Section: Opinion

Baby, it might be cold outside, but I’d rather freeze than get back on that dating carousel

This cuffing season, I won’t be back on the dating apps hoping to luck out on my very own future mayor. But I will be choosing friends and family over winter isolation

Amna Saleem
Shabana Mahmood’s high-stakes gamble on immigration

The home secretary’s far-reaching reforms suggest she is determined to deliver on her border control pledges

Shehab Khan
‘Stupid’, ‘childish’ and ‘AAHHHHHH’: MPs’ verdict on No 10’s latest manoeuvre

Health secretary Wes Streeting appears in a stronger position than ever following a bizarre briefing about leadership challenges from Downing Street

Shehab Khan

Muslims revealed BBC bias years ago. No one listened

As political pressure claims two top BBC scalps, it seems the broadcaster’s partiality is only a scandal when the attack comes from the right
Rachel Reeves’s pre-budget speech has done little to calm MPs’ nerves

‘After 16 months I’m not sure blaming the predecessors for breaking a manifesto pledge that the Tories said we were going to break is going to wash’
Rightwing attacks on multiculturalism are a cynical smokescreen

Minority communities are not to blame for the UK’s problems — the likes of Robert Jenrick and Nigel Farage are
Streeting’s Reform attack signals a change in Labour — with or without Starmer

As Nigel Farage’s party continues to gain ground, the health secretary has won unusual praise for his strong words about Sarah Pochin
In an uncertain world, I am drawn to family gatherings and a place on my grandmother’s sofa

There is so much beauty in the simple act of gathering: the laughter between generations, gossiping, the silence that no one needs to fill, all over several rounds of tea
Chaotic desi parties: endearing, baffling and somehow entirely on brand

Weddings, charity galas, family gatherings… Why does almost every event come with logistical calamity?