Ireland’s political stagnation
Ireland is stuck in political stalemate, with few viable alternatives on offer
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The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Stop ignoring the Islamisation of our democracy
The British state is bending to Islamism, not attempting to defeat it
First-place Finnish
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The third man
Bridget Phillipson’s “Code of Practice” has clarified nothing on sex and gender
New model Auntie
David Elstein spells out the big decisions that Matt Brittin, the BBC’s new director-general, needs to make very quickly in order to save the Corporation
Vapid slogans for the hard of thinking
Every modern university, it seems, needs a “mission statement”
The forlorn hope of growth
Voters are struggling economically but wrongly believe the country to be rich
Will capitalism end capitalism?
Artificial intelligence is perverting the logic of our economic and political systems
The thin blue line must be thicker
The police are nothing without a presence in communities
Unholy war
The Kremlin’s actions contradict its image of itself
The rise and fall of Star Trek liberalism
We should celebrate real-world achievement rather than identitarian fantasy
The simple joy of giallo
Giallo films made for glorious Italian escapism
Literary freedom is in the gutter
The disappearance of a praiseful review for a “cancelled” writer is as disturbing as it is bizarre