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unconquered by a
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Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
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Brexit triumphalists can’t understand how other people living in the UK in 2026 do not share their enthusiasm
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Taylor Swift’s marriage is less a retreat from feminism than its logical conclusion
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As Western militaries struggle to recruit young people, Britain may be turning to a familiar solution: immigration
The government must defuse a legal time bomb
Countries of the “Global South” could sue the UK over greenhouse gas emissions
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A weak and indecisive prime minister delegated too much to Whitehall
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Trans activists loudly trumpet a false mythology
of victimhood. In fact, trans people are more
likely to kill than be killed,