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The establishment is still living in an immigration fantasy land
It is influential left-wingers, not the broader public, who have deluded themselves on mass migration
American strategy in Iran is wiser than it seems
President Trump’s intervention will leave the world safer than it was
Saint Nicola
Nicola Sturgeon wants sympathy for her husband’s crimes—but after years spent avoiding awkward questions, her latest reinvention may be the hardest sell yet.
On Britain as a capitalist command economy
It is neither neoliberal nor socialist but a secret third thing
Rewatching the English
English identity has become too surreal and discomfiting to define
Protecting what matters
The government’s new integration and extremism policy exposes a regime in denial
First-place Finnish
Shostakovich: Symphony 1; Moscow Cheryomushki (Philharmonia Records)
How to save a church
Social media stunts, however well intentioned, will not rescue our churches
Campaigners should let assisted suicide go
There is no principled case for using the Parliament Acts to squeeze through assisted suicide
Eat less chicken
Industrial farming is bad for the environment but it is also cruel
Fence-sitting in a time of peril
Daniel Johnson condemns the Prime
Minister’s impotent handwringing when
America called for help in the Iran war
Low energy
Rachel Reeves and Mel Stride are inconsistent while Reform are invisible
Dancing with death
The rush to judge Liam Scarlett was cruel and unjust
The strange birth of woo-woo
The glitzy LA supermarket chain and the Buddhist food cult behind your wellness smoothie
The warlords’ insolence
The Americans must stop blaming Europe for their own mistake
The promises of politicians
We are surrounded by lies, euphemisms and deceit