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The problem with petty scandals
They distract us from state failure and institutional decay
The public sector must reform or die
Too big to fail? It is too big to succeed
Post-truth medicine
Gender clinics offer a charade that relies on the symbols of evidence-based medicine
Tom Stoppard’s Hampstead drama
Best not try to memorise this deceptive Connect Four of relationships — just get into the flow
Rime of the ancient Tory mariner
The lesson of the Conservative conference? Keep your kids away from politics
Disability is not an identity
Long before trans rights lobby, disability activists were denying biological reality
“Nice” people need to read this book
How women have been hounded throughout the gender wars
The death of conservatism?
Individually and collectively, we must choose life
We need more have-yachts
The tragedy of the Bayesian highlights a wider issue about our lack of ambition
Public sector pay
Bumper pay rises for doctors and teachers are bound to result in higher inflation
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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
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
The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
The tears of Keir’s
It was an anticlimactic end to an unconvincing premiership
The mirage of majesty
Royal charm cannot disguise Britain’s shrinking power in a transactional world
Woke politics was never trivial
Wokeness was a lot more, and a lot worse, than a passing online fad
Cry sod Harry, England and St George
Why aren’t people proud to be English?
The Reparations Game
Chris and Henry talk to Nigel Biggar about reparations.
Truth and consequences for ministers
Former Ministers should be hauled back before MPs to justify their poor decisions
Itamar Ben-Gvir, heel
The Israeli demagogue is a bleak but interesting model of a modern politician
A king’s ramsons
Look after the woods, and they will continue to give
Reform should not abandon free markets
Nigel Farage should stick to his liberal guns against the forces of collectivism
How the sausage gets made
On the illusions of evidence-based policy
Playing by numbers
Attacking the Space:
Inside Rugby’s Tactical and Data
Revolution by Sam Larner
Beef and Brexit prosperity
High beef prices are a symptom of a deeper problem—Britain has left the EU, but not its economic mindset.