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Nigel Farage should not take lessons from Liz Truss on the Blob
Listen to me instead
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Dying to save the NHS
Can the welfare state survive assisted dying and mass immigration?
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Inbox neglected, nation considered
An apology disguised as insight.
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Rupert Lowe’s grooming gangs inquiry won’t bring justice
But not for want of trying
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Posting paused, politics prioritised
Exclusive subscriber-only excerpts
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Against Mike Tappism
Britishness cannot be reduced to a collection of ill-defined “values”
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The NHS is failing to train home-grown talent
Increased competition from abroad is forcing out British medical graduates
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UK politicians are virtue signalling about Trump — again
Paywalled postscript; Soft power & national naivety
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Kneecap are the establishment’s idea of rebellion
Ireland summons her children to be cringe.
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The tenants’ trap
Paywalled Postscript; Twilight of two-tier London
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Does Gary Stevenson understand economics?
A barrow-boy with a conscience?
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More Bricks, More Mortar, More Migrants
How many times must I write about this?
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Will Rupert Lowe break up Reform?
Beware the People's Front of Reform.
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The thousand and one sub sale
The tale of the Potemkin Village Idiot
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The Potemkin Village Idiot
The Potemkin Village Idiot
What does a right-wing Britain fit for the 21st Century look like - and how do we win it?
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