Annie Nightingale
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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
How religion shapes football fandom
The meaning of football is intertwined with the meaning of faith
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
After the flood
Net migration may be falling, but the long tail of Britain’s recent immigration regime ensures the debate is far from over
Right-wing fight night
A debate over the future of right-wing politics in Britain offered little heat and less light
The hollow men
T. S. Eliot understood contemporary politicians better than they understand themselves
Anyone could have predicted
Left-leaning commentators should not pretend to be surprised by the consequences of multiculturalism
Why we should explore space
Space exploration lifts the human spirit: rather than asking “Why?”, we should ask “Why not?”
Itamar Ben-Gvir, heel
The Israeli demagogue is a bleak but interesting model of a modern politician
The third man
Bridget Phillipson’s “Code of Practice” has clarified nothing on sex and gender
London is broken
Local politics can’t offer the renewal our nation’s capital desperately needs
Britain will be worse without hereditary peers
The expulsion of the hereditaries is neither fair nor pragmatic
Westminster is not Manchester
Andy Burnham would find being the PM a lot more difficult than being a mayor
A profound Tory
Simon Heffer’s biography of Enoch Powell very much deserves revisiting