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Morrissey is pop’s prophet of England

Morrissey is back. And he’s sassy as hell. At the O2 on Saturday night, the once-waifish Smiths frontman turned stocky solo crooner cast shade on...

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Tourette’s / What happened to ‘inclusivity’ at the Baftas?

You know, I’m starting to think those #BeKind folk aren’t half as kind as they make themselves out to be. How else to explain this meltdown over a...

25.02.2026 10

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The question we keep asking after Afghan sex attacks

12.02.2026 10

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Peter Mandelson and the phoney moral superiority of Labour

04.02.2026 10

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Why are illegal migrants welcome in Britain but not Eva Vlaardingerbroek?

15.01.2026 10

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Starmer's X crackdown is no joke

09.01.2026 10

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Paul Lumber's death isn't funny. Why does that need saying?

16.12.2025 10

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Paul Lumber's death isn't funny. Why does that need saying?

15.12.2025 4

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Virtue signalling / The celebrity ECHR letter is pious posturing

10.12.2025 10

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Does Paloma Faith know what 'far right' means?

04.12.2025 10

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Border farce / No, Shabana Mahmood isn’t far right

18.11.2025 7

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Cancellation / The cowardly publishing world betrayed Kate Clanchy

05.11.2025 10

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The fall of Jess Phillips

24.10.2025 3

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Roll with it / Britain is having its own gilets jaunes moment

03.09.2025 8

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Britain is having its own gilets jaunes moment

29.08.2025 10

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Britain is having its own gilets jaunes moment

28.08.2025 10

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Will Donald Trump meet Lucy Connolly?

26.08.2025 10

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The Bell Hotel’s closure is not the end of the story

20.08.2025 7

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Labour must confront the uncomfortable causes of immigration protests

24.07.2025 9

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Hot air / ‘Climate denial’ shouldn’t be illegal

16.07.2025 10

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Finally, a Harry Potter star has backed JK Rowling

09.06.2025 7

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Thom Yorke has exposed the intolerance of the ‘pro-Palestine’ set

01.06.2025 10

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Don’t cancel Andrew Lawrence for his Liverpool joke

29.05.2025 20

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Comparing a colleague to Darth Vader isn’t offensive

08.05.2025 10

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Farewell Just Stop Oil, you won’t be missed

27.03.2025 5

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The British police are deeply hostile to free speech

24.02.2025 8

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Is even Disney moving away from trigger warnings?

12.02.2025 10

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Don’t cancel Andrew Gwynne

10.02.2025 10

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The dumbing down of Oxbridge

26.01.2025 10

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Charles Darwin and the zealotry of Just Stop Oil

13.01.2025 10

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Is this the end of the Big Tech industrial censorship complex?

The vibe shift is real. Yes, all the chatter about the re-election of Donald Trump causing a cultural sea change in American life might just have...

08.01.2025 10

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Elon Musk is wrong to slam Farage

Elon Musk is a man of tremendous gifts, to put it mildly. He recently caught a rocket between some chopsticks, for crying out loud. But insight...

05.01.2025 7

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