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Meet Hilary Cremin: The Cambridge Professor of Education Who Wants to Abolish Secondary Schools, Among Other Mad Ideas

Meet Hilary Cremin: the Cambridge Professor of Education (yes, the one who appointed Jason Arday) who wants to abolish all secondary schools because they're "fascist", among other mad ideas, says Dr Nicholas Tate.

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University Asks Freshers to Write About “White Privilege”

First-year university students in Northampton are being asked to complete a race equality course as part of their induction, with requirements to write about "white privilege" and how to "improve anti-racist practice".

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What Women Really Hate About Sydney Sweeney

Sydney Sweeney is under fire from female athletes, who accuse her of "sexualising women's sport". From his years of teaching at a girls' school, Guy de la Bédoyère thinks he knows why women really hate the busty actress.

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Migrants Are Taking Britain for a Ride – and We’re Letting Them

Britain has now become such a soft touch that migrants know they can break the law and lie and they will not face deportation, while Brits hamstring themselves with actually obeying their own rules, says Steven Tucker.

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Why Africa is Against Mercator, Why America is For Him

The UN resolution to junk the Mercator projection of the globe – which makes Africa look small and Canada big – is nakedly political, says Professor James Alexander. No wonder the US opposed it.

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Sorry Gove, Education Has Already Been Rewilded

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 ‘Death Threat’

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?

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

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

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

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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Northern Ireland ‘Conversion Therapy’ Ban “Could Criminalise Parents, Preachers and Teachers”

A proposed ban on 'conversion therapy' in Northern Ireland could criminalise parenting, restrict religious freedom and "leave teachers fearful of expressing honestly held views", a DUP Minister has said.

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AfD Victory in Sachsen-Anhalt: What Now?

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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Why Jameela Jamil is Wrong to Describe the British as “the Most Evil People in History”

Jameela Jamil has dubbed the British 'the most evil people in history' based on the history of the Empire. Read this point-by-point rebuttal by Maxi Gorynski. On the contrary, he says, our Empire was one of the most benign

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Lord Sumption is Wrong: Trump is No Despot

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

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 Sinéad Murphy – and how it protects us from the control of technocracy.

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Arts Council Blasted for Funding ‘Woke’ Projects While Traditional Museums Close

Arts Council England is facing a backlash for splurging millions of taxpayers' pounds on projects like queer cabaret, gender-diverse kids' shows and identity workshops while traditional museums are closing their doors.

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Trans Suspects Can Still Request Female Strip-Search, High Court Rules

Campaigners have failed to overturn police guidance allowing trans suspects to request a strip-search by an officer of their 'lived-in gender' after the High Court ruled the practice was lawful.

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Civil Servants Face Sanctions if They ‘Misgender’ Trans Colleagues

Civil servants face being sanctioned if they fail to use the preferred name or gender of a transgender colleague, leaked Whitehall guidance has revealed.

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