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Things can only get worse
There is a vast epistemic divide between those who experience decline, and those who don’t
The transferable skills scam
How higher education learned to stop worrying about disciplines and love generic competencies
Building a house on rock
Danny Kruger was right about Britain and Christianity
Don’t arrest Palestine Action supporters
You do not have to like the group to think arresting its defenders is a step too far
Israel should not freeze out Jerusalem’s Christians
Politicians must encourage local authorities to back away from the churches
Bulldozing Britain’s brand
A lament for the destruction of the magnificent British Embassy building in Bangkok
Prohibiting pints instead of doing politics
Reducing the drink-drive limit will sound good and achieve nothing
Nicola Sturgeon’s feminist fairy tale
For all the rhetoric, she made life worse for Scottish women
Protectionism is highway robbery
Free trade is good in moral and practical terms
The immigration dam has burst
Finally, there is space for rational debate on the consequences of mass migration
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The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
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
Antisemitism and the Islamic connection
Antisemitic sentiments in Islamic theology cannot be overlooked or obscured
Bypassing the parasites
Too often, lawyers add little to business transactions except delays and questionable costs
Trump: the imprudent king
The President has so far achieved the opposite of what he promised
Homes for Ukraine — and everywhere else
Why were some non-Ukrainians far more likely to enter Britain under a scheme meant for Ukrainians?
Grey expectations
Saving England’s native red squirrel will require harsh measures
Russia’s useful internet addicts
No, Russia is not a beleaguered outpost of European values
Remembering 2020
It is important to remember what an irrational and hostile time it was
Reform’s reality gap
Behind the rhetoric of mass deportations, Reform UK’s numbers and logistics don’t yet add up
Art: my part in its downfall
Pierre d’Alancaisez was part of the
contemporary art world’s inner circle until
he saw the error of his ways
The global risks of the AI illusion
What if AI turns out to be a lot less profitable than we have been told?
The real problem with rigmarole
A journalistic focus on proceduralism distracts us from deeper political questions