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Too Young for TikTok, Old Enough to Vote?

17 June 2026 at 17:00

According to Keir Starmer, a teenager doesnโ€™t have the judgement to scroll through Instagram without state supervision, but does have the judgement to pick the next government. We are governed by idiots, says Clive Pinder.

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ยฃ900,000 โ€“ The Price of An A-rated Energy Performance Certificate

17 June 2026 at 15:00

A well-heeled homeowner has spent nearly ยฃ1 million converting his home so that it could achieve an Energy Performance Certificate with an โ€˜Aโ€™ rating โ€“ and demonstrated just how unaffordable Net Zero is.

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We Should Push Back Against the Trend for Blank Walls in Schools

17 June 2026 at 13:00

Joanna Gray has a new low to report from the coal face of what remains of British education: the trend for blank walls in classrooms. This miserable "display diet" is designed, inevitably, to help the 'neurodiverse'.

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Net Zero Can Never Be Worth it

17 June 2026 at 09:00

With CO2 greening the planet, any possible harms are outweighed by the benefits of more trees and crops. And that's even before you subtract the monumental cost of Net Zero, says Matt Ridley.

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Scrap Net Zero to Boost Defence

17 June 2026 at 07:00

After defence secretary John Healey quit over the under-resourcing of the Armed Forces, Paul Homewood has a simple solution: scrap Net Zero, then Britain can easily meet its military obligations and needs.

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Keir Starmerโ€™s Doomed Social Media โ€˜Banโ€™

16 June 2026 at 19:00

The evidence from Australia is clear, says Dr Reuben Kirkham, Director of the Free Speech Union of Australia: Sir Keir Starmer's social media 'ban' is doomed to fail. And it targets the wrong things anyway.

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Political Correctness Blamed for Failure to Stop Gay Couple Murdering Baby

16 June 2026 at 17:00

Political correctness has been blamed for the failure of social workers to stop a gay couple murdering their adopted baby, with the child's grandmother and a social worker suggesting officials' judgement was clouded.

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The Right Way to Do Age Verification Checks

16 June 2026 at 15:03

There's a simple way to do age verification checks online which respect privacy without spending millions on another failed government IT project. So obviously we won't do it, says Phil Hendren.

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I Discovered a Cannabis Farm in My Property โ€“ and the Police Did Nothing

16 June 2026 at 09:00

Hurty words on social media will bring the police to your door. But when a landlord discovered a cannabis farm in her property, officers didn't want to know. Welcome to two-tier Britain.

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White People Blocked From Jobseeker Schemes

15 June 2026 at 19:00

White jobseekers are being shut out of taxpayer-funded employment schemes, with many employment support programmes offered by local authorities to benefits claimants open only to ethnic minorities.

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Banning Palestine Action Was Lawful

15 June 2026 at 15:01

The decision to ban Palestine Action as a terrorist group was lawful as it is no "ordinary protest group", the Court of Appeal has ruled.

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