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The Jenrick method
The saga of Victoria Tower Gardens
Labour’s fork in the road to victory
If Labour appeals primarily to young progressive urban supporters, can it win back traditional working class communities?
Can a Twitter campaign topple the BBC?
‘Defund the BBC’ will probably be denied a platform with the institution it seeks to abolish
Why I am backing Buckingham University
Buckingham University is flying high without the help of state support
Dark matters
Academics in this country need to allow new ideas rather than orthodoxy and group-think
A perversion of Puritanism
The toppling of Colston’s statue in Bristol sends a terrible message to today’s would-be philanthropist
Jane’s profound piety
Jeremy Black reviews Jane Austen: Writing, Society, Politics, by Tom Keymer
The sanctification of George Floyd
Being killed by a brutal policeman does not change a man’s life from bad to good
On message
DfID is internally permitting one-sided activism to the extent of appearing to adopt it
The Long March or the Big Push?
How quickly can Labour recover from its 2019 disaster?
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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
California dying
The world’s dream factory now produces scenes from a dystopia
Keir factor
The prime minister must feel as if he faces the Plagues of Egypt
A second Northern Ireland?
How the SNP squandered a major opportunity for independence
The last of the fine arts
Hockney insisted on doing exactly as he pleased — and his cigarettes were as much a part of his artistic philosophy as his paintbrush.
Britain and brutalism: listed, not loved
The visitor numbers and heritage status of the Southbank tell us nothing about what people actually want to look at
Peston’s Inbox
Keir has my complete backing – Wes
Scotland’s cold and durable fire
John Swinney is proving that in politics what matters most is simply showing up
The Third China Shock?
We are unprepared for the possibility of a future Chinese hegemon
A magnificent navy on land
The state of the British Armed Forces triumphantly vindicates Parkinson’s Law
Stop selling sexism
Banning strip clubs might sound unrealistic but it is the right thing to do
Not exiles, but stayers
White South Africans are not abandoning their home