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James Kirkup

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­­­­Dentistry’s decay opens a gap for populists

22.01.2025 2

The Times

James Kirkup

Southport and the problem with judge-led inquiries

Southport and the problem with judge-led inquiries
21.01.2025 20

The Spectator

James Kirkup

Why Westminster is wrong about gilt yields

14.01.2025 4

The Spectator

James Kirkup

Starmer’s grooming gang stance might not last the weekend

10.01.2025 6

The Spectator

James Kirkup

Why won’t the jokes about Rachel Reeves’s CV go away?

Why do jokes about Rachel Reeves’s CV persist? One explanation is simple: it’s funny. The Chancellor’s public persona is strait-laced and...

04.12.2024 3

The Spectator

James Kirkup

There was more to John Prescott than his working class roots

John Prescott has died, leading to a flood of tributes and comments about the working class hero of the New Labour project. That framing of...

21.11.2024 10

The Spectator

James Kirkup

The humiliating emptiness of David Cameron’s legacy

The humiliating post-premiership of David Cameron is the gift that keeps on giving. He might have been gone from No. 10 for more than eight years,...

13.11.2024 5

The Spectator

James Kirkup

Should GPs make a profit?

The Budget has started a fight between the government and GPs. As is often the case with doctors, that fight is about money, but there is also...

04.11.2024 4

The Spectator

James Kirkup

The state pension system is unfair. Reeves is right to change it

Rachel Reeves is cutting £1.4 billion of pensioner welfare payments with her winter fuel payment means-test. It sounds like a big number, but it’s...

10.09.2024 10

The Spectator

James Kirkup