Sculptor, wrecker and seducer
A beautiful book, but a fairly orthodox biography of the Hon. Stephen “Tommy” Tomlin
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All dressed up and raring to go
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He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
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The British state is bending to Islamism, not attempting to defeat it
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Bicinia (Claves)
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A ban on trail hunting reveals a government more interested in cultural punishment than rural survival
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The shocks from the Iran War are yet to be felt, but are sure to be powerful
Decolonisation dissected
This toxic and destructive ideology must be rejected
Form your battalions!
France, for all its flaws, still converts military spending into power — Britain does not
Chopping The Onion
It is neither brave nor clever to portray dissenting women as insane
Scotland’s cold and durable fire
John Swinney is proving that in politics what matters most is simply showing up
Most of the world thinks differently to us
Universalism is based on irrational ideas about human nature
Sometimes look on the bright side of life
We should welcome the more culturally affirmative moments of pessimistic and condemnatory commentators
Why Brexit was right
Bad decisions have been made since we voted to leave but we were still right to leave
Homage to Zaporizhia and Sumy
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