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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
Amnesty irrational
Gender identity ideologues cannot get away with baseless smears any more
The case against recognising Somaliland
The Somaliland lobby is being dangerously naive about the realities of the region
The vibe shift is a myth
Far from living through an age of cultural rebellion, we are seeing the imposition of cultural conformity
The end of Peel’s police?
She invokes a vanished age of policing, but Shabana Mahmood’s reforms point towards a more continental model of policing
Country house colonisation
An attempt to achieve historical accountability ends up being an exercise in historical obscurantism
French lessons for Farage
Following the Makerfield defeat, Reform should look across the channel to Rassemblement National for strategies
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
Fond portrait of an odd couple
Two irascible, elderly artists and two beautiful younger women in unusual relationships
The Boston barbarians
The Boston Symphony acted like a New Orleans nightclub owner with a recalcitrant pole-dancer
Against Northernism
“Northernism” is a superficial form of cultural branding, not a serious political project
Out with the old?
Reform seems to be thriving, and Labour seems to be losing, but what can actually change?
The Bible in the dock
Free speech for Christians is still under assault
Drill, baby, drill
We need Cornish lithium and tin just as much as North Sea oil — whatever the nimbys say
Jorge Luis Borges
A giant of Spanish letters who was forged by childhood exposure to his father’s vast English library
The limits of choice
Sometimes, we do know better than people who are harming themselves