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Calm waters
Mike Johnson’s spinelessness was as surreal as it was disingenuous
Of course ECHR withdrawal would not make the UK like Russia
There are serious arguments against leaving the ECHR but this is not one of them
The left is intellectually exhausted
Ironically, so-called progressives have absolutely failed to move with the times
From digital freedom to the virtual panopticon
The generation that grew up online is watching the web close in
Does women’s discomfort matter?
Male desires are not more important than women’s comfort
On bores and wars
Even Keir Starmer cannot make Trump’s insanity sound tedious
Show me what love is
Don Giovanni, Flanders Opera, Antwerp
Can Europe stand up to Trump?
Trump’s strongman tactics have been enabled by European weakness
Reclaiming private education for the masses
Advocates for freedom in school choice should not rely on sob stories, but on a principled defence of markets and the profit motive
A short-form solution
Labour’s answer to illegal migration borrows the aesthetics of successful enforcement without the substance that made it work
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The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Losing control of the narrative
The British establishment no longer sets the terms of public debate over migration
How the Southport riots broke Starmer’s government
A combination of authoritarianism and hypocrisy proved fatal
Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
Stop ignoring the Islamisation of our democracy
The British state is bending to Islamism, not attempting to defeat it
Smart but ill-suited
Michael Anton was too good for the administrations that he helped to create
Under the volcano
As Sicilians say, Mamma Etna gives more than she takes away
The real problem with rigmarole
A journalistic focus on proceduralism distracts us from deeper political questions
So long, Socrates
Socrates turned relentless questioning into a way of life — and paid for it with his own
Tony Blair is an extremist
He should have left public life long ago
Damaged brains and troubled souls
Dana White, of all people, should not be so dismissive of the salience of mental suffering
The imprudence of Dame Prue
Dame Prue Leith is spreading errors about assisted suicide
Exactly my bag
Travel they say, broadens the mind. It can also empty the pockets
The dark side of the White House
As in ancient Rome, power politics are always a promising arena for drama
Signal failure
Ministers love announcing transformative mega-projects, but millions of commuters would settle for an internet connection that actually works
In the trenches
Hannah Betts considers whether the
classic trench coat is the GOAT