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03/08/2025

Edinburgh University wants to cancel its most famous alumnus. David Hume, a giant of the Scottish Enlightenment, is getting the ‘decolonisation’ treatment. This war on the past has got to stop, says Hugo Timms
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The ‘decolonisation’ movement is desperate to discredit the great thinkers of the past.

03/08/2025

The feud between the Macrons and Candace Owens is sublimely silly. Of course Brigitte Macron is not secretly a man. But why do they find the idea so insulting? I thought the first couple of France were supposed to be ‘trans allies’?, asks Julie Burchill
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02/08/2025

How TERF Island took on the trans juggernaut:

A grassroots movement of scrappy, determined, middle-aged women forced the British state to reckon with reality.

02/08/2025

London no longer works for ordinary Londoners. There’s a chronic housing crisis, crime is surging and public spaces are filthy. The capital needs leadership and vision. Instead it has Sadiq Khan, writes Rakib Ehsan
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01/08/2025

The Manchester Airport brawl was not a ‘George Floyd’ moment:

The political class was far too quick to declare Mohammed Fahir Amaaz a victim of racist police brutality.

01/08/2025

Testimony from grooming-gangs victims. The history of the Crusades. Fashion advice from the Menswear Guy. All of this is being censored under the UK’s Online Safety Act. This silencing has got to stop, says Georgie Mumford
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From grooming gangs to men's fashion, literally any topic of discussion can now be censored.

01/08/2025

All those who claimed the Manchester Airport brawler was an innocent victim of police brutality have been silent since the truth came out. The political class is far too quick to throw around accusations of racism. This is terrible for justice, says Hugo Timms

The political class was far too quick to declare Mohammed Fahir Amaaz a victim of racist police brutality.

01/08/2025

The ‘TERF wars’ really were a David vs Goliath battle. A scrappy, unfunded grassroots movement of mostly middle‑aged women managed to outmanoeuvre a lobby with vast corporate backing. The women of TERF Island have much to be proud of, says Jo Bartosch

A grassroots movement of scrappy, determined, middle-aged women forced the British state to reckon with reality.

01/08/2025

‘Jeremy Corbyn may be a national embarrassment. Zarah Sultana may be an overgrown student-union official. But there is a constituency for this new “left” party. Those horny-handed sons of graphic designers who rallied to the Corbyn cause haven’t gone away’

Tom Slater on Talk

01/08/2025

Trump has put Britain’s Brexit negotiators to shame:

The UK’s political class is unwilling and incapable of asserting the national interest.

01/08/2025

Literally anything can be censored under the Online Safety Act. Only a week into the new regime, Britons have been blocked from viewing everything from classic artworks to footage of protests. We are no longer a free country, says Georgie Mumford

From grooming gangs to men's fashion, literally any topic of discussion can now be censored.

01/08/2025

TERF Island’s victory over the trans cult must never be taken for granted. The women responsible were first mocked, maligned and resented for standing up for their rights. It took courage and sheer bloody-mindedness to win, says Jo Bartosch

A grassroots movement of scrappy, determined, middle-aged women forced the British state to reckon with reality.