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When geek culture was good

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The martyrdom of Young Bob

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Grooming gangs and the truth

We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal

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Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?

He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system

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Ben Sixsmith

Babies need women

Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous

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Jean Hatchet

Stop ignoring the Islamisation of our democracy

The British state is bending to Islamism, not attempting to defeat it

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The dead-end art of conspiracy

Should art dissect conspiracy theories or immerse itself in them?

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Pierre d’Alancaisez

Police policies must be reformed

If we are to have policing “without fear or favour” then it is time for change

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Critical briefing: cuckooing

A hidden scourge has been plaguing British streets for too long

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The green myth

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Defending liberalism from its defenders

Liberalism should mean anything but a more interventionist state

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Good enough for politics

We should be more willing to declare some political problems solved

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One year later

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