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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
Reset as usual
Labour’s problem is not messaging, presentation or leadership — it is that the party lacks the appetite for the reforms Britain demands
The name game
Nominative determinism is a rich seam to be mined in sport
Remembering 2020
It is important to remember what an irrational and hostile time it was
Peston’s Inbox
Kemi doesn’t give her kids Easter eggs
The UK’s messiest election ever?
Trying to predict the results of the next election is a mug’s game
Keir’s logorrhoea
The prime minister has a lot to say — but does any of it actually matter?
The sacrifice that changed Naipaul
The humiliation of his father, forced to slaughter a goat to atone for
angering Hindus, made the writer wary of insulting religion
It’s time to ban the Brotherhood
Britain can no longer afford to ignore the Muslim Brotherhood’s quiet but far-reaching influence
What is anger for?
If young women are going to be radical, they need to make it worth it
Return to SENDer
Labour has created a real chance to reform SEND, writes Zachary Marsh — but will it take it?
Wunderbar wines
The love affair between British and German wine is an ancient one