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Ignore the grooming gangs deniers
The racial element of these horrendous crimes is undeniable
Electronic exodus
Anglicans leaving Twitter for Bluesky is just a craving for liberal respectability
This is how she scrolls
The Leader of the Opposition does PMQs by Twitter
The sinister absurdity of Westminster City Council
White people are facing discrimination at the heart of British political life
Keir Starmer’s AI plans are not very intelligent
Labour do not seem to have grasped the material implications of artificial intelligence
The EU is refusing to change course on gender
While national governments see sense on gender identity, Brussels goes full-speed ahead
Chagos shakedown
The ICJ is not the Old Bailey, and the ruling is not binding
Droning on
Bonus points if you can identify the shadow chancellor
Speake for England, Martin!
How one musician’s stand against critical race theory sparked a battle for free speech
Labour’s annus horribilis
Britain is becoming diplomatically isolated, economically stagnant, and socially divided
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How religion shapes football fandom
The meaning of football is intertwined with the meaning of faith
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Can Russell T Davies write “terfs”?
In Tip Toe, Russell T Davies is more nuanced than one might expect — much to the dismay of gender ideologues
Today Havering, tomorrow Westminster
The local elections exposed a political class united mainly by its inability to feel embarrassment
The pitfalls of epistemic snobbery
The “Sophie of Dundee” case proves that confirmation bias is a double-edged sword
Trump: the imprudent king
The President has so far achieved the opposite of what he promised
Vapid slogans for the hard of thinking
Every modern university, it seems, needs a “mission statement”
The global migration compact trap
The UN migration compact may be non-binding, but its political effects are very real
Save our green and pleasant land
It’s time to stop ruining Britain’s countryside with drab, identikit houses and instead build real places with focus, heart and purpose
Questioning Islam should not be policed
Luke Salmons’s legal victory should lead to a change in police culture
The government must end its war on the price mechanism
The government is stubbornly ignoring the harms and risks of its interventions into markets
A.E. Housman
The poet is less read than he once was but his deep love of England still resonates
We must save the right to smoke
Liberals must not put down the sword against paternalism
Questionably loyal opposition
A “rainbow coalition” between Conservatives and the Greens raises questions about the state of the Tories