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Keir factor
The prime minister must feel as if he faces the Plagues of Egypt
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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
Will Spain become a Protestant country?
How immigration is changing the religious dynamics of a traditional Catholic stronghold
The decision-dodgers
The puberty blocker trial shows that outsourcing policy choices to experts isn’t working
The Tobacco and Vapes Bill is a masterclass in self-defeat
Labour’s tobacco crackdown will fuel crime, hurt retailers, and push smokers towards worse habits
Food pairing is folly
A warning against trying to match wine to dish
The dog that failed to bark
Jeremy Corbyn hoped the local
elections would be a launch pad for
his new party. Instead, Your Party
has mostly been arguing with itself
IPSO has to go
A regulator built to uphold standards has become a partisan censor — the right must walk away before it is too late
The asylum seeker will see you now
We should not legitimise illegal migration and its damaging effects
The real problem with rigmarole
A journalistic focus on proceduralism distracts us from deeper political questions
The emperor’s new AI
A satirical X account is doing what the media class has failed to do, and report on the great AI delusion
Farewell to an intellectual giant
Patrick Nash pays tribute to the late
David Abulafia, fastidious champion of
Oxbridge’s academic standards
The forlorn hope of growth
Voters are struggling economically but wrongly believe the country to be rich