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Gender identity ideologues cannot get away with baseless smears any more
Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
Who pays for Manchesterism?
Burnham spent nine years extracting money from Westminster, now he’ll be reaching directly into taxpayers’ pockets
The goading life
How the transgressive media of the 1990s influenced, and was eaten by, online culture
The migrant crime cover up
Why is Labour fighting to keep migrant crime statistics secret?
How religion shapes football fandom
The meaning of football is intertwined with the meaning of faith
A below-par Riley is still better than most
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Dead reckoning
How Britain forgot the sea (and why it matters)
When all you have is a Hermer
Why Lord Hermer is a strange fit as Attorney General
Latin love, Hispanic hate
Spain and Argentina’s complex relationship is being strained by the World Cup
The EU is getting worse
Ursula von der Leyen’s left-wing managerial agenda is failing
How the cranks won
Britain’s ruling ideology is founded less on what elites believe than on who they fear
Britain needs the Med mindset
We have to adapt to the sweatier realities of a changing climate
Stop underestimating British tech
We should not surrender to the idea that American companies can do everything better
Why Mali matters
Terrorism is spiralling out of control in West Africa