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Cutting down GCSEs will coddle children

These platitudes stem from a misguided desire not to damage pupils’ mental health.

David James

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Trump deserves blame for Gaza ceasefire breakdown

Christopher McCallion

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Why is the EU funding the gender lobby?

Josephine Bartosch

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Trump-Putin call is a positive step towards peace

Anatol Lieven

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Houthi strikes are dividing the MAGA Right

Restrainers fear these attacks could risk conflict with Iran, while Jacksonians approve of putting pressure on Khomeini’s regime.

Fred Bauer

Explainer 13:15

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Trump is losing control of the market narrative

Philip Pilkington

Debate 10:00

Debate

Labour will never clear Britain’s asylum backlog

Henry Hill

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Reform-Tory alliance would be dead on arrival

Peter Franklin

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Beware the lockdown generation Their distress will give way to anger

Mary Harrington

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Economics

Trump’s crypto time bomb Don’t trust his Bitcoin privateers

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Decline

Reform won’t save Britain The structural rot is too deep

Dan Evans

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19 Mar

Economics

Trump’s crypto time bomb Don’t trust his Bitcoin privateers

Yanis Varoufakis

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19 Mar

Decline

Reform won’t save Britain The structural rot is too deep

Dan Evans

6 mins

19 Mar

Ethnic Tensions

Is civil war coming for France? The Republic can’t escape colonialism

Andrew Hussey

6 mins

19 Mar

Labour

The danger of Starmer’s conservatism Can he rise to the Trumportunities?

Tom McTague

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Aris Roussinos: Rearmament is a noble lie

Houthi strikes are dividing the MAGA Right

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Trump’s Economic Revolution

Cutting down GCSEs will coddle children

Trump deserves blame for Gaza ceasefire breakdown

Why is the EU funding the gender lobby?

Trump-Putin call is a positive step towards peace

Houthi strikes are dividing the MAGA Right

Trump is losing control of the market narrative

Labour will never clear Britain’s asylum backlog

Reform-Tory alliance would be dead on arrival

Beware the lockdown generation Their distress will give way to anger

Trump’s crypto time bomb Don’t trust his Bitcoin privateers

Reform won’t save Britain The structural rot is too deep

Trump’s crypto time bomb Don’t trust his Bitcoin privateers

Reform won’t save Britain The structural rot is too deep

Is civil war coming for France? The Republic can’t escape colonialism

The danger of Starmer’s conservatism Can he rise to the Trumportunities?

Trump’s crypto time bomb Don’t trust his Bitcoin privateers

Reform won’t save Britain The structural rot is too deep

Is civil war coming for France? The Republic can’t escape colonialism

Newcastle’s poisoned chalice Britain has outsourced its guilt

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Don’t expect Trump to give Derek Chauvin a pardon

New York Times changes its tune on lab-leak theory

Trump’s travel ban is a challenge to the liberal order

Does the Online Right have an antisemitism problem?

Can ‘abundance liberalism’ save the Dems? A reboot for progressive rule

Michelle Obama podcasts for the rich

Canada’s false new nationalism

Why Andrew Cuomo can’t save New York

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Trump is turning pro-Palestine activists into martyrs

The NHS can survive without mass immigration

Does Ahmed al-Sharaa control Syria?

Wes Streeting should reject NHS puberty blocker trial

Can Mark Carney cling on to power?

Ukraine considers survival without Starlink

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Why the fight dog business is booming Dangerous breeds offer status and security

The paradox of free thinkers No one is safe from cliché

Syria can’t escape war Sectarian rage goes back decades

The Wars for Ukraine’s Resources

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China isn’t afraid of Trump It spies an American Cultural Revolution

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Will Trump trigger a global meltdown? The dollar holds the world together

Western eyes on al-Sharaa as violence returns to Syria

Reform UK melodrama is a gift to the Tories

Is Columbia University caving to the Trump administration?

China is playing Trump at his own game

In defence of artificial wombs

Crunchy moms aren’t scared of measles They have become a potent political force

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Crisis: Trump, Zelensky and a moment of truth for Starmer

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Aptitude tests are making us stupid They encourage workplace conservatism

The Right is coming for free speech Trump's campus crackdown is just the start

Hell is shopping centres They rob cities of their souls

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Cutting down GCSEs will coddle children

Labour will never clear Britain’s asylum backlog

Reform-Tory alliance would be dead on arrival

Beware the lockdown generation

Reform won’t save Britain

Why is Joe Rogan interviewing conspiracists like Ian Carroll?

Reform UK’s Rupert Lowe under investigation for bullying

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