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President Trump’s intervention will leave the world safer than it was
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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.
The establishment is still living in an immigration fantasy land
It is influential left-wingers, not the broader public, who have deluded themselves on mass migration
The lonely death of Henry Nowak
We must draw lessons from a horrendous and disgraceful case
Rewatching the English
English identity has become too surreal and discomfiting to define
First time thrills
Most of all, it was a tournament of heroes and villains
“Fauxcest” is not a free speech issue
The government should ban this dangerous and disgusting genre
The forlorn hope of growth
Voters are struggling economically but wrongly believe the country to be rich
The Blob playbook
How activist charities subtly shape policy
Scandalous but Scottish
Why Scotland experienced another yellow wave
Green eggs and flam
A fine way to make herbes omelette
The welfare state of things
Tom Jones and Chris Bayliss discuss the numbers behind Britain’s welfare state
The right does need religion
Christianity is politically valuable as well as, you know, true
Let’s pay MPs less
MPs are getting another inflation-busting pay rise — even as the country they govern grows poorer
Oldham, new problems
How changing demographics have reshaped culture and politics in Greater Manchester
Let’s scrap the Table Tax
The state should stop using our cafes, pubs, and restaurants as a cash cow