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HMRC lectures staff on “guilt of being British”

HMRC lectures staff on “guilt of being British”

Britain’s tax office can’t answer your call, but it can teach its staff to feel ashamed of their country.

Cato .
Labour’s Savile smear shows just how far they’ve fallen

Labour’s Savile smear shows just how far they’ve fallen

To defend a bad law, Labour resorts to the ugliest smear in politics and sacrifices free speech along the way.

Cato .
Britain’s buried treasure and why Labour wants to leave it in the ground

Britain’s buried treasure and why Labour wants to leave it in the ground

Labour wants to tax it, bury it and import the rest. Trump says: drill it.

Cato .
Why the Online Safety Act must be repealed

Why the Online Safety Act must be repealed

Britain doesn't do firewalls. Or at least, it didn't.

Cato .
Churchill wouldn't have joined Strasburg

Churchill wouldn't have joined Strasburg

The UK’s ECHR membership wasn’t born of noble idealism, but of post-war sleight of hand. Now it paralyses government, invents laws, and corrodes democracy.

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France's shallow commitment

France's shallow commitment

Britain pays. Migrants sail. Paris shrugs.

Jenrick vs the fare-dodgers

Jenrick vs the fare-dodgers

When the real scandal is doing something.

Starmer names his enemy

Starmer names his enemy

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

Cato .
Cummings signals collapse

Cummings signals collapse

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

Cato .
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.

Cato .
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.

Cato .
A counter to consensus - curating the overlooked, reframing the misreported and sharpening the argument.

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A counter to consensus - curating the overlooked, reframing the misreported and sharpening the argument.

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