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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
How to get Britain building
A new policy paper proves that the government can beat bureaucratic sclerosis if it wants to
A step forward for academic freedom
It is time to take the fight to censoriousness in higher education
The establishment is still living in an immigration fantasy land
It is influential left-wingers, not the broader public, who have deluded themselves on mass migration
From an entitlement state to an investment state
How to achieve a pro-social and pro-market economy
The torment and the tourists
Holiday-makers must stop enabling the abuse of horses in Egypt
The bonfire of British history
Absentee landlords’ neglect allows architectural jewels to be burned to the ground
Scotland’s biggest legal scandal
Hundreds of men could have being denied their right to a fair trial because of a justice system that rules important character evidence inadmissible
Westminster is not Manchester
Andy Burnham would find being the PM a lot more difficult than being a mayor
The case for coal
We need more energy, quickly, and where else to get it from?
Labour’s toxic medicine
The more they treat the symptoms of decline, the worse things get
Devolution has been a disaster
Wales, and the United Kingdom at large, are weaker for the devolution project