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Return of the technocrats Politics

Return of the technocrats

9th July 2024
The remarkable bleakness of the Tory press endorsements Politics

The remarkable bleakness of the Tory press endorsements

4th July 2024
Keir Starmer: our first part-time prime minister? Politics

Keir Starmer: our first part-time prime minister?

2nd July 2024
Are we all Putin’s puppets now? Politics

Are we all Putin’s puppets now?

1st July 2024
Swifties need to grow up Culture

Swifties need to grow up

24th June 2024
Keir Starmer’s betrayal of Rosie Duffield Politics

Keir Starmer’s betrayal of Rosie Duffield

17th June 2024
How Gen Z is driving the populist pushback Politics

How Gen Z is driving the populist pushback

15th June 2024
The return of the ‘milkshake truthers’ Politics

The return of the ‘milkshake truthers’

5th June 2024
The Tories are right to defend single-sex spaces Politics

The Tories are right to defend single-sex spaces

3rd June 2024
Why the hysteria over Sunak’s ‘national service’ scheme? Politics

Why the hysteria over Sunak’s ‘national service’ scheme?

28th May 2024
The smearing of JK Rowling Identity Politics

The smearing of JK Rowling

28th May 2024
Is your garden guilty of ‘horticultural appropriation’? Identity Politics

Is your garden guilty of ‘horticultural appropriation’?

24th May 2024

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The brass neck of Nicola Sturgeon Identity Politics

The brass neck of Nicola Sturgeon

20th May 2024
JK Rowling has every right to call a man a man Identity Politics

JK Rowling has every right to call a man a man

13th May 2024
Greta should pipe down about Palestine World

Greta should pipe down about Palestine

10th May 2024
Why is the BBC so obsessed with drag queens? Identity Politics

Why is the BBC so obsessed with drag queens?

10th May 2024
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