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Why Appeasement seemed sensible
Hindsight is no guide to what most influenced British policymakers in the 1930s
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Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
A chaplain’s vindication
The case of Dr Bernard Randall has exposed the rot in our institutions
Amnesty irrational
Gender identity ideologues cannot get away with baseless smears any more
The myth of banned books
If transgression is fun and easy, it is probably not transgressive
The case against recognising Somaliland
The Somaliland lobby is being dangerously naive about the realities of the region
The revolution will be half-empty
Britain’s answer to America’s biggest conservative gathering offered empty seats, familiar grievances and a vision of the country that exists largely in the imagination.
Burnham’s beginnings
Keir’s out and Andy’s in. But will anything meaningful change?
Anyone could have predicted
Left-leaning commentators should not pretend to be surprised by the consequences of multiculturalism
Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
The emperor’s old advisor
McSweeney’s performance before MPs suggests age and experience hasn’t brought clarity — only better excuses
Hang up on Britain’s blight boxes
Outdated regulations are keeping thousands of redundant phone boxes on Britain’s streets
The last thing Labour needs
The revival of the Terminally Ill Adults Bill threatens to consume a party already struggling to hold itself together
The Muslim modernisers
Muslim reformers do not innovate; they renew by seeking to mend what is broken
The false filibuster framing
There was nothing undemocratic about resistance to the Assisted Dying Bill
Contra Kemi
Is Kemi Badenoch a principled opponent of identity politics or an anti-woke opportunist?
One deuce of a decider
This is it, when you look into the abyss and the abyss looks back into you