Monotheism
Standing side by side with angels
Like Lucifer, Pico thought himself too brilliant to stand below angels in God’s Hierarchy
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Any foreigner can have a UK degree — for a fee
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Carry on, matron
The crisis in nursing can be reversed by a return to Florence Nightingale’s vision of vocation and a rebuilt hierarchy on the wards
A grooming gang whitewash
The Government’s grooming gangs inquiry risks becoming another exercise in evasion rather than truth
The Middle Kingdom and the middle powers
China’s clash with Western power shattered its civilisational self-image. Europe is heading for a similar reckoning
The Islamopopulist march continues
Overshadowed by the Reform and Green surges, the Muslim vote continues a long march through the corridors of power
Why left-wingers should care about borders
A welfare state, and social solidarity, depend on immigration restrictionism
How to reform the NHS
Britain must take inspiration from the Netherlands
Westminster is not Manchester
Andy Burnham would find being the PM a lot more difficult than being a mayor
Trump: the imprudent king
The President has so far achieved the opposite of what he promised
The global migration compact trap
The UN migration compact may be non-binding, but its political effects are very real
Legal curiosities
The pursuit of justice in small or atypical jurisdictions has sometimes led to some unusual legal quandaries