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NatCon lives on
The conference has gone ahead in Brussels despite protests and police action
Do not sanction the truth
Stating biological facts should not be cause for heavy-handed complaints proceedings
Sinking giggling into the sea
The Conservatives were very amused with Rishi Sunak’s latest joke, even if no one else was
The Church of England is practicing a secular religion
Equality, diversity and inclusion can be prioritised over religious faith
On conservative despair
It is hard to escape the sense of tremendous national loss
Dumb, glum and zero-sum
British thinking has to value supply more than distribution
Free speech for everyone, except …
We have to stop compromising our defence of free speech whenever it is convenient
J.K. Rowling and the very Freudian fandom
Many Harry Potter fans feel a strange compulsion to hate the thing they love
It’s the only one for me, nicotine
Once again, public health fanaticism is being prioritised over simple pleasures
How can we pay for our cathedrals?
Critics of silent discos in Canterbury Cathedral are silent on how to fund our churches
How to destroy football
“Blue cards” will only add to the confusion and subjective rulings we’re now seeing
