Starlink
Signal failure
Ministers love announcing transformative mega-projects, but millions of commuters would settle for an internet connection that actually works
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Amnesty irrational
Gender identity ideologues cannot get away with baseless smears any more
Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
Who pays for Manchesterism?
Burnham spent nine years extracting money from Westminster, now he’ll be reaching directly into taxpayers’ pockets
The case against recognising Somaliland
The Somaliland lobby is being dangerously naive about the realities of the region
The goading life
How the transgressive media of the 1990s influenced, and was eaten by, online culture
How Andy Burnham can raise living standards
Burnham and his team have a chance to change course, but they must be bold and take it
First time thrills
Most of all, it was a tournament of heroes and villains
It is time for antidisestablishmentarianism
Church establishment is still worth fighting for
New model Auntie
David Elstein spells out the big decisions that Matt Brittin, the BBC’s new director-general, needs to make very quickly in order to save the Corporation
Stumbling in the light
J.D. Vance has written a revealing book, for better and for worse
An anti-gambling bonanza
Don’t expect a lot of objective and thorough research from a new “gambling harms” organisation
Farewell to a gentle jazz-lover
Scholarship trumps zealotry, particularly when it is veiled by modesty
Broken windows
If small instances of disorder are neglected, greater ones will soon be committed
In praise of the English football fan
No one likes them, they don’t care — and good for them
How should Christian organisations respond to illegal migration?
It is wrong to think that Christianity demands that we open our borders
The mirage of majesty
Royal charm cannot disguise Britain’s shrinking power in a transactional world