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Parliamentary sketches from our parliamentary sketch-writer
Motherhood and apple war
One tries evasion, one tries confusion, and one wants conflict in all circumstances
Notes on suicide
The assisted dying debate had the incongruous air of a garden party
Philp bombs
The tension might have been too much for the shadow home secretary
The Adam Curtis Magazine Experience
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Death ad nauseam
Call Kim if you want to die. You’ll get a free Parker pen just for enquiring
Giggling in the sea
At least British politics appears to amuse our politicians
Nigel’s nuclear family
Everyone is dispensable at Reform UK, except for one man
Kemi the Conservonaut fails to launch
We must yet wait with bated breath for her to (possibly) announce a policy Reform has already adopted
Rule of the playground
Don’t run to the teacher if you don’t get your way in Parliament
The X Minister
Cooper is dominant in Parliament while Jenrick follows the eyeballs
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The Book of JO’B
James O’Brien’s aggressive incuriosity is becoming ever more embattled as his worldview crumbles
The rise and fall of Nicola Sturgeon
The former SNP leader squandered her talents in a classic tale of hubris
Fear and fury in Belfast
Violence spiralled out of control in Northern Ireland in the aftermath of a shocking crime
The screaming spires
Oxford University must clarify where it stands on academic freedom
Nigel Farage, community leader
The logic of multiculturalism is turning on its architects
The strange birth of woo-woo
The glitzy LA supermarket chain and the Buddhist food cult behind your wellness smoothie
We must get serious about anti-Jewish terror
Britain faces a dangerous rise in anti-Jewish violence and must get real about its implications
The judge’s verdict
Much of what is passed off as sport is no such thing
Won over by a stately Italian saga
A fictional Italian president and a cinema spin-off
Excessive producer responsibility
Virtue-signalling policies are picking the pockets of consumers
The American chaos machine
The United States’s current aggressive expansionism and domestic strife are an intrinsic part of its national character
Get into the groove — why vinyl rocks
On the best sound in popular music
Eat less chicken
Industrial farming is bad for the environment but it is also cruel
Britain’s mutilated constitution
We must restore the old to build the new
The right does need religion
Christianity is politically valuable as well as, you know, true
The sickness of Sickfluencers
Social media and AI are enabling the exploitation of our benefits system