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Don’t blame Islam for grooming gangs
The tight-knit clan structure of many in the Pakistani community lies at the root of the sex abuse scandal
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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
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
Against Northernism
“Northernism” is a superficial form of cultural branding, not a serious political project
Taxing the lights on
Miliband’s new levy undermines the very investment needed to bring energy prices down
The government must curb its appetite for junk policy
The “junk food advertising ban” is indigestible nonsense
Homage to Zaporizhia and Sumy
Horror continues in Ukraine — but the tide could be turning
What’s so illiberal about “illiberal democracy”?
Viktor Orbán has been a political pioneer in Europe
It is time for antidisestablishmentarianism
Church establishment is still worth fighting for
Britain’s housing crisis is a crisis for veterans
We have to make the system more able to house our heroes
Parade of defeats
Armenia is a democracy tearing itself apart over who gets to define the soul of a nation
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
Life for petty theft?
IPP sentences are a shocking stain on the criminal justice system that the Prime Minister would do well to kill off
It’s high time we banned dogs
The tide is turning against these slobbering beasts
In defence of Gary Stevenson
If economists were only those with doctorates, we would have to ignore both the market’s wisdom and many of its most perceptive critics