Coroner
Dead and buried
Why has a much-needed review into coroner’s services been shelved?
Under the Corona Act, Dr Shipman could have got away with more murders
Certain safeguards have been put aside but they were there for a reason, explains Ronan Maher
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There is nothing weird or dishonest about having a dual existence
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A day out at Unite the Kingdom
Tommy Robinson’s latest demonstration was a peculiarly hammy affair
When violence is its own reward
How do we deal with people who kill for the sake of killing?
The right does not need religion
We should not mourn the end of the Quiet Revival
Woke politics was never trivial
Wokeness was a lot more, and a lot worse, than a passing online fad
The right does need religion
Christianity is politically valuable as well as, you know, true
In partial defence of Steve Bray
You can’t blame the pro-EU irritant for making British politics undignified