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Beware the slippery slope
People are often less high-minded than legislators imagine
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Have I mentioned Keir’s learning to do magic?
Who needs NATO?
If it has a purpose, it’s not to defend against a non-existent foe, but to ensure US patronage
Give all the islands back
Long live Sir Keir, Defender of the Brave New Left and Scourge of All Gammons
Rolling the dice
If Martí’s such a brilliant manager, how come he only won one of the season’s first 15 games?
The FA’s passion-killer
FA rules this season protect poor over-stretched bigger clubs with huge squads and budgets
Crisis of leadership
No Tory can seriously expect conservatism from Kemi Badenoch
The party that fell for a lie
The WEP is unable to give a straight answer to the question: what is a woman?
An artist at the assizes
Cyril Hare was that rara avis: a circuit judge who could write like an angel
Toasting a maestro
Stranded passengers emerged bewildered into the night of the living dead
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The Book of JO’B
James O’Brien’s aggressive incuriosity is becoming ever more embattled as his worldview crumbles
A failed war on fags
The black market has taken over the tobacco trade Down Under
Thank God for Brexit
The EU is a bureaucratic monster and Britain is better off out
I don’t trust the British state
British institutions simply are not functioning in the interests of the people they are meant to serve
The lonely death of Henry Nowak
We must draw lessons from a horrendous and disgraceful case
Reclaiming Christian nationhood
Linking the Christian faith to our national identity is not radical (or American)
Scotland should reject assisted suicide
It is dangerous, and arrogant, and premised on irrational fears
Today Havering, tomorrow Westminster
The local elections exposed a political class united mainly by its inability to feel embarrassment
Hope and stories
Bicinia (Claves)
Is this the end of art?
Cultural renewal cannot simply chase demand
Why do we still have social housing?
A decade working in Social Housing taught me that the sector’s perverse incentives guarantee the perpetuation of the very poverty it exists to eradicate
Marketing masters
Catching the eye of a buyer in the social media era
The Real shooting match
Cue the bogus platitudes that leaders make about sport’s ability to heal divisions
Women who play along …
It’s only natural when you come across the aftermath of a collision to wonder who was to blame.
The American chaos machine
The United States’s current aggressive expansionism and domestic strife are an intrinsic part of its national character
Assisted suicide has been dealt a fatal blow
The Scottish Parliament arrived at the right decision. Westminster should do the same