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Muzzled in Moscow
Drawing on the author’s experiences, the book’s effect is akin to having a long pub chat with a knowledgeable journo
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Labour’s mercurial kingmaker
The eventful career of Josh Simons, the man who gave up his seat for Andy Burnham
In defence of Lara Bird
There is nothing weird or dishonest about having a dual existence
The hitch with the Hitch
How Christopher Hitchens brought me back to Christ
A shameful Bill
Labour is spectacularly failing the British people on immigration
The ties that bind
A revived society tie has raised thousands for hedgehogs — and reminds us what Britain has lost with the decline of the club tie
Anyone could have predicted
Left-leaning commentators should not pretend to be surprised by the consequences of multiculturalism
Parade of defeats
Armenia is a democracy tearing itself apart over who gets to define the soul of a nation
Outside the box
why traditional topiary is
making a comeback
Gruesome twosomes
Considering culinary mismatches
Will Andy crash and Burnham?
The Manchester man is going to face the same constraints as Keir Starmer
Signal failure
Ministers love announcing transformative mega-projects, but millions of commuters would settle for an internet connection that actually works
The problem with optimisation
Feeling maximally healthy and productive is not the point of life
Empire State Madrid
Can a stagnant Spain rediscover the future? Hope lies with its capital
The NHS is no longer above question
People are finally, if grudgingly, waking up to its flaws
Good news for the rule of law
Activists who break the law should not be able to appeal to their high-minded motives
To defeat populism, don’t start here
Views that would be charming in their naivety, were they not so contradictory or facile