Satire
The Politics Of The Bottle
The political implications of prosecco versus a pint
Wrong And Hateful; Brave And Right
‘The depiction of Muhammad is a test case for the practice of Western freedoms’
High Jinks And Horrid Hacks
A revival of a classic satire on social mobility, a debunking of tabloid editors, and a deflating of Boris
Drawing A Line
How did a cartoonist who regularly draws Mohammed feel on hearing about the events in Paris?
Auteur Provocateur
Michel Houllebecq’s Soumission is provocative but treads familiar territory
Jungle Diva
‘I’m an MP, get me out of here’
Party Lines
Daisy Waugh overhears the verdict on the latest political memoirs
Party Lines
Daisy Waugh finds the Big Society is catching on in smart circles
Party Lines
As the cuts loom, Daisy Waugh shares the working mums’ pain
Party Lines
How’s a girl to vote? Daisy Waugh listens in on the great debate
China has a strategy and Britain doesn’t
A roadmap to better relations requires realism. Beijing’s interests and goals are openly stated—if you know where to look
The plague
Standpoint goes to press as the pandemic rages. So too does the search for blame and the political fall-out
Defeat begets defeat for Britain’s cloth-eared Left
The censorious culture of the liberal Left is hostile to freedom of expression. The fate of the trans-rights movement evinces this pointless politics