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Rishi Sunak can’t lecture Humza Yousaf about free speech

Good on Rishi Sunak. At long last we have a Prime Minister who has come out swinging in defence of free speech. When JK Rowling shared her opposition...

02.04.2024 2

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Drake, Raleigh and the irony of ‘inclusivity’ drives

The past has been cancelled at Exeter School in Devon. The names of Elizabethan naval heroes Sir Walter Raleigh and Sir Francis Drake are being erased...

05.03.2024 5

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Labour’s ‘trans inclusive’ conversion therapy ban will be a disaster

Keir Starmer has a reputation for changing his mind. But on one issue at least, the Labour leader remains worryingly consistent. Addressing an LGBT ...

03.02.2024 8

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Only a love of learning will solve the truancy problem in schools

How do you solve a problem like truancy? Lockdowns and school closures may be a distant memory but far too many children are still not regularly...

09.01.2024 5

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Justice has been served for Rosie Duffield

The year has got off to a good start for Rosie Duffield. Back in November, the MP for Canterbury became the focus of an investigation by the Labour...

05.01.2024 2

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Why are MPs endorsing Stonewall’s rainbow laces campaign?

Our Members of Parliament are not short of stuff to do. There’s immigration – of the legal and illegal varieties – an economy on life support,...

13.12.2023 3

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When did publishers stop caring what their readers actually want?

It was easy to choose books for my young nieces and nephews this Christmas. First, I ruled out stories about boys who think they are girls, girls who...

01.12.2023 3

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Why won’t the Tories ban pupils from transitioning?

Finally, after months of argument and expectation, media briefings and leaked drafts, it seems the government just might be ready to release its...

23.11.2023 6

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The negative side of being ‘sex positive’

‘Let’s talk about sex, baby,’ sang female rap duo Salt-N-Pepa back in 1990. More than 30-years later, it can seem as if we talk about little...

10.11.2023 30

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The Met’s strange approach to protest

Demonstrations against Israel, some attracting many thousands of people, have become a regular occurrence. We have grown used to the sight of masked...

06.11.2023 5

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Why are feminists like me being labelled ‘far right’?

In what would no doubt come as a shock to great feminists like Mary Wollstonecraft, Sylvia Pankhurst and Simone de Beauvoir, arguing for sexual...

30.10.2023 10

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Will Ian McEwan ever get over Brexit?

‘Screw the lot of them.’ Ian McEwan’s blunt advice to young authors having to deal with ‘sensitivity readers’ had me punching the air. At...

04.10.2023 3

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Has the NHS forgotten its real purpose?

As doctors down stethoscopes and walk out of hospitals in their ongoing strike for better pay and working conditions, the public might reasonably...

20.09.2023 10

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How museums lost their way

What’s the point of museums? According to researchers at the University of Leicester, museums should help children explore their gender identity....

16.09.2023 7

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