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09/12/2025

Authoritarianism is on the rise. The left has long embraced a vicious, intolerant identity politics, and now sections of the right are veering towards an equally illiberal ethnonationalism. We mustn’t give in to this intolerance, says Candice Holdsworth

Too many on the left and right are embracing authoritarianism and racial essentialism.

08/12/2025

A new UK-EU 'customs union' will do nothing to boost growth:

A clueless Labour government is giving in to the sirens' song of Brussels.

08/12/2025

Tom Stoppard has left us with some of the greatest plays – and gags – in the English language:

The playwright has left us with some of the greatest plays – and gags – in the English language.

08/12/2025

The EU is the greatest threat to democracy in Europe. Right now it is fining Hungary a million Euros a day because it refuses to let in unvetted migrants. This is technocratic tyranny. Elon Musk is right – Brussels must be dismantled, says Brendan O’Neill

The Brussels oligarchy really is a menace to liberty and sovereignty.

08/12/2025

How the ‘decolonisation’ movement betrays black history:
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08/12/2025

‘Prescribing puberty blockers has the same medical validity as lobotomies or trepanning. Yet too many adults are invested in it to stop it.’

Helen Joyce on why the scandal of ‘trans medicine’ never seems to end:

Helen Joyce on the ongoing medical scandal of ‘trans medicine’.

08/12/2025

The police are as contemptuous of free speech as ever:
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08/12/2025

Elon Musk is right about the EU. It is the enemy of democracy. It imposes austerity on member states. It fines countries that refuse to let in unvetted migrants. It will bully you if you reject its treaties. The EU is killing Europe, says Brendan O’Neill
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The Brussels oligarchy really is a menace to liberty and sovereignty.

08/12/2025

Has the British working class ever been so disenfranchised? Your Party – a self-styled ‘socialist’ movement – cares more about Israel than industry, and crossdressers than the cost of living. How dare they claim to speak for workers, says Lisa McKenzie

Jeremy Corybn and Zarah Sultana’s club for nonbinary loons and anti-Israel cranks has nothing to say to struggling Brits.

08/12/2025

Zack Polanski says Britain needs migrants to wipe old people’s bums. The Green Party leader really thinks it’s virtuous to pilfer cheap labour from the Third World to do the nation’s dirty work. How utterly obnoxious, says Patrick West

Why does the left think it’s ‘compassionate’ to leave the nation’s dirty work to poorly paid migrants?

08/12/2025

I’m sick of pretending the boycotting of Israel is normal politics. It isn’t – it’s racism, says Brendan O’Neill

It’s undeniable now: bigotry, hypocrisy and double standards are the fuel of today’s anti-Israel mania.

08/12/2025

Jamie Michael was arrested for ‘hate speech’. He was locked up for 17 days, then set free by a jury in 17 minutes. But still he is being punished, and has been banned from coaching football. It’s beyond cruel, says Tom Slater

He has been banned from coaching football, despite being acquitted of a ‘hate speech’ offence.