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The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Stop ignoring the Islamisation of our democracy
The British state is bending to Islamism, not attempting to defeat it
The EU’s immigration asymmetry
Ten years on, the EU still hasn’t learned Brexit’s hard lesson on migration
An elusive eatery
Total failure, redeemed by souvlaki and chips at the kebab stand
Andy Burnham’s immigration double game
Andy Burnham might make sceptical noises about mass migration but they mean nothing in practice
Remembering 2020
It is important to remember what an irrational and hostile time it was
Cloaked Crusader
Richard I: valiant hero of Romance but also a perfidious, self-serving lord
The sleep of reason
Sir Mark Rowley’s forgotten police thriller reveals the assumptions, anxieties and moral universe of Britain’s managerial elite.
From triple lock to price caps
Opinium polling for The Critic reveals the totemic pension policy has entrenched a politics that demands control over growth
Drill, baby, drill
We need Cornish lithium and tin just as much as North Sea oil — whatever the nimbys say
It’s high time we banned dogs
The tide is turning against these slobbering beasts
Calypso and carnage
A seismic Test series and a harbinger of a new force in Test cricket
First time thrills
Most of all, it was a tournament of heroes and villains