grooming gangs
Something is rotten in the state of Starmer
The government’s reactionary defensiveness is a mistake
The delusions of “consent”
We can be too willing to believe in people’s willingness
No more bloody inquiries
They tend to be a pointless waste of time and money
The liberal establishment is to blame for public outrage
Ignoring and enabling horrendous crimes has encouraged a nativist backlash
The road to Hell is paved with arse-covering cowardice
Good intentions were not to blame for the failure to stop the grooming gangs
The establishment is still denying justice to the victims of grooming gangs
Institutional failures must be exposed and accounted for
Why was I the only reporter?
On the sentencing of the Rotherham grooming gang
Shattered illusions
The record of the authorities defies denials of two-tier policing
IPSO’s grooming gangs mix-up
A 2020 report continues to dampen the truth on Britain’s worst sex abuse scandal
Debunking the grooming gang debunkers
The focus on this issue is right and proper
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James O’Brien’s aggressive incuriosity is becoming ever more embattled as his worldview crumbles
Losing control of the narrative
The British establishment no longer sets the terms of public debate over migration
Fear and fury in Belfast
Violence spiralled out of control in Northern Ireland in the aftermath of a shocking crime
How the Southport riots broke Starmer’s government
A combination of authoritarianism and hypocrisy proved fatal
UK defence readiness is indefensible
Silence is no longer an option — Britain’s Chief of the Defence Staff must resign
The disunited kingdom
The establishment must confront the disturbing realities of sectarian politics in the UK
The spy chief who sold us Blue Nun
Raise a glass to a long life, very well lived
The fire in him
Gary Oldman is superb in Krapp’s Last Tape at the Royal Court
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The quintessential Tory grandee who
was the last of his kind: a politician
motivated by service to his country
Where hatreds meet
Antisemitism and misogyny have a lot in common
Leaving it all in the ring
The great British bullfighting hopeful, Alexander Paul
The UK’s messiest election ever?
Trying to predict the results of the next election is a mug’s game
First time thrills
Most of all, it was a tournament of heroes and villains
Women who play along …
It’s only natural when you come across the aftermath of a collision to wonder who was to blame.
Right-wing fight night
A debate over the future of right-wing politics in Britain offered little heat and less light
Not exiles, but stayers
White South Africans are not abandoning their home