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Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
Amnesty irrational
Gender identity ideologues cannot get away with baseless smears any more
A chaplain’s vindication
The case of Dr Bernard Randall has exposed the rot in our institutions
The myth of banned books
If transgression is fun and easy, it is probably not transgressive
The case against recognising Somaliland
The Somaliland lobby is being dangerously naive about the realities of the region
One deuce of a decider
This is it, when you look into the abyss and the abyss looks back into you
The end of corporate silence
Louis Mosley’s demolition of Zack Polanski shows how companies are learning to confront political fantasy head-on
The testing of Giorgia Meloni
Italy’s first woman PM has proved a pragmatic conservative who has brought stability to her country
Fear and fury in Belfast
Violence spiralled out of control in Northern Ireland in the aftermath of a shocking crime
Good news for the rule of law
Activists who break the law should not be able to appeal to their high-minded motives
The sleep of reason
Sir Mark Rowley’s forgotten police thriller reveals the assumptions, anxieties and moral universe of Britain’s managerial elite.
Kemi at the crossroads
Kemi Badenoch cannot tell everybody what they want to hear
Out with the old?
Reform seems to be thriving, and Labour seems to be losing, but what can actually change?
Beware the British ICE
Mass deportation of Muslims will not solve antisemitism, but feed feelings of alienation
QAnon for centrist dads
Peter Chappell’s What If Reform Wins is less a political forecast than a Westminster panic attack in novel form
Unionists should unite
It’s time to build alliances to ensure that unionists are not let down again