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“Women of Steel” won’t bend easily
Female football players should be able to play against other women
The Tory bears’ picnic
If you go down to Parliament today, you’re sure of a big lack of surprise
Leave those cigs along
A new tax on rolling tobacco will backfire
Our public services are hamstrung by low productivity
The government must do more to help a sluggish state sector catch up
Shock therapy, please
A frustrated Argentina has chosen radical economic reform
Immigration highs and highs
To protect institutions and infrastructure, we need an annual limit on immigration
No second coming for the arts
Labour will finish the Tories’ work of destroying the arts – only “better”
Palin was a rare Radio 4 treat
The triumph of Michael Palin’s Book of the Week and the tragedy of Radio 4 comedy
Escaping Britain’s low-wage trap
Only sustained wage growth will restore trust in the economy
Stuck in a Rutte
An assessment of Dutch politics under Prime Minister Mark Rutte
Digging the Holy Land’s past
Our modern controversies about Jerusalem have ancient and medieval roots
The EU is leaving Britain behind on immigration
The continent is waking up to the need for solutions, and Britain must wake up as well
International Society for Libdem Consciousness
It’s a cult, but at least it’s one of the cheerful ones
Who are the Scottish Conservatives?
The election of Russell Findlay to lead the Scottish Conservatives reveals a party that doesn’t know what it stands for
Don’t stop the music
How a legendary DJ was cancelled just for listening to women
Royals in an online age
Can the royal mystique survive the glare of modern media?
The eternal lockdown of the soul
Lockdown-lifers have become a key tool of the state
The world is not enough
In the battle between abstract globalisation and rooted identity, the human spirit itself is at stake
Let publishers publish
The protracted corporate decision-making process is stifling the books industry
When America ignored a slaughter
Whatever America’s flaws, its absence from the global stage leaves a space quickly filled by far more malevolent actors
For Heaven’s sake, not Robert Jenrick
He’s the ideal candidate if you want the Conservatives to lose
