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The Green Party is a menace to free speech Zack Polanski’s demand for press regulation is sinister and authoritarian.…
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If Prince Harry had won, press freedom would be finished
If Prince Harry had won, press freedom would be finished The imperious prince tried to shut down a critical newspaper. What century did he think this was? i Getty dataLayer.push({ event: 'author', author: "Luke Gittos"…
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Andy Burnham’s trivial pursuits
Andy Burnham’s trivial pursuits The PM’s low-stakes policymaking makes John Major’s Cones Hotline look like the…
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The musical chairs of the progressive alliance
Every modern progressive government operates on a convenient myth: the idea that every ‘protected class’, minority…
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The public needs a say on Labour’s policing shake-up
The public needs a say on Labour’s policing shake-up Collapsing local forces into regional ‘mega’ forces would…
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Is this the Church of England’s Arday affair?
Is this the Church of England’s Arday affair? The ‘Project Spire’ reparations scheme is clearly flawed – so why won’t…
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We need to talk about Afghan sex offenders
For many years, it has been tantamount to racism to draw any connection between foreign nationals and criminal…
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The Cambridge don who once had links to an Islamist terror group
Think Jason Arday’s appointment was a stain on the University of Cambridge? Meet Farah Ahmed, Arday’s colleague in the…
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In defence of sociology
In defence of sociology The Jason Arday fiasco threatens to undermine the discipline in which he ‘excelled’. i Photo…
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The police’s shameful role in the Jason Arday affair
The police’s shameful role in the Jason Arday affair Why did the Met come after a journalist reporting on his…
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The homophobic folly of banning ‘conversion therapy’
If the goal of legal bans on so-called conversion therapy – or in Britain’s case, a ban on ‘conversion practices’ – is…
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The culture war on uni sports societies
The culture war on uni sports societies Student union fussbuckets are stamping out the drinking traditions that make…
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The explosion in kids with special educational needs is destroying our schools
Liverpool Walton has the highest proportion of pupils identified with special educational needs in England, at 32…
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The Jason Arday farce is an embarrassment to black Britain
I’ll admit it: initially, I pulled my punches. It must be awful to have every detail of your life picked apart by the…
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Will mortarboards roll after the Jason Arday allegations?
Will mortarboards roll after the Jason Arday allegations? Cambridge is at risk of trashing its painstakingly earned…
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Ceuta and the dangerous insanity of anti-Zionism
Everything they once accused the Jews of, they now accuse the Jewish State of. Jews, they said, lusted after the blood…
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How ‘progressives’ became the new reactionaries
One of the most conspicuous aspects of politics these days is just how topsy-turvy everything now seems, and how…
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Andy Burnham’s cult of no personality
Andy Burnham’s cult of no personality The new PM’s relentless self-promotion barely masks the same old substance-free…
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‘Andynomics’ is just managed decline with a smile
‘Andynomics’ is just managed decline with a smile The new PM’s first 10 days suggest he has no new ideas to rescue…
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Boy George’s pro-Israel song is as punk as it gets
So now we know the most dangerous thing a pop star can do: stand up for Jews. You used to have to snort a binbag of…
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Will Andy Burnham stand up for Christians?
Andy Burnham will become UK prime minister amid concerns that recent legal measures may restrict Christian expression.…
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Why are so many children still missing school?
The Covid‑era lockdowns altered perceptions of school attendance in England, leading to a rise in persistent…
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Woke privilege still reigns at Cambridge University
Picture a professor at the University of Cambridge, and an august scholar who has spent decades in a library or a…
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France may be on fire, but ‘the world’ is not
And now we don’t just have Greta Thunberg to tell us so; we can just look at the ‘apocalyptic’ images from Bordeaux…
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GB News didn’t cause the Berlin terror attack
GB News didn’t cause the Berlin terror attack Denying Abdul Ballout’s Islamist motivations is an insult to the…
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African migrants are keeping Christianity alive
As a social conservative, one of the more interesting – if not satisfying – sights of the recent World Cup was seeing…
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Too ‘triggered’ to run the country?
Natalie Fleet's resignation shows how therapy culture has eroded our leaders’ sense of duty. i Getty dataLayer.push({…
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Cody Walker: another victim of two-tier policing
Cody Walker: another victim of two-tier policing This young man’s farcical arrest in Birmingham heaps yet more shame…
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Why Labour’s ‘Summer of Sex will leave most of us cold
A blushing vicar, a landlady with a rolling pin, and a Labour MP on the promenade asking passers-by if they fancy a…
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Sophie Cunningham’s courage could be a game-changer for women’s sports
Sophie Cunningham’s courage could be a game-changer for women’s sports The WNBA star is right to point the finger at…
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Socialism for the elites
i Getty Long-read Socialism for the elites America’s left-wing insurgency relies on billionaire donors and a highly…
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Civil servants are defying the Supreme Court trans ruling
What was the point of last year’s UK Supreme Court ruling that ‘woman’ means biological female? The judgement should,…
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Why an Oxfordshire village has erupted over illegal immigration
Piddington, a small village in Oxfordshire, might seem like an unlikely centre of revolutionary discontent. But even…
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How the NGO-industrial complex corrupts UK politics
The Ethics and Integrity Commission's report recommends that all lobbying of government ministers and officials be…
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This crackdown on the IRGC is too little, too late
This crackdown on the IRGC is too little, too late Labour is catastrophically failing to curb Iran’s lethal influence.…
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The ‘anti-racist’ rot at the heart of Britain’s police
In July 2025 a man drove a car into a Manchester synagogue and was killed by armed police after a brief standoff. The…
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‘White guilt’ is vanity posing as virtue
Twenty-five years ago, the American filmmaker Michael Moore published Stupid White Men, a book that not only assails…
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Penelope Keith was a class apart
Penelope Keith was a class apart The star of The Good Life and To the Manor Born embodied the class anxieties of a now…
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Northerners don’t need Andy Burnham’s pity politics
Northerners don’t need Andy Burnham’s pity politics The PM-in-waiting’s northern nationalism has more than a whiff of…
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The enduring promise of America
The United States marked its 250th anniversary amid a notable decline in patriotic sentiment, especially among younger…
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Now the Netherlands is euthanising children
The Netherlands has euthanised a 12-year-old child under its assisted-dying laws, marking a significant expansion of…
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Islamism poses a clear threat to German public life
A leaked intelligence agency report in Germany has revealed the extent of hardline Muslim influence over public…
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The NHS is systematically failing mothers and babies
Yet another inquiry into failing maternity care in 21st-century Britain has delivered a damning report. Donna…
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Do Europe’s populists have a Trump problem?
Giorgia Meloni’s brief spat with The Donald has only boosted her standing among Italians. dataLayer.push({ event:…
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The Hamasniks are coming to power
The Hamasniks are gaining power in the US, with one of their supporters, Darializa Avila Chevalier, winning a…
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Why the EU is so much worse than when we left
Ten years on from the vote to leave the European Union, the calls to reverse the referendum result are as loud as…
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Britain’s addiction to borrowing is a recipe for disaster
Britain's increasing national debt poses significant economic risks, with borrowing becoming a central issue in…
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Did the Manchester Airport brawlers get away with it?
The case involving two brothers, Mohammed Fahir Amaaz and Muhammad Amaad, who fought with police at Manchester…
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Surrogacy is nothing to celebrate
Louise Thompson's support for surrogacy has been criticized as hypocritical given her advocacy for women's health…
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Israelophobia is rotting Ireland’s soul
The article discusses the rise of anti-Zionism in Ireland, particularly in the context of a recent football match.…
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