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Rush to Diagnose ADHD and Autism is Damaging Children, Major Review Warns

Britain risks harming a generation of children by over-diagnosing ADHD and autism, a major review has warned, with autism diagnosis rates soaring by up to 40-fold despite no evidence of a genuine increase in prevalence.

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Diversity Targets: Has Anyone Done the Maths?

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”

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?

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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Nobel Hands Peace Prize to Judge Who Declared Israel Guilty of “Genocide”

The Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to a South African judge who led the UN panel that accused Israel of genocide, leading Israel to brand the judge a "frontrunner" in "lies, hatred and blood libels".

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Britain is Heading Towards Blackouts

Britain is heading towards blackouts because of its overreliance on renewables, says energy expert Richard Lyon, who explains how Britain's power grid works and why Net Zero is making it vulnerable to severe outages.

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Giant Wind Turbines Risk Leaving Britain Blind to Russian Jets, Says MoD

A giant wind farm risks blinding radar used to track Russian jets and missiles, the Ministry of Defence has warned as it opposes Net Zero plans to build 23 turbines twice the height of Big Ben in Yorkshire.

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Humiliated Polanski on Brink of the Sack After Losing By-Election as He Faces “Zionism is Racism” Backlash

Zack Polanski is on the brink of the sack as Greens leader today after being humiliatingly beaten in the Holborn and St Pancras by-election, trailing more than 3,000 votes behind Labour's Sagal Abdi-Wali.

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Eight Million Properties at Risk of Flooding by Mid-Century, Claims Environment Agency

Eight million properties in Britain are at risk of flooding by mid-century due to climate change, the Environment Agency has claimed. That's a quarter of the total. It's completely preposterous, says Paul Homewood.

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The Sceptic | Episode 99: Steven Edginton on Tan Ikram’s Campaign for Pakistani Judges | Plus: Solving the Prisons Crisis and Burnham’s Vibes-Based Energy Plan

In Episode 99 of the Sceptic: Steven Edginton on Tan Ikram's campaign for Pakistani judges and the BBC's migrant-rape blindspot. Plus: how to solve the prisons crisis and Burnham's vibes-based energy plan.

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

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

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

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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Investigate How Arday Was Promoted as Cambridge “Success Story”, Say Dons

University of Cambridge academics have demanded that the Jason Arday review considers the university's culpability in promoting him as "a success story" based on his race, disability and personal biography.

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BBC Pays White Staff Less in Almost Every Pay Band

The BBC pays white staff less on average than their ethnic minority colleagues in every pay band bar one, stoking concerns about the impact of the corporation's diversity drive.

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