The institute used to feel intellectually introverted

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New claims about the costs of obesity are wildly exaggerated

We should not pollute good causes with unreliable information

Populist political victories do nothing to change the reality of progressive institutional dominance

We are entering a new age of great power competition

Self-styled internationalists are failing them

Bluesky is a reminder of an earlier form of smug spitefulness

Cleverness is a virtue in itself but is never sterile or without purpose

Scarcely any football chants will be allowed under Labour’s new “equality” rules