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Borne back into the past … of Bolton
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The Book of JO’B
James O’Brien’s aggressive incuriosity is becoming ever more embattled as his worldview crumbles
A failed war on fags
The black market has taken over the tobacco trade Down Under
Thank God for Brexit
The EU is a bureaucratic monster and Britain is better off out
I don’t trust the British state
British institutions simply are not functioning in the interests of the people they are meant to serve
The lonely death of Henry Nowak
We must draw lessons from a horrendous and disgraceful case
I’m worried about Andy Burnham
If Burnham does to Britain what he has done to Manchester, we are in big trouble
The torment and the tourists
Holiday-makers must stop enabling the abuse of horses in Egypt
Stella Creasy hates questions
For many politicians, being disagreed with is proof that they are right
We need to make a better case against Magic Monetary Theory
Simplistic rebuttals help MMT endure. We need better arguments
Reform’s reality gap
Behind the rhetoric of mass deportations, Reform UK’s numbers and logistics don’t yet add up
The limits of choice
Sometimes, we do know better than people who are harming themselves
Badenoch in the bindweed
The Conservative Party leader might please no one by trying to please everyone
Jonathan Ross’s existentialist hell
Jonathan Ross’s “crass” new TV show is surprisingly Sartrean
Trump: the imprudent king
The President has so far achieved the opposite of what he promised
Rewatching the English
English identity has become too surreal and discomfiting to define
Broken windows
If small instances of disorder are neglected, greater ones will soon be committed