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Espionage and the presumption of innocence
Even alleged Chinese spies are innocent till proven guilty
Sound of a free press?
How did a film wishing to highlight the sexual exploitation of children become a culture war?
Bans work, actually
On the myth of authoritarian ineffectiveness
Sunak Mirror
Charlie Brooker couldn’t imagine anything so bleak as the Conservatives in 2023
The sad side of “smokefree”
Let’s not pretend that there are no benefits to smoking
Low nicotine, low profits
Well, that’s the end of ultra-low nicotine cigarettes
The persecution of Christians
Blasphemy laws are making the lives of religious minorities impossible
Life is never premature
My son came into the world at 34 weeks – children like him deserve the protection of the law
Publishing needs to be more diverse, but how?
Real pluralism is about ideas, not just identity
No gods, no Starmers
Angela Rayner seizes the floor of the Trade Unions Congress to announce the inevitable victory of the proletariat
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How religion shapes football fandom
The meaning of football is intertwined with the meaning of faith
Labour’s mercurial kingmaker
The eventful career of Josh Simons, the man who gave up his seat for Andy Burnham
In defence of Lara Bird
There is nothing weird or dishonest about having a dual existence
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
The hitch with the Hitch
How Christopher Hitchens brought me back to Christ
A failed war on fags
The black market has taken over the tobacco trade Down Under
Fear and fury in Belfast
Violence spiralled out of control in Northern Ireland in the aftermath of a shocking crime
What on Earth is the point of the Lib Dems?
With neither power nor principles, the party is an absolute waste of space
The mirage of majesty
Royal charm cannot disguise Britain’s shrinking power in a transactional world
The games we play
Richard Holt’s sweeping survey of sporting history shows how games, from cricket to boxing, became one of Britain’s most durable cultural languages
Hurty words
Robust debate is to be celebrated, not condemned
I’m worried about Andy Burnham
If Burnham does to Britain what he has done to Manchester, we are in big trouble
Parade of defeats
Armenia is a democracy tearing itself apart over who gets to define the soul of a nation
Bonfire of the fallacies
Two opposing ideas about hard power and foreign policy — legalism and nihilism — are being exposed by the Trump
administration
The Falklands tragedy
British weakness is endangering the Falklands
Reform’s reality gap
Behind the rhetoric of mass deportations, Reform UK’s numbers and logistics don’t yet add up