Gemma Loughran
Benches without borders
From Gaza to asylum appeals, Britain’s immigration courts are making decisions that weaken border enforcement.
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Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
A chaplain’s vindication
The case of Dr Bernard Randall has exposed the rot in our institutions
Amnesty irrational
Gender identity ideologues cannot get away with baseless smears any more
The myth of banned books
If transgression is fun and easy, it is probably not transgressive
The case against recognising Somaliland
The Somaliland lobby is being dangerously naive about the realities of the region
A love-hate affair
Finger-lingering over hideous fluffy lilac footwear
Hang up on Britain’s blight boxes
Outdated regulations are keeping thousands of redundant phone boxes on Britain’s streets
Time for change?
A new book might overstate the durability of Trumpian politics
Why the establishment hates X
It can be used to spread misinformation and abuse, yes, but it can also expose inconvenient facts
Right-wing fight night
A debate over the future of right-wing politics in Britain offered little heat and less light
The emperor’s old advisor
McSweeney’s performance before MPs suggests age and experience hasn’t brought clarity — only better excuses
What is wrong now was wrong before
Julia Gillard should not pretend that the “unintended consequences” of the gender debate were unknowable
The decision-dodgers
The puberty blocker trial shows that outsourcing policy choices to experts isn’t working
The big crunch
How university expansion failed to prepare Britain for the future
The end of encrypted Europe
Europe’s latest Chat Control may see child protection become a pretext for wider surveillance.
The costs of independence
Northern Ireland offers sobering lessons on the consequences of devolutionary radicalism