Leo Varadkar
Leo Varadkar is still stirring division
The former Taoiseach should have more humility
The new Irish hate speech law will do more harm than good
New legislation endangers liberty and will not address political division
The lonely end of a political failure
Leo Varadkar rode to power on a wave of optimism and is disappearing in a puff of disaffection
Fathers of the republic
A long overdue reassessment of the whiskered High Victorian statesmen whose fervent but nuanced nationalism did so much to forge modern Ireland
Cancelled, Irish style
The truth about woke witchhunts is that there is no ethic of forgiveness in this religion
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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
Fear and fury in Belfast
Violence spiralled out of control in Northern Ireland in the aftermath of a shocking crime
The EU’s immigration asymmetry
Ten years on, the EU still hasn’t learned Brexit’s hard lesson on migration
The Mexican baby business
In UK courts, parental orders for children born overseas outnumber those born to surrogates here
The mirage of majesty
Royal charm cannot disguise Britain’s shrinking power in a transactional world
Save our green and pleasant land
It’s time to stop ruining Britain’s countryside with drab, identikit houses and instead build real places with focus, heart and purpose
Reimagining the people’s palace
A building that deserves to be admired as an example of intelligent and sophisticated urban planning
The false filibuster framing
There was nothing undemocratic about resistance to the Assisted Dying Bill
Literary freedom is in the gutter
The disappearance of a praiseful review for a “cancelled” writer is as disturbing as it is bizarre
Kemi always gets it right
Whatever the crisis, the Conservative leader invariably discovers that events have vindicated her.
A mean mood in Makerfield
Reform have enthusiasm, but quiet Labour voters could still swing it for Burnham
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Farage: I’m not worried