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Burnham’s Russia Narrative Car Crash is Worse Than We Thought

17 October 2026 at 07:00

Andy Burnham's claim that Russia interfered with Brexit is risible for one very simple reason, says Ben Pile: EU policy on climate and energy is so suicidal that Putin could not have wanted Britain to leave.

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You Can Become Israeli

16 October 2026 at 17:00

Throughout the war, newcomers have continued to move to Israel, where integration is given rocket boosters not via civics classes but shelter drills, the draft and weekly funeral attendance, says Mark Ginsberg.

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American Psychological Association Elects Activist President

15 October 2026 at 15:00

The American Psychological Association has elected as its president a woman who once published an article on the "radical transformative potentialities of nonbinary Black womxn’s sexuality".

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This Shouldn’t Be Normal

15 October 2026 at 08:10

Endless illegal immigration, unaffordable energy, draconian speech policing – we're being conditioned to accept outrageous things as normal, says Nick Rendell. Now add to that economic crashes.

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Britain is Accelerating Towards Crisis

Despite admitting mass immigration is damaging the country, the ruling classes fail to secure the border while clamping down on dissent. It's accelerating Britain towards crisis, say David Betz and Michael Rainsborough.

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You Can Become English

14 October 2026 at 15:24

Suella Braverman says her Asian ancestry means she is British but not English. Clive Pinder argues that Englishness can be ethnic, cultural or both. If we demand assimilation, we should recognise the belonging it creates.

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BBC Making J.K. Rowling Documentary Without Her Input

14 October 2026 at 13:15

The BBC is making a documentary series about the influence and legacy of J.K. Rowling without any input from the author which brands her a "polarising figure".

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No Ed Davey, You’re a Father, Not a “Carer”

14 October 2026 at 09:00

No doubt Ed Davey lovingly cares for his disabled son, says Joanna Gray. But he's not his "carer"; he's his father. It's a distinction Britain is fast losing sight of, to the detriment of us all.

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Banished Celebrity Traitors Star Accuses Show of “Racial Bias”

13 October 2026 at 19:30

Myha’la Herrold, the Celebrity Traitors star banished on the show last week, has accused the reality TV programme of having "unconscious racial and cultural bias" in its format.

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Why Was Sadiq Khan Given a United Nations Award?

13 October 2026 at 07:00

Parts of London look like a dump. But that hasn't stopped the UN from giving Mayor Sadiq Khan an award for "improving urban life". It's all very incestuous, says Charlotte Gill: the UN is just rewarding its cronies.

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Diversity Targets: Has Anyone Done the Maths?

10 October 2026 at 12:00

Britain’s biggest employers set bold diversity targets – but has anyone checked the maths? Actuary Peter Crowley runs the numbers and finds the arithmetic rather less accommodating than the slogans.

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The Great Debate About Whether the Radical Right or the Lunatic Left is “Normal”

10 October 2026 at 11:00

We're in the middle of a vast argument about what is normal, says Prof James Alexander. Is Elon Musk right that what is now called 'far Right' was normal 10 minutes ago, or should we be listening to the 'lunatic Left'?

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Why Does the EU Insist on Provoking the Man Who Underwrites its Security?

10 October 2026 at 07:00

Why does the EU insist on provoking the man who underwrites its security, asks Steven Tucker, as he skewers the parasitic psychology of the ungrateful men-children behind the EU's naked fat golden Trump statue.

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My Therapist Told Me to Go for a Walk. London Had Other Ideas

8 October 2026 at 19:00

Is it any wonder there’s a mental health crisis when the state of the country is so depressing, asks Arthur Ellis, whose own 'mental health walks' around the dystopian streets of London only made things worse.

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Bees, Puffins and Owls to Replace Churchill on New Banknotes

8 October 2026 at 17:39

Bumblebees, puffins, barn owls and hedgehogs will feature on the Bank of England's next series of banknotes, replacing Winston Churchill and other British historic figures after they were deemed "elitist and divisive".

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Susan Neiman’s Deranged Anti-Trump Screed Only Shows She Has No Idea What “Evil” Is

8 October 2026 at 15:32

American philosopher Susan Neiman's new book Call it Evil: Understanding the Trump Era has no shame as it brands Trump wicked for liking free-market capitalism while ruing the end of communism in Europe, says Chris Milton.

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