What went wrong with Doctor Who? Overcomplicated and expensive, Russell T Davies’ Doctor Who reboot no longer works for today’s television landscape, says Will Cooling These are difficult times for Doctor Who, with the show celebrating the 20th anniversary of its triumphant return to British screens with some of the worst viewing figures in the programme’s long history. What makes this [...]
Can Mario rescue Nintendo from Switch 2 pricing backlash? Opinion Forget Princess Peach, it's Nintendo that might need rescuing as it battles tariffs, inflation and its Switch 2 pricing backlash.
Reeves should be honest: income tax is going up Opinion Income tax threshold freezes are a de facto tax rise but the revenue won’t be fully realised until the end of the parliament. She should adjust rates now while there’s still time to improve public services before the next election? And fix distortive cliff edges while she’s at it, says Will Cooling Rachel Reeves has [...]
Labour is targeting the disabled not because it’s hard, but because it’s easy March 19, 2025 Labour's cut to disability benefits is not the mark of a government making "tough decisions", but desperate ones, writes Will Cooling.
Starmer must not exploit Ukraine crisis for right-wing votes March 5, 2025 With Trump and Vance attacking causes and values that British voters hold dear, Keir Starmer has to work harder to convey to a country shocked and appalled by the American administration’s behaviour whose side he is on, says Will Cooling As Sir Keir Starmer flew back to London last week, he could have been forgiven [...]
America first means Britain needs a customs union with Europe February 18, 2025 Whatever one thinks of Brexit, industrial goods were always the area where it made least sense for Britain to go it alone. And now that it’s clear Europe can no longer rely on America, deepening cooperation on defence production is a no-brainer, says Will Cooling It has only been four weeks since Donald Trump’s second [...]
Is the government finally seeing sense on net zero? February 5, 2025 The government has realised that planes will still take off, even in a lower carbon future, so they may as well do it from Heathrow. They should apply the same logic to fossil fuels and allow drilling in the North Sea, says Will Cooling The New Year has clearly brought with it new energy from [...]
Biden’s failure is a warning to Labour January 21, 2025 Rachel Reeves has said her economic proposals are inspired by Bidenomics, but even though America’s economy is prospering regular voters hated how Biden got them there – and that should worry Labour, says Will Cooling Yesterday brought to an end Joe Biden’s long goodbye from public life. A man who once convened private meetings with [...]
Judge Dredd and the peculiarly British tradition of the Christmas special December 25, 2024 The sci-fi Christmas special is a unique window into British culture – where the joy of the season always meet despair and decline, says Will Cooling In his unofficial role as Donald Trump’s lead cheerleader-cum-adviser, Elon Musk welcomed the now withdrawn nomination of Matt Gaetz to be America’s next Attorney General by calling him the [...]
In defence of Band Aid (kind of) November 26, 2024 Arguments about whether Band Aid is patronising are as old as the song itself, but they map oddly onto contemporary political divides, says Will Cooling If the Americans have film bros arguing over whether Die Hard is a Christmas movie, then we Brits have debating the merits of Band Aid as an alternative festive pastime. [...]
