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Death by a thousand regulations
British politicians are allowing unnecessary laws to ruin civil society
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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
Amnesty irrational
Gender identity ideologues cannot get away with baseless smears any more
The case against recognising Somaliland
The Somaliland lobby is being dangerously naive about the realities of the region
The vibe shift is a myth
Far from living through an age of cultural rebellion, we are seeing the imposition of cultural conformity
The end of Peel’s police?
She invokes a vanished age of policing, but Shabana Mahmood’s reforms point towards a more continental model of policing
The government must defuse a legal time bomb
Countries of the “Global South” could sue the UK over greenhouse gas emissions
Like a homecoming
A haunted house
Hyperventilating vexillology
Once councils flew the symbols of the realm; now they proclaim the enthusiasms of the age
Rewatching a TV show from a lost world
In River Cottage, a chef escaped to Dorset from London in search of the good life
Fit for a queen
Hannah Betts reassesses the late Queen as a royal style maven
Running out of autobahn
Beijing’s manufacturing strategy is colliding with Europe’s self-inflicted industrial weaknesses
After the flood
Net migration may be falling, but the long tail of Britain’s recent immigration regime ensures the debate is far from over
Haskel’s challenge
Andy Burnham does not have much time to kickstart growth
Regulations without services
How the state is prohibiting without providing
Symphonies have life
John McCabe: 2 symphonies and cello concerto (Signum Classics)
Light my fire
A perfect spy requires a spark for his cigarette