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On His Majesty’s service
An insider’s view on the discreet and very English process of appointing a Lord-Lieutenant
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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
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
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
What difference does he make?
Andy Burnham is not the answer to our woes because Burnhamism is not replicable
The principles of peers
Supporters of assisted suicide are being sore losers
The sacrifice that changed Naipaul
The humiliation of his father, forced to slaughter a goat to atone for
angering Hindus, made the writer wary of insulting religion
Ant & Dec: heroically bland
Clear separation between private and public selves is faintly refreshing
Literary freedom is in the gutter
The disappearance of a praiseful review for a “cancelled” writer is as disturbing as it is bizarre
Pärtly good
Arvo Pärt: 4 symphonies (Chandos)
The thin blue line must be thicker
The police are nothing without a presence in communities
How to get Britain building
A new policy paper proves that the government can beat bureaucratic sclerosis if it wants to
Britain in 1776
What does it mean to be living through history?
Critical briefing: energy price shocks
The shocks from the Iran War are yet to be felt, but are sure to be powerful
Today Havering, tomorrow Westminster
The local elections exposed a political class united mainly by its inability to feel embarrassment