Alexander Douglas
Trapped in an identity crisis
The invention of identity is both a tragic and a universal story
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Amnesty irrational
Gender identity ideologues cannot get away with baseless smears any more
Who pays for Manchesterism?
Burnham spent nine years extracting money from Westminster, now he’ll be reaching directly into taxpayers’ pockets
The goading life
How the transgressive media of the 1990s influenced, and was eaten by, online culture
How Bridget Phillipson earned an F
Phillipson’s big ambitions were reduced to performative stunts
Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
The cost of equal outcomes
By treating disparities in mental health detention as evidence of racism, the NHS is sacrificing safety
A massive cross-party achievement
The new V&A East Museum has surpassed all expectations
Burying their heads in the ash
The battle against the illicit tobacco market has not been won
An unpleasant man, and a genius
The most interesting people are not necessarily the most attractive
The underworld on the high street
Beneath the façade of everyday commerce, organised crime has quietly captured British high streets
Restoration romps
Purcell, The Musical, OSO Arts Centre, Barnes
Picking at old wounds
The campaign to rejoin the EU has been revived
Thank God for Brexit
The EU is a bureaucratic monster and Britain is better off out
Will we miss Mahmood?
Shabana Mahmood has been a voice of sanity in the Labour Party
The soul of Putin
Twenty-five years after George W. Bush first looked into Vladimir Putin’s eyes, the Russian president has changed less than America would like to believe
The EU is getting worse
Ursula von der Leyen’s left-wing managerial agenda is failing