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What is wrong now was wrong before
Julia Gillard should not pretend that the “unintended consequences” of the gender debate were unknowable
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
Save our green and pleasant land
It’s time to stop ruining Britain’s countryside with drab, identikit houses and instead build real places with focus, heart and purpose
After the abdication
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The art of statesmanship
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Unholy war
The Kremlin’s actions contradict its image of itself
The meaning of Zack Polanski
The icon of geriatric millennials is one of life’s drifters
It’s what you Makerfield of it
Andy Burnham may yet stop Reform, but victory would raise almost as many questions for Labour as defeat.
The Starmer strikes back
In a galaxy far, far from stable, Labour’s leadership chaos overshadows the King’s Speech
Working with Woods
There have been too few honest explorations into the intrinsic link between woods and humans
Contra Kemi
Is Kemi Badenoch a principled opponent of identity politics or an anti-woke opportunist?
How the Civil Service was the ruin of Keir Starmer
A weak and indecisive prime minister delegated too much to Whitehall