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Lionel Shriver

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Economy / Tax the poor

A sanctimonious liberal like any other respectable 16-year-old, I made a seminal lurch to the right the first time I opened a pay slip. I was manning...

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The epic scale of American humiliation

You’d think when your country goes to war you’d want it to prevail, but these are topsy-turvy times. Thus the dominant American commentary on...

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US politics / I can’t remember when I was last so disgusted with Trump

You’d think when your country goes to war you’d want it to prevail, but these are topsy-turvy times. Thus the dominant American commentary on...

02.07.2026 10

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The New York Times’s twisted reporting of Henry Nowak’s murder

Last week’s headline in the New York Times was obfuscating: “In the UK, a Violent Cycle: Hateful Attacks, Right-Wing Agitation and Riots.”...

19.06.2026 20

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Media / The New York Times’s twisted reporting of Henry Nowak’s murder

Last week’s headline in the New York Times was obfuscating: ‘In the UK, a Violent Cycle: Hateful Attacks, Right-Wing Agitation and Riots.’...

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Media / The New York Times’s twisted reporting of Henry Nowak’s murder

Last week’s headline in the New York Times was obfuscating: ‘In the UK, a Violent Cycle: Hateful Attacks, Right-Wing Agitation and Riots.’...

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If you think your bills are bad now, just wait

Forgive the doom-mongering, but the US, and especially the UK, may be dangerously on course for a sovereign debt crisis. Yet debt and deficits play a...

04.06.2026 20

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If you think your bills are bad now, just wait

Forgive the doom-mongering, but the US, and especially the UK, may be dangerously on course for a sovereign debt crisis. Yet debt and deficits play a...

22.05.2026 20

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Debt / If you think your bills are bad now, just wait

Forgive the doom-mongering, but the US, and especially the UK, may be dangerously on course for a sovereign debt crisis. Yet debt and deficits play a...

21.05.2026 20

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Let’s ditch the idea of the ‘black vote’

I long took for granted that US opinion polls break down respondents into white people, black people and Hispanics. But I’ve come to look askance at...

19.05.2026 20

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Let’s ditch the idea of the ‘black vote’

I long took for granted that US opinion polls break down respondents into white people, black people and Hispanics. But I’ve come to look askance at...

08.05.2026 30

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Killjoys / ‘Tea-towel-gate’: another British travesty

During last September’s freshers’ fair at Royal Holloway, University of London, two students got into a brief verbal tiff that became subject to...

06.05.2026 20

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Trans / The conversion therapy we should really ban

In 2012, California was the first US state to ban ‘conversion therapy’ for minors, the better to stop the forcible brainwashing of gays and...

10.04.2026 20

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Immigration / Who doesn’t want a better life?

Every couple of years a columnist-cum-novelist will inevitably stoop to shameless self-promotion. In my defence, at least the novel released this...

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Immigration / Who doesn’t want a better life?

Every couple of years a columnist-cum-novelist will inevitably stoop to shameless self-promotion. In my defence, at least the novel released this...

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End of ownership / No one is safe from a wealth tax

02.02.2026 20

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End of ownership / No one is safe from a wealth tax

02.02.2026 20

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Cold truths / There should be no 'sanctuary' from ICE

15.01.2026 30

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Shared values / Discrimination is good, actually

16.12.2025 20

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Shared values / Discrimination is good, actually

15.12.2025 30

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Shared values / Discrimination is good, actually

15.12.2025 20

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Economics / What’s Trump got to do with the price of turkey?

01.12.2025 10

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Economics / What’s Trump got to do with the price of turkey?

01.12.2025 10

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The UK’s tax take, take, take

15.11.2025 30

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Ticked off / I’ve been enslaved by my Apple watch

05.11.2025 20

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Ticked off / I’ve been enslaved by my Apple watch

30.10.2025 20

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Gender wars / Transgenderism proves people will believe anything

03.10.2025 20

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Gender wars / Transgenderism proves people will believe anything

02.10.2025 20

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Gender / Transgenderism proves people will believe anything

02.10.2025 20

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Pronoun wars / The truth about the trans school shooter

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Pronoun wars / The truth about the trans school shooter

04.09.2025 20

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Pronoun wars / The truth about the trans school shooter

04.09.2025 20

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My shoplifting shame

24.08.2025 20

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Justice through the looking-glass / The High Court’s war on truth

28.07.2025 20

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Justice through the looking-glass / The High Court’s war on truth

28.07.2025 20

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Justice through the looking-glass / The High Court’s war on truth

25.07.2025 20

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In the swim / How governments gaslight

11.07.2025 20

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Supreme Court / ‘Trans rights’ has never been a civil rights issue

26.06.2025 20

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Has deporting illegals become illegal?

14.06.2025 20

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Victory for disorder / Has deporting illegals become illegal?

12.06.2025 20

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Go fish / The war on normality

03.06.2025 20

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Go fish / The war on normality

03.06.2025 20

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Go fish / The war on normality

31.05.2025 20

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