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America has military might — but does it have the appetite for war?
Labour is trapped in a statist doom-loop
Keir Starmer has a quasi-religious belief in government power
Brexiteers are losing the argument
We must make a rational and cool-headed case for why Britain is better off outside the EU
Assisted suicide is not more important than the law
Charlie Falconer shouldn’t be allowed to bully the House of Lords to its own assisted suicide
The real Deputy Prime Minister
Pat McFadden is the real man behind the throne
Protect the Botnet
Our Overseas Territories are historic, useful and British
British politics needs more history
Despite unprecedented resources, we are failing to learn from the past
Is public religion the new heresy?
It makes no sense to argue that faith should not inform ethical decisions
The grim quasi-religious doctrine of “unconscious bias training”
Baroness Royall’s commitment to the idea should concern Oxford students, academics and administrators
Is Starmer the anti-Thatcher?
He does not have the right ambition and imagination
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Saint Nicola
Nicola Sturgeon wants sympathy for her husband’s crimes—but after years spent avoiding awkward questions, her latest reinvention may be the hardest sell yet.
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English identity has become too surreal and discomfiting to define
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Storycraft is soulcraft
A Game of Thrones, A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms and heroism after disenchantment
Brexit was not an act of economic self-harm
Whatever you have heard, UK-EU trade is doing just fine
The centre-left is out of ideas
The new journal Arguably barely makes an argument
The Middle Kingdom and the middle powers
China’s clash with Western power shattered its civilisational self-image. Europe is heading for a similar reckoning
Worldviews apart
There are disturbing differences between how British Muslims and non-Muslims see the world
The problem with Palantir
The software company is attempting to redefine politics for the worse
Borne back into the past … of Bolton
Oh no, not another cliche!
The rise and fall of Star Trek liberalism
We should celebrate real-world achievement rather than identitarian fantasy
A carnivore’s arcadia
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