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Liberty in lockdown
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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
Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
Solent mean
Solent PhD student frozen out after introducing Roger Scruton into seminar
A chaplain’s vindication
The case of Dr Bernard Randall has exposed the rot in our institutions
The myth of banned books
If transgression is fun and easy, it is probably not transgressive
Lebanon’s finest
Henry Jeffreys savours some reds and whites from the Bekaa valley
Our money, abroad
If Whitehall can’t stop taxpayers’ money reaching terrorists, it should stop sending it abroad
Cry sod Harry, England and St George
Why aren’t people proud to be English?
The Falklands tragedy
British weakness is endangering the Falklands
Why the establishment hates X
It can be used to spread misinformation and abuse, yes, but it can also expose inconvenient facts
The man who knew too little
Faced with Mandelson, Starmer offers a bold defence: he didn’t know, and that’s what makes him blameless
Stella Creasy hates questions
For many politicians, being disagreed with is proof that they are right
Labour’s toxic medicine
The more they treat the symptoms of decline, the worse things get
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
A scarcity machine
Why Peckham residents should not celebrate development being blocked
The case against recognising Somaliland
The Somaliland lobby is being dangerously naive about the realities of the region