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Andy Burnham’s immigration double game
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Andy Burnham’s immigration double game

Andy Burnham is positioning himself as a potential successor to Keir Starmer, leveraging his northern identity to…

5/22/2026 · 6 min read · 50 views
Smart but ill-suited
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Smart but ill-suited

Michael Anton’s quietly distinctive, and distinctively quiet, persona among his fellow Trumpworld alumni ensured that…

5/22/2026 · 7 min read · 52 views
Price caps and political pygmies
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Price caps and political pygmies

On the face of it, the news that Rachel Reeves was planning to “ask” supermarkets to introduce a “voluntary” price cap…

5/21/2026 · 4 min read · 60 views
North Korea’s rogue state development
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North Korea’s rogue state development

One immediately thinks of military parades, famine, prison camps, and nuclear sabre-rattling. It is, as we understand…

5/21/2026 · 6 min read · 59 views
Labour’s toxic medicine
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Labour’s toxic medicine

This week, our rulers have left two more of their now-signature scratch marks on the walls of reality. One is perhaps…

5/21/2026 · 4 min read · 49 views
After the flood
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After the flood

Immigration figures released today by the ONS, showing net migration fell to 171,000 in 2025, are going to be…

5/21/2026 · 4 min read · 42 views
Spectres of folk
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Spectres of folk

Cultural institutions love to flirt with the eccentric as much as they love to rediscover ideas they only recently…

5/21/2026 · 5 min read · 49 views
The meaning of Zack Polanski
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The meaning of Zack Polanski

The article argues that while British politics traditionally avoids attacking opponents' private lives, such personal…

5/20/2026 · 9 min read · 61 views
The EU is getting worse
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The EU is getting worse

Recently, there has been growing criticism of European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen. Not only did former…

5/20/2026 · 7 min read · 48 views
Why people smuggling means profits
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Why people smuggling means profits

Readers of The Critic will be painfully aware that the British economy is fake. Every legal business that is, for just…

5/20/2026 · 5 min read · 72 views
Canis lupus labor
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Canis lupus labor

Several years before he entered Downing Street John Major once startled guests — perhaps the only time he made such an…

5/20/2026 · 6 min read · 66 views
There is nothing authentic about Andy Burnham
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There is nothing authentic about Andy Burnham

Andy Burnham and his allies have supposedly been incandescent with Wes Streeting for a “transparent” attempt to derail…

5/20/2026 · 4 min read · 56 views
Campaigners should let assisted suicide go
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Campaigners should let assisted suicide go

After narrowly passing its Third Reading in the House of Commons, at the end of the last parliamentary session, the…

5/19/2026 · 5 min read · 69 views
Critical briefing: the Chişinău Declaration
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Critical briefing: the Chişinău Declaration

Last week, on Friday, 15 May, the Council of Europe adopted the Chişinău Declaration, a significant intervention on…

5/19/2026 · 4 min read · 64 views
Selling the commons
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Selling the commons

Somewhere in the Pennines, a farmer is being asked to sign a document. The paperwork, dense with terms like ecosystem…

5/19/2026 · 6 min read · 65 views
The artist formerly known as Nero
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The artist formerly known as Nero

Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus — better known as Nero — is one of the most fascinating and perverse figures of the…

5/19/2026 · 5 min read · 56 views
I’m worried about Andy Burnham
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I’m worried about Andy Burnham

The Makerfield by-election has been announced and Labour Mayor of Greater Manchester Andy Burnham is aiming to win the…

5/19/2026 · 8 min read · 55 views
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Fit for a queen

5/24/2026 · 39 views
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It’s high time we banned dogs

5/24/2026 · 44 views

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