Andrew Jefford
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The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Can Russell T Davies write “terfs”?
In Tip Toe, Russell T Davies is more nuanced than one might expect — much to the dismay of gender ideologues
Auntie’s autumn
Rather than wage war on the Beeb, a Reform government should strip it of its monopoly and force British broadcasting to compete again
What’s so illiberal about “illiberal democracy”?
Viktor Orbán has been a political pioneer in Europe
Reform’s man in Makerfield
An interview with Rob Kenyon about online controversies and national priorities
Losing control of the narrative
The British establishment no longer sets the terms of public debate over migration
The false filibuster framing
There was nothing undemocratic about resistance to the Assisted Dying Bill
An anti-gambling bonanza
Don’t expect a lot of objective and thorough research from a new “gambling harms” organisation
The man who knew too little
Faced with Mandelson, Starmer offers a bold defence: he didn’t know, and that’s what makes him blameless
The errata of history
Misprints are just one in a catalogue of literary disorders
The Ghost Dance of Rejoin
There is no real argument for rejoining the EU — and nobody makes one
A win for academic freedom
The university free speech complaints scheme is (finally) going ahead
Welcome to the low-trust economy
The multi-billion pound cost of Britain’s shoplifting surge