Flashman
Rogue male
Scoundrel, liar, cheat and toady, George MacDonald Fraser’s Flashman is a creation of genius and a bracing antidote to our timid age
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Save our green and pleasant land
It’s time to stop ruining Britain’s countryside with drab, identikit houses and instead build real places with focus, heart and purpose
Tony Blair is an extremist
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Christianity is politically valuable as well as, you know, true
Good news for the rule of law
Activists who break the law should not be able to appeal to their high-minded motives
No gods, no monsters
We should stop projecting our neuroses onto foreign leaders
Why nobody likes a smarty pants
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Stop ignoring the Islamisation of our democracy
The British state is bending to Islamism, not attempting to defeat it
The problem with prohibiting political dishonesty
It will be used to stifle freedom and not just to curb mistruths
The EU is changing on immigration
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