Churchill Statue
Assaulting statues
The history of iconoclasm offers deeper lessons than are on display in the current statue-toppling craze
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It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
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As European governments harden their approach to migration, Brussels has taken the extraordinary step of negotiating directly with Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers
A memo crying in the wilderness
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Before there were historians, there was Herodotus — a wandering Greek determined to discover why civilisations rise and fall
Devolution has been a disaster
Wales, and the United Kingdom at large, are weaker for the devolution project
UK defence readiness is indefensible
Silence is no longer an option — Britain’s Chief of the Defence Staff must resign
Bye bye, Beeb?
A Netflix-style subscription model is the only way to save the BBC
The RAM should face the music
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