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International law, what is it good for?
International law should not be the sole guide to foreign policy
Mehta’s protest over the Gaza war
In the run-up to his 90th birthday, Zubin Mehta decided to sever contact with Israel
Getting a handle on Handel
Robert Thicknesse and friends reflect on Handel and his heyday
Reform is making a mistake on Iran
The party is throwing its weight behind an unpopular and perilous cause
A grooming gang whitewash
The Government’s grooming gangs inquiry risks becoming another exercise in evasion rather than truth
Stop bullying British expats
Opportunistic attacks on expatriates in Dubai are ignorant and obnoxious
Britain’s economy is in no state to weather another crisis
Rachel Reeves must stop doubling down on bad economic ideas and try something new
Yahya Sinwar’s historic mistake
The Hamas leader signed the death warrant of his own cause
What did Reeves have up her sleeve?
Mel Stride failed to knock the Chancellor off her stride
The case against ritual slaughter
Britain has tolerated the abuse of animal welfare for too long
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The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Losing control of the narrative
The British establishment no longer sets the terms of public debate over migration
How the Southport riots broke Starmer’s government
A combination of authoritarianism and hypocrisy proved fatal
Stop ignoring the Islamisation of our democracy
The British state is bending to Islamism, not attempting to defeat it
Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
The UK’s messiest election ever?
Trying to predict the results of the next election is a mug’s game
Entebbe and the Israeli way of war
Fifty years after Israel’s most audacious hostage rescue, its legacy still shapes how the country understands security, citizenship and war
The miracle of the magical migrants
Is a man’s identity is fluid when he steps on British soil, but calcified on African soil?
Truth and consequences for ministers
Former Ministers should be hauled back before MPs to justify their poor decisions
Can the army survive migration?
As Western militaries struggle to recruit young people, Britain may be turning to a familiar solution: immigration
Student Loans don’t add up
a fairer way out of a
disastrous policy mess
The sacrifice that changed Naipaul
The humiliation of his father, forced to slaughter a goat to atone for
angering Hindus, made the writer wary of insulting religion
Fair vs free elections
The grey zone between interference and counter-interference is becoming Europe’s new political frontier
The ends of Pan-Africanism
An exhibition devoted to Pan-Africanism avoids important political and aesthetic questions
Soft-Play Britain
Britain’s governing class talks of growth and grandeur but focuses on planters and paint schemes
Carl Schmitt in Miami
Can Marco Rubio establish a new American system in Latin America?