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Amnesty irrational
Gender identity ideologues cannot get away with baseless smears any more
How Bridget Phillipson earned an F
Phillipson’s big ambitions were reduced to performative stunts
Who pays for Manchesterism?
Burnham spent nine years extracting money from Westminster, now he’ll be reaching directly into taxpayers’ pockets
The goading life
How the transgressive media of the 1990s influenced, and was eaten by, online culture
The migrant crime cover up
Why is Labour fighting to keep migrant crime statistics secret?
Politicians can’t handle free speech
The more criticism ministers receive online, the more determined they become to regulate what everyone else can say
Remembering 2020
It is important to remember what an irrational and hostile time it was
The Reparations Game
Chris and Henry talk to Nigel Biggar about reparations.
Taxing the lights on
Miliband’s new levy undermines the very investment needed to bring energy prices down
Has the arts sector learned nothing?
Tripling down on identity politics and censoriousness would be fatal
Why did India ban this film?
“Satluj” is an important film and its suppression is unjust
Britain should speak up for Egypt’s persecuted Christians
We should oppose blasphemy laws at home and abroad
From triple lock to price caps
Opinium polling for The Critic reveals the totemic pension policy has entrenched a politics that demands control over growth
Shooting the breeze
Patrick Galbraith welcomes an ambitious new shoot tenant
The simple joy of giallo
Giallo films made for glorious Italian escapism
Against Northernism
“Northernism” is a superficial form of cultural branding, not a serious political project