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The Employment Rights Act is wrong for employment
It is terribly expensive and miserably burdensome
Will academic freedom be upheld?
Will the University of Sussex be penalised for failing to uphold free speech?
Is Reform committed to the Union?
Nigel Farage should take the United Kingdom more seriously
The problem with protectionism
Choice is the foundation of a successful economy
Don’t be beastly to the Germans
British conservatives have much to learn from German Chancellor Friedrich Merz
A Major punt
Sometimes a bet comes along which is impossible to resist
An austere opera
Boris Godunov, Royal Opera
The accidental case against assisted dying
Rabbi Jonathan Romain undermines the argument that he is trying to make
Putting British defence on an even keel
Huzzah for the bulwarks of England
Starmer’s Gorton gamble
As Labour purges its soft left, a by-election in Greater Manchester could hand the Greens their breakthrough.
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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
Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
Stop ignoring the Islamisation of our democracy
The British state is bending to Islamism, not attempting to defeat it
The masculinity crisis is a porn crisis
We have to do more to challenge the reshaping of culture by pornography
Why left-wingers should care about borders
A welfare state, and social solidarity, depend on immigration restrictionism
Sport’s regime changes
Canadian snooker has gone the way of Hungarian table tennis
The emperor’s new AI
A satirical X account is doing what the media class has failed to do, and report on the great AI delusion
Beyond Carmen
Georges Bizet: The piano works (Hyperion)
The man who knew too little
Faced with Mandelson, Starmer offers a bold defence: he didn’t know, and that’s what makes him blameless
Restore the King James Bible
Those who are opposed, please consider, in the bowels of Christ, whether you may be mistaken
Civilisation needs silence
On cooing babies and other noisy performances
The old age elephant in the room
Does Andy Burnham seriously think that he can fix social care?
Keir’s logorrhoea
The prime minister has a lot to say — but does any of it actually matter?
The book awards are a joke
The panel of non-literary judges shows just how frivolous the Nibbies are