Curtis Dozier
Joyless virtue signalling masquerading as scholarship
Dozier’s The White Pedestal is more an exercise in ideology than a search for the truth
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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.
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The ephemeral Farage
Nigel Farage’s appearance in Parliament was as rare as it was undistinguished
Don’t expand the Equality Act
Labour should not expand the Equality Act — it will hit the poor hardest
The trans war on reality
Trans activists loudly trumpet a false mythology
of victimhood. In fact, trans people are more
likely to kill than be killed,
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The pro-nature case for regulatory reform
England’s environmental regime hasn’t delivered a restoration of nature — only decline, delay, and bureaucracy
Smart but ill-suited
Michael Anton was too good for the administrations that he helped to create
International Women’s Day is useless for women
IWD has become a celebration of evasion and irrationality
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The software company is attempting to redefine politics for the worse
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A new heist movie is basic and fun
The sectarian state
Tom Jones and Chris Bayliss discuss the Balkanisation of Britain
In defence of lunchtime drinks
Hannah Spencer is being a tedious puritan