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Have Nurses Nothing Better to Do Than Discuss Climate Change?

16 July 2026 at 09:00

At the Royal College of Nursing meeting last month, top of the agenda was not the recruitment crisis or NHS waiting lists but climate change. Have nurses nothing better to do, asks Professor Roger Watson.

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A Shameful Day for the Church of England

15 July 2026 at 19:00

It's a shameful day for the Church of England, says Julian Mann, as its General Synod passes an anti-Israel motion pledging to "engage with" what the Chief Rabbi calls a "shocking" document containing "so much falsehood".

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Dua Lipa’s β€œBanned” Books Are a Joke

15 July 2026 at 15:05

Not only are Dua Lipa's "banned" books not banned, most of them are the opposite, says Nick Dixon: approved literature pushing regime propaganda. They sit uncomfortably next to some true classics.

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Asylum Accommodation is Ripping off the TaxpayerΒ 

24 June 2026 at 15:03

Asylum accommodation costs have more than trebled to over Β£15 billion and made a billionaire out of Clearsprings owner Graham King. This scandalous racket needs to end, says Madeleine Gillies.

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The Truth About the β€œBrains Behind Burnham”

24 June 2026 at 07:00

"Is Miatta Fahnbulleh the brains behind Burnham?" asks the New Statesman this week, even coining the term "Fahnbullehism". No, says Charlotte Gill: it's the brains behind Fahnbulleh that we need to be looking at.

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2016-2026 Was The Decade of Anti-Populism

20 June 2026 at 07:00

It's been 10 years since the Brexit vote, a revolution that, along with the rise of Trump, academics branded 'populism'. But the truth, says Prof James Alexander, is that it’s been a decade of relentless anti-populism.

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Girls Aged 11 Eligible for Restarted Puberty Blocker Trial

19 June 2026 at 17:00

Girls as young as 11 will be eligible for puberty blockers under the restarted Pathways trial after the MHRA agreed new protocols despite an outcry and indications it could have been limited to 14-plus.

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Sir Kenny Dalglish is Right: Cancer Should be Private – A Lesson it Seems Many Need to Learn

19 June 2026 at 15:00

After accidentally revealing his cancer diagnosis, Sir Kenny Dalglish is a role model in insisting such matters "should ideally be private", says Steven Tucker. It's a lesson many seem to need to learn.

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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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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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