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The Book of JO’B
James O’Brien’s aggressive incuriosity is becoming ever more embattled as his worldview crumbles
The rise and fall of Nicola Sturgeon
The former SNP leader squandered her talents in a classic tale of hubris
Fear and fury in Belfast
Violence spiralled out of control in Northern Ireland in the aftermath of a shocking crime
The screaming spires
Oxford University must clarify where it stands on academic freedom
Nigel Farage, community leader
The logic of multiculturalism is turning on its architects
The case for compromise with Cuba
The strategic case for negotiating with Havana
The costs of independence
Northern Ireland offers sobering lessons on the consequences of devolutionary radicalism
Whip smart
Threatening the whipping system would be alarmingly stupid
The great recoupling
Our politicians have a bizarre sense of costs and benefits when it comes to energy
Like a homecoming
A haunted house
The excesses of intellectual illiberalism
Justified dissatisfaction with liberal modernity has curdled into something alarmist and authoritarian
Why does Labour hate our pubs?
The government has to stop taxing the hearts of our communities out of business
How the war wasn’t won
The Supreme Court judgment on sex and the Equality Act is still being opposed and undermined
Reform should ignore bad faith criticism
The party is not perfect but that does not make all criticism valid
No bullshit government
Tom Jones grills the shadow minister for
policy renewal about the plans of a
future Tory administration
The right does need religion
Christianity is politically valuable as well as, you know, true