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The Democratic Party deserves Donald Trump
Its arrogance and complacency have been exposed
A Chancellor should be a fine thing
The University of Oxford’s Chancellor election has descended into farce
Israel, the ICJ and the plausibility of genocide
Commentators are misunderstanding the provisional measures of the International Court of Justice
Shades of Gray
Never underestimate the mysterious yet powerful Sue Gray
Why was I the only reporter?
On the sentencing of the Rotherham grooming gang
Boris: the PM who could do no wrong
This must be in competition for the most inaccurate work of non-fiction since … well, since Johnson’s last book
Still knocking on the door
For all the promises, subpostmasters are still waiting for compensation
A house divided
American partisan divisions are the result of social atomisation
How Roman women were victimised twice
The victims of abuse could also be degraded by historians
Why does the establishment want to harm farms?
The Government expects farmers to act as environmental agents of the state
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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
Good news for the rule of law
Activists who break the law should not be able to appeal to their high-minded motives
The masculinity crisis is a porn crisis
We have to do more to challenge the reshaping of culture by pornography
Frivolous and doomed
Classicism still has its place at the National Theatre
The ends of Pan-Africanism
An exhibition devoted to Pan-Africanism avoids important political and aesthetic questions
Unionists should unite
It’s time to build alliances to ensure that unionists are not let down again
New model Auntie
David Elstein spells out the big decisions that Matt Brittin, the BBC’s new director-general, needs to make very quickly in order to save the Corporation
What Pullman gets wrong about Narnia
Philip Pullman is more like C.S. Lewis than he might think
Taxing the lights on
Miliband’s new levy undermines the very investment needed to bring energy prices down
The costs of independence
Northern Ireland offers sobering lessons on the consequences of devolutionary radicalism
Is it time to let the doctor die?
Doctor Who has become increasingly incoherent and increasingly ideological
Marriage and muscular liberalism
The Fury controversy exposes the contradictions behind Britain’s new marriage laws