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unconquered by a
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Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
What is wrong now was wrong before
Julia Gillard should not pretend that the “unintended consequences” of the gender debate were unknowable
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
Stop saying sectarianism
Britain’s emerging politics are not really sectarian at all, but the result of neo-communal fragmentation
Hey, Starmer, leave those kids alone
Banning under-16s from social media is more prohibitionist stupidity
Britain will be worse without hereditary peers
The expulsion of the hereditaries is neither fair nor pragmatic
There is nothing authentic about Andy Burnham
The blokeish Labour man is as slimy a politician as the rest of them
The hollow men
T. S. Eliot understood contemporary politicians better than they understand themselves
The last true Kapellmeister
Chaotic in all things except music, where he demanded precision and gave his all
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The Kremlin’s actions contradict its image of itself
Don’t kowtow to cry-bullies
Why Kezia Dugdale can’t apologise enough
The pitfalls of epistemic snobbery
The “Sophie of Dundee” case proves that confirmation bias is a double-edged sword
Fast cars fit for old-school stars
Speed and sophistication once shared the same side of the street
A below-par Riley is still better than most
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