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Optimism ain’t what it used to be
Hopeless is as hopeless does
It’ll all be ended by Christmas
Don’t say ‘Protect the NHS’ three times in front of a mirror
You’ll grow tired of the Brexiting
Maybe Theresa won after all?
Presser is not short for presents
Imagine an Advent calendar with nothing behind the numbers, forever
That’s it then
Cancel the kitchen scraps for Hanbury and Serco
Cancel this
I keep my distance, but you still catch my eye
You better watch out, you better not cry
You better not pout, I’m telling you why
A sequel too far
Brexit Academy: Assignment Miami Beach
A spoonful of Brexit helps the medicine go down
No one left to Boris to
A local lockdown for local people
You can’t have a Whitehall farce if you close the Whitehall Theatre
Polish strings
Grazyna Bacewicz: Symphonies 3 &4; Concerto for string orchestra (both on Chandos)
Keep your shirt on
Don your white shirt with a flash of scarlet à la the fashion bitches
Is public health a protected belief?
A new case will decide if prohibitionism in the name of public health constitutes a philosophical belief under the Equality Act
World Budget Day
On World Book Day, Jeremy Hunt tried and failed to dress up as Nigel Lawson
Trouble beneath the surface
Labour’s triumph obscures worrying signs of division and chaos brewing in British society
How soap helped civilisation to survive
It subdued one of our most dangerous enemies: germs
How widespread is NHS qualifications fraud?
A viral Twitter post raises uncomfortable questions about the level of training in British institutions
Why the OBR is wrong about Brexit
The OBR’s Brexit analysis is based on flawed comparisons and unreasonable predictions
Why we don’t police anti-Christian hate
Jewish and Muslim communities rightly get protections and attention from the government — but Christians are routinely overlooked
Who are universities for?
Research is important — but serving the needs and desires of students matters more
Hollowed-out Humanities
The tyranny of DEI, the canard of “decolonisation” and the rise of the bureaucrats
