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Sorry Gove, Education Has Already Been Rewilded

11 September 2026 at 09:00

It's already too late for Michael Gove to prevent the "rewilding" of Britain's schools, says Joanna Gray. This Left-wing fantasy of dumbed-down education is already firmly entrenched and working its anti-magic.

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Promising to Turn Someone Into a Sausage Roll is Not a Genuine β€˜Death Threat’

10 September 2026 at 19:00

Genuine death threats against politicians are no joke. But that doesn't mean every joke – such as threatening to turn someone into a sausage roll – should be taken as an actual death threat, says Steven Tucker.

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How Did Germany’s Anti-AfD Firewall Hold?

10 September 2026 at 15:43

How did Germany's anti-AfD 'firewall' hold, despite 51% of in-person voters backing the party? It's because of the vast number of mail-in ballots, says John Rosenthal, despite the known security issues with postal voting.

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Jason Arday and the Corruption of Science

10 September 2026 at 11:44

A Nature editorial on the Jason Arday affair, blaming everyone except Arday himself, chooses progressive ideology over basic honesty and scientific integrity, says Jerry A. Coyne in the Chronicle of Higher Education.

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Police Drop Year-Long Case Against Heroes Who Tackled Tube Flasher

9 September 2026 at 17:30

Police have finally dropped a year-long investigation into three hero passengers who tackled a man exposing himself in front of children on a train – though only because the CPS has refused to take the case forward.

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The Unbearable Lightness of Being Andy Burnham

9 September 2026 at 15:46

Like most of the rest of his frontbench, Andy Burnham has never had a proper job outside politics. No wonder his policy agenda – the little we know of it – is so unbearably light, says Madeleine Gillies.

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Flight of the Jaguar

9 September 2026 at 07:00

Jaguar has announced 4,000 job cuts in the UK, blaming Brexit, Trump and China. But the real culprit is the misbegotten shift to EVs without checking anyone wants to buy them, says Paul Homewood in the Climate Skeptic.

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AfD Victory in Sachsen-Anhalt: What Now?

8 September 2026 at 17:32

The AfD's stunning victory in Sachsen-Anhalt with nearly 44% of the vote has left huge questions about who will form the government in the German state and whether the anti-AfD firewall will survive, says Eugyppius.

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Lord Sumption is Wrong: Trump is No Despot

9 August 2026 at 09:00

Lord Sumption was a hero during Covid, standing up against the pandemic tyranny. But his recent attempt to paint Donald Trump as a despot of totalitarian bent couldn't be wider of the mark, says Professor James Allan.

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Sex Ideology, Like Gender Ideology, Misses What Makes Us Men and Women

8 August 2026 at 13:00

Gender ideology was defeated by sex ideology this week. But what both of these outlooks miss is what really makes us men and women, says Dr SinΓ©ad Murphy – and how it protects us from the control of technocracy.

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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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