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The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Stop ignoring the Islamisation of our democracy
The British state is bending to Islamism, not attempting to defeat it
Warm home, wrong decision
Ministers are once again choosing the most politically convenient response to rising energy costs, not the most effective one
Why do we still have social housing?
A decade working in Social Housing taught me that the sector’s perverse incentives guarantee the perpetuation of the very poverty it exists to eradicate
Andy Burnham’s immigration double game
Andy Burnham might make sceptical noises about mass migration but they mean nothing in practice
Marriage and muscular liberalism
The Fury controversy exposes the contradictions behind Britain’s new marriage laws
Britain must maintain its cultural inheritance
We should not allow our masterpieces to disappear overseas
A revolutionary king
The monarch’s vision of “harmony” will have lasting impact
Saint Sánchez?
How the Spanish Left uses the Right to hold power
On travellers and trail hunting
Left-wingers have bizarrely irrational double standards when it comes to protecting culture
The Goodwin that failed
Pareto and the problem of elite circulation
Let’s scrap the Table Tax
The state should stop using our cafes, pubs, and restaurants as a cash cow
The case for vapes
Arguments for prohibitionism disappear in a cloud of vapour