The Left

By putting the left-wing case for Brexit, the party can lift a referendum debate so far dominated by Etonian egos and Little Englanders

Is the unlikeliest Labour leader a ruthless operator or an idealist whose views never really grew up?

Hilary Benn is about to face his moment of truth

The migration crisis and a fear of the far-Right has driven many on the Left to abandon equality before the law in favour of ‘noble lies’

Despite its political pieties, Caryl Churchill’s Here We Go is a thoughtful look at life and death

Liberalism is a two-faced creed. It can mean that you believe in individual freedom and abhor every variety of prejudice, including the prejudice that allows men to shoot journalists dead for producing a magazine they disapprove of.  Or it can mean that you go to such lengths to take account of your enemy’s opinions you become indistinguishable from him.

“Perhaps it isn’t surprising that skin colour became a state of mind in a year when gender already had”

The Corbynistas’ five-year plan is becoming clear

An update of Roger Scruton’s takedown of Leftist intellectuals is even sharper than its predecessor

“If Jeremy Corbyn is not anti-Semitic himself, he is more than happy to consort with those who are”