosperity is now a zero-sum game
Partygate season finale proved nothing but anti-climactic for Westminster’s gossip mill
No more fines for Boris and Carrie served to crush the dreams of eager Lobby hacks
Tax-raising Boris Johnson is snookered on windfall levy – and only has himself to blame
Prime Minister can hardly resist making energy firms pay more when he has raised bills for millions of struggling families
Britain is squandering the Iron Lady’s legacy – and it’s all the Tories’ fault
This nightmare of surging inflation and taxation is a direct consequence of the retreat from Thatcherism
Holyrood ferries debate and Wagatha Christie felt like two ships passing in the night
Slanging matches and revelations at First Minister’s Questions almost had echoes of the celebrity trial south of the border
Smirking Priti Patel channels her inner Professor Snape to exasperate the opposition
The Home Secretary took great relish in the lamentations of her enemies – indeed, they seemed to spur her on
Britain is stuck in a priggish world of Covid Puritanism
Starmer had a chance to reflect on the lunacy of the lockdown rules. Instead he continued to moralise
Keir Starmer fails to curry favour with his Spanish Inquisitors over ‘beergate’
It was the Labour leader’s turn to face trial by morning television, but not even he expected his interviewers to deliver spicy putdowns
America is in a war against itself that it cannot win
Fury at a leaked Supreme Court ruling on abortion shows a country tearing its founding principles apart
Ferries fiasco grilling leaves a floundering Nicola Sturgeon looking seasick
SNP showcased its finest talents at First Minister's Questions, from its gift for spin to dodging accountability
Starmer’s sisterhood to the left, bros to the right, PMQs reeked of laddish behaviour
A few days after the Tory misogyny row erupted, the final session before local elections was anything but ordinary
The Left’s Twitter meltdown proves Elon Musk’s point
Their deranged response to the billionaire’s takeover shows how little they really care about free speech
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