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Starmer names his enemy

Starmer names his enemy

By singling out Reform, Labour confirms them as the main act.

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Cummings signals collapse

Cummings signals collapse

The man who once engineered political insurgency now warns it may be too late to fix the system.

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The lanyard state

The lanyard state

Badges of virtue, imported panics and the rituals of elite submission.

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Farage makes his move

Farage makes his move

Nigel Farage launched a policy platform this week and issued a death certificate for the Conservative Party.

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A transatlantic embarrassment

A transatlantic embarrassment

How Britain is becoming a cautionary tale on free speech.

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The quiet counter-revolution: why Britain needs a Great Repeal Act

The quiet counter-revolution: why Britain needs a Great Repeal Act

To govern again, we must first repeal the laws that block reform.

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The blob that ate Westminster

The blob that ate Westminster

Elected governments come and go but in Whitehall power rests with the permanent and the unaccountable.

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Is the party over?

Is the party over?

Dying parties, diverted fleets and the myths that mask managed decline.

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The gold that got away

The gold that got away

Gordon Brown’s bullion blunder looks worse than ever as gold hits new highs

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Empire in reverse: How Britain pays to lose its own territory

Empire in reverse: How Britain pays to lose its own territory

The UK is poised to surrender the Chagos Islands to a China-aligned Mauritius while paying billions for the privilege. What began as decolonisation ends as self-liquidation.

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The end of the liberal settlement: Ben Habib and the return of majority politics

The end of the liberal settlement: Ben Habib and the return of majority politics

Habib indicts the liberal technocracy he says has replaced British democracy with rule by rights, bureaucracy, and supranational decree.

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Algorithms, institutions and influence: Paul Marshall’s media bias diagnosis

Algorithms, institutions and influence: Paul Marshall’s media bias diagnosis

At Oxford this week, the hedge fund boss and media investor delivered a rare diagnosis of the UK’s media dysfunction.

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