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Critical briefing: cuckooing
A hidden scourge has been plaguing British streets for too long
The great HR survivors
As the DEI era fades, personnel heads live on as senior CEO consiglieri and hatchet-bearers
Kemi always gets it right
Whatever the crisis, the Conservative leader invariably discovers that events have vindicated her.
The problem with price freezes
Freezing prices is not half as simple (or cheap) as politicians often think
Russia’s useful internet addicts
No, Russia is not a beleaguered outpost of European values
Nigel Farage, community leader
The logic of multiculturalism is turning on its architects
The screaming spires
Oxford University must clarify where it stands on academic freedom
Kurdish delight
Witnessing ancient traditions that have endured through fraught and tumultuous histories
Dear Prudence
A reflection on the Tory Party’s historic suspicion of interventionism
Contra Kemi
Is Kemi Badenoch a principled opponent of identity politics or an anti-woke opportunist?
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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
UK defence readiness is indefensible
Silence is no longer an option — Britain’s Chief of the Defence Staff must resign
Stop ignoring the Islamisation of our democracy
The British state is bending to Islamism, not attempting to defeat it
Hey, leftists, leave independent schools alone
The campaign against independent schools is irrational, short-sighted and destructive
Grey expectations
Saving England’s native red squirrel will require harsh measures
Fear and fury in Belfast
Violence spiralled out of control in Northern Ireland in the aftermath of a shocking crime
Woke politics was never trivial
Wokeness was a lot more, and a lot worse, than a passing online fad
The decision-dodgers
The puberty blocker trial shows that outsourcing policy choices to experts isn’t working
Offence archaeology and the future of elections
We have to ignore the cheap and disingenuous politics of offence archaeology
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 does it mean to be free?
Women are caught between different experiences of freedom and loss
The global risks of the AI illusion
What if AI turns out to be a lot less profitable than we have been told?
Spaceships, ghost ships and sheep
The secret sauce of Project Hail Mary: it’s a laugh
The rise and fall of Star Trek liberalism
We should celebrate real-world achievement rather than identitarian fantasy