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Baroness Meacher’s Assisted Dying Bill offers no real safeguards for the most vulnerable patients
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The martyrdom of Young Bob
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Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Can Russell T Davies write “terfs”?
In Tip Toe, Russell T Davies is more nuanced than one might expect — much to the dismay of gender ideologues
The mirage of majesty
Royal charm cannot disguise Britain’s shrinking power in a transactional world
Indefinite leave, unlimited access
While Westminster fixates on survival, a deeper battle will decide whether mass migration becomes a permanent and costly feature of the state
The government must curb its appetite for junk policy
The “junk food advertising ban” is indigestible nonsense
Soft competition
There are participation prizes to everyone at the Venice Biennale
Oldham, new problems
How changing demographics have reshaped culture and politics in Greater Manchester
Fair vs free elections
The grey zone between interference and counter-interference is becoming Europe’s new political frontier
Symphonies have life
John McCabe: 2 symphonies and cello concerto (Signum Classics)
What does it mean to be free?
Women are caught between different experiences of freedom and loss
The BBC needs competition
The scandal-ridden Beeb is doomed if it is not held to higher standards
NigeDosh: an urgent appeal
Tonight’s political coverage is repeatedly interrupted by urgent appeals for charities that may or may not be fictional
Why Keynes was wrong
He misinterpreted fundamental economic principles