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The Leadbeater Bill is not limited enough
The Bill must be amended to disapply the Human Rights Act 1998
In defence of jury trials
David Lammy’s proposal to abolish trial by jury in all but the most serious cases is wicked and irrational
Gallows humour
The Budget was a terribly depressing farce
No word should be inherently unsayable
Context matters — whatever the language police might say
Leftists are wrong about Denmark
Mass immigration is no less controversial than it was before
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
Ukraine: what have we learnt?
It is hard to isolate large adversaries
The government is coming for men
A strategy for men’s health ends up being deeply muddled
Should we tax the poor more?
This is the unavoidable conclusion of Modern Monetary Theory
No, lockdowns were not inevitable
The Hallett inquiry has ignored the best arguments against shutdowns
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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
Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Stop ignoring the Islamisation of our democracy
The British state is bending to Islamism, not attempting to defeat it
The tyranny of memes
Modern would-be assassins are products of the internet
Failing to face the facts
The Tories’ rosy view of their recent election drubbing reveals a reluctance to have the tough intellectual debate needed to secure the party’s future
Frivolous and doomed
Classicism still has its place at the National Theatre
Fond portrait of an odd couple
Two irascible, elderly artists and two beautiful younger women in unusual relationships
Has the arts sector learned nothing?
Tripling down on identity politics and censoriousness would be fatal
A second Northern Ireland?
How the SNP squandered a major opportunity for independence
We have to tame Big Tech
We must act to regulate social media before it does a lot more damage
Sometimes look on the bright side of life
We should welcome the more culturally affirmative moments of pessimistic and condemnatory commentators
The price is right
Stories about outrageously profligate eating have the appeal of scandal
Auntie’s autumn
Rather than wage war on the Beeb, a Reform government should strip it of its monopoly and force British broadcasting to compete again
Into the light
The courage and dignity of Gisèle Pelicot should inspire us all