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Grooming gangs and the truth

We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal

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Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous

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The British state is bending to Islamism, not attempting to defeat it

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Losing control of the narrative

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There is nothing cruel about women wanting single-sex spaces

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The regressive feminism of “angry young women”

Gen Z’s radical vanguard have built their worldview on unprogressive foundations

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Unholy war

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Britain’s ruling ideology is founded less on what elites believe than on who they fear

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Trump: the imprudent king

The President has so far achieved the opposite of what he promised

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The Islamopopulist march continues

Overshadowed by the Reform and Green surges, the Muslim vote continues a long march through the corridors of power

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