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IPSO has to go
A regulator built to uphold standards has become a partisan censor — the right must walk away before it is too late
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A shameful Bill
Labour is spectacularly failing the British people on immigration
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
Going Green
A day out with Zack Polanski and friends
Against Northernism
“Northernism” is a superficial form of cultural branding, not a serious political project
Hope and stories
Bicinia (Claves)
Unionists should unite
It’s time to build alliances to ensure that unionists are not let down again
The generation delusion
Chris Bayliss and Henry Hill are joined by the Reverend Marcus Walker to discuss intergenerational responsibility
Why must everything move to Manchester?
Northern England is being framed in patronising reductionist terms
Peeves and a weekend in Worcester
Thoroughly entertaining, darkly funny and humanely nasty
Fisticuffs over the fourth movement
When did classical music become so disturbingly polite?
Election objections
Andy Burnham doesn’t need a general election mandate
The Starmer strikes back
In a galaxy far, far from stable, Labour’s leadership chaos overshadows the King’s Speech
Reset as usual
Labour’s problem is not messaging, presentation or leadership — it is that the party lacks the appetite for the reforms Britain demands
Why do we hate industry?
Performative laissez-faire has been a failure. It’s time for a new policy
The art of statesmanship
An exhibition at the Wallace Collection shows how Britain’s greatest wartime leader found solace and satisfaction in painting