Covid Variant
WHO knows best
Why are we confusing ourselves with greek variant names?
The limits of optimism
Like Mr Stimpson in the film Clockwise, Boris Johnson is learning about the perils of fostering hope
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The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Can Russell T Davies write “terfs”?
In Tip Toe, Russell T Davies is more nuanced than one might expect — much to the dismay of gender ideologues
Day of judgement
The judges were determined to maintain the honour of France; it almost worked
The intractable problems pulling modern Britain apart
When does upholding free speech become an act of self-sabotage?
The tears of Keir’s
It was an anticlimactic end to an unconvincing premiership
The Falklands tragedy
British weakness is endangering the Falklands
All the single ladies
Instead of trying to persuade reluctant women into motherhood, policymakers should focus on helping enthusiastic parents have larger families
Scotland’s biggest legal scandal
Hundreds of men could have being denied their right to a fair trial because of a justice system that rules important character evidence inadmissible
Fence-sitting in a time of peril
Daniel Johnson condemns the Prime
Minister’s impotent handwringing when
America called for help in the Iran war
The promises of politicians
We are surrounded by lies, euphemisms and deceit
The excesses of intellectual illiberalism
Justified dissatisfaction with liberal modernity has curdled into something alarmist and authoritarian
American strategy in Iran is wiser than it seems
President Trump’s intervention will leave the world safer than it was
IPSO has to go
A regulator built to uphold standards has become a partisan censor — the right must walk away before it is too late