Gordon Beattie
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American strategy in Iran is wiser than it seems
President Trump’s intervention will leave the world safer than it was
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
Saint Nicola
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.
A failed war on fags
The black market has taken over the tobacco trade Down Under
A profound Tory
Simon Heffer’s biography of Enoch Powell very much deserves revisiting
Selling the commons
How Britain put a price on nature
We have to tame Big Tech
We must act to regulate social media before it does a lot more damage
Sir David Attenborough at sea
RRS Sir David Attenborough is a ship worthy of the great man’s name
The UK’s messiest election ever?
Trying to predict the results of the next election is a mug’s game
Labour’s battle of egos
There is little love left to lose between those plotting regicide in Downing Street
A love-hate affair
Finger-lingering over hideous fluffy lilac footwear
The great betrayal
MAGA will always be Trump’s, but how much is an ever-shrinking coalition actually worth?
Reclaiming the rule of law
The rule of law was meant to protect liberty — not to be weaponised against democracy
The old age elephant in the room
Does Andy Burnham seriously think that he can fix social care?
Against the scolding mob
MPs have helped to create the puritanism that is now coming for their drinks