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Ed Davey in rat-infested custard
Even torture wouldn’t stop Davey from voting for cleaner streets and better-run councils
Iran: deal or devastation?
Donald Trump’s dealings with Tehran veer between negotiation and sabre-rattling
Can Kemi really be proud of her trans record?
That small c conservatism is really hard to spot
Voters deserve to know what is happening in their country
Journalism should be about revealing what is true — not obscuring it
Oligarchy is eating Orbanism
Inertia, youth disquiet, and stormy office politics could be the death of Fidesz in government
Who is to blame for Birmingham?
It is not just the Labour government
Labour didn’t start the gender madness
Sorry Tories, we can remember further back than last week
Let’s be real about Ukraine
Britain and its allies should be wholly realistic about what they are truly prepared to do
Enter stage right
Our new theatre critic promises to be fair and unmoved by doctrinaire groupthink
Starmer chameleon
He comes and goes, he comes and goes
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How religion shapes football fandom
The meaning of football is intertwined with the meaning of faith
The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
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
Keir factor
The prime minister must feel as if he faces the Plagues of Egypt
Cloaked Crusader
Richard I: valiant hero of Romance but also a perfidious, self-serving lord
Crisis? Watt crisis?
Renewable energy promises the gold at the end of a rainbow
No Keirs, only dreams now.
With the prime minister on his way out, even his own MPs have discovered a fondness for him
A scarcity machine
Why Peckham residents should not celebrate development being blocked
A day out at Unite the Kingdom
Tommy Robinson’s latest demonstration was a peculiarly hammy affair
NigeDosh: an urgent appeal
Tonight’s political coverage is repeatedly interrupted by urgent appeals for charities that may or may not be fictional
Publishing has an AI problem
From reviews to actual books, creativity is being outsourced to machines
First-place Finnish
Shostakovich: Symphony 1; Moscow Cheryomushki (Philharmonia Records)
Burying their heads in the ash
The battle against the illicit tobacco market has not been won
Saint Nicola
Nicola Sturgeon wants sympathy for her husband’s crimes—but after years spent avoiding awkward questions, her latest reinvention may be the hardest sell yet.