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The Clash of Sexual Civilisations

18 June 2026 at 19:00

With mass immigration we are witnessing a clash of sexual civilisations, says Bettina Arndt: two incompatible systems of rules about men, women and desire are colliding and the consequences are playing out in courtrooms.

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Oxfordshire Seeks First Ban on Union Flags in Street

18 June 2026 at 17:26

Oxfordshire has become the first council to start a legal battle to banΒ residents from raising Union and St George flags on or near public highways due to the "distress" they cause.

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Blair’s Encyclical Labor Imbecilis

18 June 2026 at 15:00

Everyone knows that Tony Blair and the Pope issued encyclicals in the last week or two. The Pope's was entitled β€˜Magnifica Humanitas’; by analogy, Blair's should have been called β€˜Labor Imbecilis’, says James Alexander.

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Could There Be a Tory Upset in Aberdeen?

18 June 2026 at 09:00

Makerfield isn't the only by-election happening today. There are two more, one of which is in Aberdeen South – and Mark Littlewood has put a small bet on a Tory upset against the SNP in the oil hub constituency.

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Will Wes Streeting Really Ditch Ed Miliband’s Net Zero Targets?

18 June 2026 at 07:00

Labour leadership hopeful Wes Streeting has said Labour should ditch Ed Miliband's Net Zero targets. Or has he? It's as clear as mud, says Ben Pile, with promises of yet more 'green growth' cakeism.

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Too Young for TikTok, Old Enough to Vote?

17 June 2026 at 17:00

According to Keir Starmer, a teenager doesn’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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Β£900,000 – The Price of An A-rated Energy Performance Certificate

17 June 2026 at 15:00

A well-heeled homeowner has spent nearly Β£1 million converting his home so that it could achieve an Energy Performance Certificate with an β€˜A’ rating – 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 Starmer’s Doomed Social Media β€˜Ban’

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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