The pontiff who looked the other way
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Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
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Woke politics was never trivial
Wokeness was a lot more, and a lot worse, than a passing online fad
Unionists should unite
It’s time to build alliances to ensure that unionists are not let down again
Hey, Starmer, leave those kids alone
Banning under-16s from social media is more prohibitionist stupidity
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John Swinney is proving that in politics what matters most is simply showing up
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The Israeli demagogue is a bleak but interesting model of a modern politician
One year later
Despite the Supreme Court ruling, the gender argument is not going anywhere
We need a loud revival
The dream of a “quiet revival” always misunderstood the problem faced by British Christians
The memory wars
Poland and Ukraine must find some way to stop falling out over history
Oldham, new problems
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