Alistair Darling
Just another minister
Matt Hancock is no master-deceiver, just an average embarrassment
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The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Stop ignoring the Islamisation of our democracy
The British state is bending to Islamism, not attempting to defeat it
The pitfalls of epistemic snobbery
The “Sophie of Dundee” case proves that confirmation bias is a double-edged sword
Facing demons
On the highs and lows of demonic infestation
Once more unto the speeches
There was a great deal of talking today, but how much of it meant anything?
Has the arts sector learned nothing?
Tripling down on identity politics and censoriousness would be fatal
The pathologies of outdated ideologies
Our managerial elite will go the way of the Mamluks, the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and the Moriori
The problem with prohibiting political dishonesty
It will be used to stifle freedom and not just to curb mistruths
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Keir has my complete backing – Wes
Murders for May
From the spa resort of Buddington to the streets of Tokyo
The rise and fall of Star Trek liberalism
We should celebrate real-world achievement rather than identitarian fantasy
Most of the world thinks differently to us
Universalism is based on irrational ideas about human nature
The real problem with rigmarole
A journalistic focus on proceduralism distracts us from deeper political questions