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Why would anyone vote Tory?
The Conservatives have nothing to boast about
Incels are the new shock troops
Women are not there for the taking
Tarnished beauty
FIFA is mistreating football
A world fit for humans
Both the internet and our real-world shared spaces must be improved
Creeping mediocrity
A dismal lunch at a chain restaurant woefully short of theatreland glamour
Brussels sprouts protectionism
It’s no longer a dirty word in the EU
Women’s refuges should be exactly that
Biological males do not have a right to them
Justice for Tom Hayes
Was he doing anything other bankers weren’t?
The making of an illusion
Gendered intelligence and the “trans child”
In Betjeman’s footsteps
Admiring the sheer imaginative power of Wren
Most Read
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
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
Vote Green to end antisemitism
Critics have been trying to twist their leaders’ words to resemble what they actually said
Will we miss Mahmood?
Shabana Mahmood has been a voice of sanity in the Labour Party
Wrestling with realignment
Labour will use the Irish Sea border as an excuse to realign with the EU’s rules
Shining a light on the culture wars
Without the reintroduction of liberal ethical standards, the sacred purpose of academia cannot survive
These violent delights
Pagliacci made the murder the true apex of the show
The banality of Bower
The much-feared biographer is choosing the wrong targets
Legal curiosities
The pursuit of justice in small or atypical jurisdictions has sometimes led to some unusual legal quandaries
The EU is getting worse
Ursula von der Leyen’s left-wing managerial agenda is failing
The case for vapes
Arguments for prohibitionism disappear in a cloud of vapour
Peston’s Inbox
Keir has my complete backing – Wes
A country at war with itself
Washington politics can
best be understood through the history
of bitter factional in-fi ghting within both
the Democratic and Republican parties