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Is “progressive realism” either?
Weighing up the rights and wrongs of the Lammy Doctrine
The WASPI women should blame themselves
No injustice has been done to them
This is England, nor are we out of it
Englishness isn’t an ethnicity, or even an idea. It’s more like auto-destructive art
Bluesky thinking?
The honeymoon phase of the X alternative could be short-lived
Leader of the year™
Might match-fixing explain Kemi Badenoch’s questions at PMQs?
How should we teach about the Holocaust?
Keir Starmer’s social engineering aims seem ill-conceived
Eric Fogey
Dr Fogey genuinely does believe that virtually every enlightened measure of the past 200 years was a mistake
Going Rogue
An interesting if unappealingly illustrated reassessment of a neglected style
What is behind the ECHR debate?
We should stop pretending that moral disagreements can be reduced to technical debates
Sometimes it’s best to shoot the messenger
Ordinary citizens feel a greater claim than ever before to what goes on in public institutions
Scruton and the roots of modern conservatism
Roger Scruton’s path from sophisticated soirées to a squalid Fleet Street pub
