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Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
Amnesty irrational
Gender identity ideologues cannot get away with baseless smears any more
The case against recognising Somaliland
The Somaliland lobby is being dangerously naive about the realities of the region
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
The gifts of gentle density
There are all but endless benefits to building more beautifully
The big crunch
How university expansion failed to prepare Britain for the future
The EU’s immigration asymmetry
Ten years on, the EU still hasn’t learned Brexit’s hard lesson on migration
Against Northernism
“Northernism” is a superficial form of cultural branding, not a serious political project
The testing of Giorgia Meloni
Italy’s first woman PM has proved a pragmatic conservative who has brought stability to her country
Will we miss Mahmood?
Shabana Mahmood has been a voice of sanity in the Labour Party
Like a homecoming
A haunted house
What is anger for?
If young women are going to be radical, they need to make it worth it
Failing to face the facts
The Tories’ rosy view of their recent election drubbing reveals a reluctance to have the tough intellectual debate needed to secure the party’s future
London vs the rest of the country
The publishing industry should aim to be more provincial and less metropolitan
When violence is its own reward
How do we deal with people who kill for the sake of killing?