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What John Whittingdale really thinks of the BBC
The new culture minister airs his views on auntie
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The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Stop ignoring the Islamisation of our democracy
The British state is bending to Islamism, not attempting to defeat it
QAnon for centrist dads
Peter Chappell’s What If Reform Wins is less a political forecast than a Westminster panic attack in novel form
In defence of Gary Stevenson
If economists were only those with doctorates, we would have to ignore both the market’s wisdom and many of its most perceptive critics
I’m worried about Andy Burnham
If Burnham does to Britain what he has done to Manchester, we are in big trouble
Leading us a not- so-merry dance
Virtually every moment of physical theatre has to include some sort of balletic lunge
The tyranny of memes
Modern would-be assassins are products of the internet
The case for vapes
Arguments for prohibitionism disappear in a cloud of vapour
Talent and temptation
William Walton: Two symphonies
Homes for Ukraine — and everywhere else
Why were some non-Ukrainians far more likely to enter Britain under a scheme meant for Ukrainians?
All the single ladies
Instead of trying to persuade reluctant women into motherhood, policymakers should focus on helping enthusiastic parents have larger families
Trump will not discredit Europe’s populist right
European populism is a lot deeper than mere Trumpism
Who will pound longest?
America has military might — but does it have the appetite for war?