Keir Starmer delivered his address to Labour’s so-called ‘Connected’ conference

09/22/2020 - 3:28pm

Starmer talks to the Wall Sir Keir gives his speech in — and to — Labour’s lost heartland

Don’t de-colonise the Pitt Rivers — Westernise it Instead of removing indigenous art, why not add Western objects to go with it?

Whitty and Vallance are playing a dangerous game The dubious use of statistics by the CMO and CSO will only undermine trust

Sir Graham Brady: I can’t vote for another lockdown The leading Tory backbencher tells UnHerd that the mood has changed decisively in the party

Monday, September 21

Is this the question that will win it for Joe Biden? One of his worst attributes may turn out to be his best

Don’t treat children like consumer goods 'Commissioning' babies is a worrying trend that must be resisted in the UK

Mary Harrington

The unspoken truth about our permissive society The arc of history does not bend towards ever-increasing social liberalism

Friday, September 18

Anti-racism is a virtue gone mad Princeton University might lose millions of dollars as a result

Boeing’s deadly sin Greed is not just a corporate failure, but a moral one too

Elizabeth Oldfield

Thursday, September 17

If your child has the sniffles, is it Covid or a cold? The symptoms for each virus are almost indistinguishable

Don’t recycle plastic. Burn it. There's nothing to gain from dumping plastic rubbish halfway across the world

Does international law even exist? It is made by and for states, which are invariably motivated by national interest

Wednesday, September 16

Why are we racialising Beethoven? As a person of colour, I don't feel 'excluded' when I listen to the 5th Symphony

Why fusionism failed The relationship between conservatism and capitalism was doomed from the start

Tuesday, September 15

Even tribal Tories are baffled by the Rule of Six The PM can’t see the value of anything that doesn’t contribute to the exchequer

Mary Harrington

How liberals paid the price for breaking Britain They still don't understand the extent and nature of their privilege

Monday, September 14

Don’t fall for the Venus life trap Is there really evidence of life on the planet?

The evidence for the ‘Rule of 6’ is not promising There is nothing to suggest that it limits the spread of Covid-19

Less likely than being struck by lightning? Think I’ll stay indoors The risk of dying from Covid is tiny, but people can't help being frightened anyway

Friday, September 11

Full employment is making a timely comeback Gordon Brown is reviving a core Labour idea, neglected since the 1980s

The paranoid style in vaccine science The Oxford trial was halted, but that does not mean that the vaccine is unsafe

Thursday, September 10

Merlin Sheldrake: the philosophy of fungi Freddie Sayers speaks to the biologist about the mysterious world of mushrooms

Why is the Manchester bomber’s praying not relevant? Religious sensitivities should not stigmatise reporting irregular behaviour

Wednesday, September 9

Don’t call the new Brexit bill ‘illegal’. It isn’t. It may be bad policy, but Brandon Lewis is not signing a criminal’s charter

Polly Mackenzie

Is Donald Trump toast? The pollsters Nate Silver, Doug Rivers and Robert Cahaly have radically different ideas about the coming election

Yes, women are suffering during Covid-19 — but it’s men who are dying… The UN Secretary-General is the latest to bring identity politics to the pandemic

Mary Harrington

Tuesday, September 8

Why aren’t my fellow socialists backing Boris on state aid? The PM is right to resist the 1990s-era rules of the EU

Why I’m no longer talking to white liberals about race They live in a different reality from my own

Monday, September 7

Britain should embrace Canadian-style patriotism The Great White North has become a shining example of a diverse democracy

On euthanasia, old Conservatives are the new radicals Burkean Tories are now the exception, not the rule

Mary Harrington

Friday, September 4

The UBI debate exposes an ancient Christian division A clash between the Weberian Protestant work ethic and Anglo-Catholic nostalgia

Watch out for the DIY surveillance state It's not just the authorities that are getting the latest gadgets