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Amnesty irrational
Gender identity ideologues cannot get away with baseless smears any more
Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
Who pays for Manchesterism?
Burnham spent nine years extracting money from Westminster, now he’ll be reaching directly into taxpayers’ pockets
The goading life
How the transgressive media of the 1990s influenced, and was eaten by, online culture
The case against recognising Somaliland
The Somaliland lobby is being dangerously naive about the realities of the region
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
Jorge Luis Borges
A giant of Spanish letters who was forged by childhood exposure to his father’s vast English library
How Andy Burnham can raise living standards
Burnham and his team have a chance to change course, but they must be bold and take it
France’s fading yellow jersey
The Tour de France once united France, but now reflects its divisions
Signal failure
Ministers love announcing transformative mega-projects, but millions of commuters would settle for an internet connection that actually works
Europe should defend itself
European states should invest more in their own defence, and the US should let them
Unusual summer reds
Think exotic spices, maraschino cherries and curly shoes
The hitch with the Hitch
How Christopher Hitchens brought me back to Christ
The failed promise of Emmanuel Macron
He claimed that France would become a manufacturing power again. What happened?
Peston’s Inbox
Farage: I’m not worried
Britain’s housing crisis is a crisis for veterans
We have to make the system more able to house our heroes