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The long shadow of the Great Helmsman
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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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Leaving the ECHR would not make Britain like Russia
The case for opposing withdrawal is currently intellectually fatuous
Keeping the faith
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A win for academic freedom
The university free speech complaints scheme is (finally) going ahead
Why 1776 matters to modern Britain
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If Burnham does to Britain what he has done to Manchester, we are in big trouble
Literature amid lies
Leonardo Sciascia sought justice in the face of cynicism
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My lasting World Cup memories have nothing to do with England
Under the volcano
As Sicilians say, Mamma Etna gives more than she takes away
Britain lacks a party of the young
Britain’s alienated young are drifting leftwards because no serious movement on the right is speaking to their interests
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