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Thanks to Cass, evidence not ideology will be used to guide children seeking gender advice

‘First, do no harm” is the sacrosanct principle that is supposed to underpin modern medicine. But history is littered with examples of medics...

14.04.2024 30

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When the right to die becomes the duty to die, who will step in to save those most at risk?

It’s rare to get a politician who openly admits they are torn on an issue, but in recent days there have been two striking examples. First, Wes...

07.04.2024 10

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Will this brutally honest look at dementia finally get us talking or will we turn away?

We see a man giving a speech at his mother’s wake. It starts off as you might expect. But he goes on to tell us how his mother died multiple times...

31.03.2024 6

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Fat-shaming Keir Starmer was wrong, but we all judge people by their appearance

Nobody could have predicted that Keir Starmer’s waistline would have become one of the talking points of budget week. But a throwaway comment by...

10.03.2024 20

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Meet the modern-day censors, wielding their purse-strings over artists and their work

Who determines whether a play can get staged? In the unnamed authoritarian regime that serves as the dramatic backdrop for A Mirror, the answer is...

18.02.2024 60

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Students are racking up huge debts, but how can they tell if it’s value for money?

High interest rates mean that, for the vast majority of recent graduates in England, student loans have become the equivalent of running up a down...

11.02.2024 10

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Vindictive, cowardly leaders bowed to the gender bullies and failed Jo Phoenix

Sometimes the people around you scramble reality to turn up into down, black into white and open into closed. That’s how Prof Jo Phoenix must have...

28.01.2024 100

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Yes, parents have the right to educate their children at home. But children have rights too

What happens when a parent’s right to decide how to bring up their child comes into conflict with that child’s right to a safe, fulfilled life?...

14.01.2024 30

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Criminalising women is no way for the BBC to make up for funding freezes

Look at patterns of criminal offending, and one of the first things to stand out is the differences between men and women. Men dominate when it comes...

17.12.2023 6

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Scottish schools have tumbled from top of the class. This is what went wrong

The Scottish school system was once the jewel in the British educational crown. With good standards and low levels of social inequality, it was seen...

10.12.2023 20

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Women in revolt achieved so much. Why are decades of progress now being reversed?

‘Brainwashed by a homicidal policy” is how the man just elected president of Argentina described supporters of women’s abortion rights. The...

26.11.2023 100

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Babies are dying – and trotting out the same old excuses just won’t wash

‘I’m Beatrice’s mum, and because she’s dead, this is the only way I can be her mum,” Emily Barley said of her campaigning a year after her...

19.11.2023 90

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The census defines us. To scrap it is to lose sight of our past – and our future

The concept of a census – a count of every member of a population – is almost as ancient as civilisation. The Babylonians recorded a population...

12.11.2023 9

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AI promises incredible benefits, but also terrible risks. It’s not luddism to rein it in

Will it destroy us, or will it save us? An age-old debate between tech optimists and tech pessimists that has played out over centuries as the steady...

29.10.2023 40

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Empty classroom seats reveal ‘long shadow’ of Covid chaos on Britain’s children

Amid the scrutiny of what government decisions were made and why, some salacious details have emerged out of the continuing Covid inquiry. Last week,...

22.10.2023 10

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The BBC Jimmy Savile drama missed a chance to tell the real story of child sexual abuse

J immy Savile, one of Britain’s most prolific child sexual abusers, never faced trial for his crimes. He died a national treasure, crowds flocking...

15.10.2023 20

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Net zero, housing, HS2… all delayed. In modern Britain, short-termism rules

W alk through the Houses of Parliament and it is impossible to ignore the signs of decay – crumbling masonry, cordoned-off zones, water dripping...

24.09.2023 40

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Teachers need guidance to resolve issues of gender identity in the classroom

T he argument about the relative importance of sex and gender identity – whether someone feeling they are male or female should replace the reality...

17.09.2023 30

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