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The establishment is still living in an immigration fantasy land
It is influential left-wingers, not the broader public, who have deluded themselves on mass migration
American strategy in Iran is wiser than it seems
President Trump’s intervention will leave the world safer than it was
Saint Nicola
Nicola Sturgeon wants sympathy for her husband’s crimes—but after years spent avoiding awkward questions, her latest reinvention may be the hardest sell yet.
On Britain as a capitalist command economy
It is neither neoliberal nor socialist but a secret third thing
Rewatching the English
English identity has become too surreal and discomfiting to define
The fog of facts
As elections approach, voters are forced to navigate a swamp of spin, distortion, and inaccessible data.
A step forward for academic freedom
It is time to take the fight to censoriousness in higher education
Unreadable red bile
This anti-capitalist screed is profoundly and irredeemably fatuous
The limits of choice
Sometimes, we do know better than people who are harming themselves
Restoration romps
Purcell, The Musical, OSO Arts Centre, Barnes
Dismantle the infrastructure of censoriousness
Digital technology and private intelligence are bolstering cultural censoriousness in universities
Protecting what matters
The government’s new integration and extremism policy exposes a regime in denial
It’s time to scrap SLAPPs
Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation are stifling debate in Britain
Why left-wingers should care about borders
A welfare state, and social solidarity, depend on immigration restrictionism
Working with Woods
There have been too few honest explorations into the intrinsic link between woods and humans
Homes for Ukraine — and everywhere else
Why were some non-Ukrainians far more likely to enter Britain under a scheme meant for Ukrainians?