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Trump is the real technocrat
Donald Trump, unlike his opponents, is serious about policy
The thoughtlessness of guilt by association
We cannot judge ideas on the basis of the people who happen to hold them
Should women be in the police?
Emotional, hormonal, and vain. Perhaps men should be barred instead?
Peston’s Inbox
Have I mentioned Keir’s learning to do magic?
Bust the big tech cartel
Google and Meta’s market-rigging costs every household around £1,000 a year
French spy classic rebooted in English
It’s like being at a party with people you think you know — who then turn out to be someone else
Just shout if you want growth
Over the sound of soulless machines, Reeves had to bellow her entire speech
Turning virtue into vice
Be wary of excitable claims about the cost of eating healthily
Artificial stupidity
AI is touted as a technological cure-all on the basis of little evidence
Judges are not above scrutiny
Representatives of state power deserve to be held to account
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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
The ephemeral Farage
Nigel Farage’s appearance in Parliament was as rare as it was undistinguished
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
Zack Polanski’s war on carrots
Cheap food is not evidence of exploitation but of competition — something Adam Smith understood long before Zack Polanski
Climate alarmism must not be unquestionable
We have succumbed to herd-like thinking over renewable energy
Stop saying sectarianism
Britain’s emerging politics are not really sectarian at all, but the result of neo-communal fragmentation
Stella Creasy hates questions
For many politicians, being disagreed with is proof that they are right
Russia’s useful internet addicts
No, Russia is not a beleaguered outpost of European values
Vandalising the law
Activists and politicians should respect the law even if they don’t like it
Emin: from the bed to the grave
Not so much a fresh start, as an opportunity to finally take her concerns in earnest
Keir factor
The prime minister must feel as if he faces the Plagues of Egypt
The dark side of the White House
As in ancient Rome, power politics are always a promising arena for drama