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Jos Buttler

I didn’t like cricket; now I love it

I didn’t like cricket; now I love it

Making up for lost time

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William Atkinson

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Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes

The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken

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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

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Josephine Bartosch

Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour

It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party

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Noah Carl

How to fix the economy

A repentant ex-financial trader tells all

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Steve Garyson

Andy Burnham’s immigration double game

Andy Burnham might make sceptical noises about mass migration but they mean nothing in practice

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The summer chill

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The untold story of Brexit

Part political history, part memoir, Matthew Elliott’s account captures the campaign that reshaped British politics

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David Shipley

The decision-dodgers

The puberty blocker trial shows that outsourcing policy choices to experts isn’t working

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Helen Joyce

Embers to tend

The brilliance of Sappho has been obscured by rumour and neglect

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David Butterfield

Ban their benefits and deport them

Our interview with Zia Yusuf

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Israel does not run U.S. foreign policy

There is nothing wrong with questioning foreign influence — but that influence has been overstated

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Patrick Porter

Solent mean

Solent PhD student frozen out after introducing Roger Scruton into seminar

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Freddie Attenborough

We must strengthen British capitalism

Having a successful capitalist system depends on having a strong state

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Philip Cunliffe

Critical briefing: home ownership headaches

Why more homes are not always good news for the ordinary buyer

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