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Reform’s constitutional quandary
Last week, in one of Keir Starmer’s final acts as Prime Minister, a list of political peerages was published outlining new appointments to the House of Lords. Individuals were nominated by the Leaders of the Labour,…
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The Red Sea rules the Red Wall
Three very short and very long weeks ago Keir Starmer, in his first interview after announcing his resignation, warned…
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Why Labour needs a rural reset
Our new Prime Minister, in his first speech in the role, has promised a “circuit breaker for Britain” and made pointed…
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The mistakes of marriage reform
The article criticizes the UK Government's consultation on wedding law reforms in England and Wales, arguing that it…
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At a pinch
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The great pandemic
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The free market delusion
Another British Prime Minister announces his agenda, and you can already hear the howls of pain and anger from the…
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An unholy shambles
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The Creasy calamity
How funny is it to confuse a parrot and a parakeet? I can understand Stella Creasy MP feeling bewildered by the scale…
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Dozing in the orchard
The RSC has been on an astonishing run of form lately, especially when it comes to its non-Shakespearean productions;…
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How broad should a broad church be?
Kemi Badenoch’s crackdown on Conservative candidate selections hasn’t been front-page news, because nothing the Tories…
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Starmer’s Indian takeaway
If you’re looking for some light and insubstantive summer reading, you could do worse than Keir Starmer’s final…
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The boys’ club
Andy Burnham’s march on Downing Street has been met with almost universal acclaim from the Labour faithful. Half the…
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Why Devon is saying no to a data centre
Residents of Great Torrington in Devon gathered to protest a proposal by Xlinks to build one of Europe's largest AI…
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Best intentions …
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Harassment at the NHS
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Our AI overlords will end bigotry
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Rendering the word of God in English
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Hector Savage
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The Cup and me
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The errata of history
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Rewatching a TV show from a lost world
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The spy chief who sold us Blue Nun
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Real culture wars
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Deciphering the royal dress code
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The intractable problems pulling modern Britain apart
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Excessive producer responsibility
Extended Producer Responsibility is a boring name for a boring regulation, but it is worth understanding if you want…
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Westminster is not Manchester
Westminster is obsessed with everyman Andy Burnham as the heir apparent to Downing Street. He has now pitched himself…
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The lonely death of Henry Nowak
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All the single ladies
There is something admittedly off putting about the ever growing birth rate debate, which turns a lot of people off —…
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Why does Labour hate our pubs?
In 1955, the Labour Party published a song book, compiling what it described as “Labour Anthems, Traditional Songs and…
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Labour’s battle of egos
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Peston’s Inbox
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A scarcity machine
“This is a great day for Peckham.” So declared Cllr Sarah King, Leader of Southwark Council, on the occasion of a…
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A second Northern Ireland?
An interesting and almost definitionally neglected aspect of journalism is the stories we stop telling. A glance…
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Reform’s man in Makerfield
I spoke with Rob Kenyon on Bank Holiday Monday. Raikes is leader of the New British Union, a political group which has…
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Remembering 2020
Six years on, 2020 feels like it must have been a fever dream. It’s hard to keep in mind that it actually happened.…
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The problem with optimisation
Those of us who drink too much are full of reasons why it’s actually good to poison our bodies. (Didn’t you hear that…
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Conservatives should learn from Labour
Whether it’s DEI, gender identity or obstructionist quangos, the British right never stops complaining that the left…
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The third man
She finally published the expansive draft guidance last week to great confusion, some disagreement, and significant…
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Women should not have to apologise for their rights
The battle has been won, now let the shaming of the victors begin. Over a year after the Supreme Court ruling on the…
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Why 1776 matters to modern Britain
There are few things more repugnant to British sensibilities than the cult of the American founding. It conjures up…
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A mean mood in Makerfield
The first person I spoke to in Ashton-in-Makerfield told me that they were voting for Restore Britain. On June 18,…
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Boriswave denialism
Despite all the supposed progress by migration restrictionists in finally “winning” the argument on migration — which,…
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Literature amid lies
The dossier, first compiled in the 1990s, is seen by Borsellino’s family as the missing link that may explain why he…
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The enduring fascination of Richard Nixon
This was a president who, if not for Gerald Ford’s pardon, would likely have ended up in jail. Playwright Arthur…
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Two faces of America
★★★/★★★★ The London Symphony Orchestra has long considered itself half-American. With Andre Previn and Michael Tilson…
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Itamar Ben-Gvir, heel
In professional wrestling, the “heel”, or bad guy, can be more important than the “face”, or good guy. A heel who…
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Hyperventilating vexillology
The latest episode in the ongoing “War of the Flags” came last week, but it was not about St George’s flag this time.…
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