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Value neutral language drains meaning from discourse

The Conservative Party’s almost total loss of its historical tradition is the principal reason for its current plight

A new book on civil liberties and the pandemic is bogged down by petty proceduralism

It’s easy to make the case against Aunty, and fun too

Football was once a spectacle. The grotesque Qatar World Cup reminds us of all it has become

Disappearing corpses, theme-park Venice and a post-Brexit smuggling operation

Nova has image issues and Rishi books himself a grooming session

In which Titania tries to keep things in perspective

The Truss debacle does not refute the Thatcherite principle of sound money

Qatar 2022: tournament of shame