Magdalena Kozena
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The establishment is still living in an immigration fantasy land
It is influential left-wingers, not the broader public, who have deluded themselves on mass migration
American strategy in Iran is wiser than it seems
President Trump’s intervention will leave the world safer than it was
Saint Nicola
Nicola Sturgeon wants sympathy for her husband’s crimes—but after years spent avoiding awkward questions, her latest reinvention may be the hardest sell yet.
On Britain as a capitalist command economy
It is neither neoliberal nor socialist but a secret third thing
Rewatching the English
English identity has become too surreal and discomfiting to define
The mirage of majesty
Royal charm cannot disguise Britain’s shrinking power in a transactional world
Restoration romps
Purcell, The Musical, OSO Arts Centre, Barnes
Wrestling with realignment
Labour will use the Irish Sea border as an excuse to realign with the EU’s rules
Return to SENDer
Labour has created a real chance to reform SEND, writes Zachary Marsh — but will it take it?
Averting irrational egalitarianism
How to stop ideological anti-racism damaging our institutions and our country
Too starstruck to see Marilyn’s faults
Only Some Like It Hot endures, though not because of anything Monroe does in it
The Hollywood starlet and the immigration albatross
Free marketeers were too content to ignore the negative externalities of immigration
Grey expectations
Saving England’s native red squirrel will require harsh measures
From an entitlement state to an investment state
How to achieve a pro-social and pro-market economy
Andy Burnham’s immigration double game
Andy Burnham might make sceptical noises about mass migration but they mean nothing in practice
Auntie’s autumn
Rather than wage war on the Beeb, a Reform government should strip it of its monopoly and force British broadcasting to compete again