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12/21/2021 - 1:30pm

No one should cheer Rachel Riley’s libel triumph Her victory could have a stifling effect

The trouble with Nadhim Zahawi’s ex-teacher army The Education Secretary's big idea sounds better than it is

Kristina Murkett

What the non-decision on lockdown means The political atmosphere has fundamentally shifted

Monday, December 20

Farewell to the ‘non-hate crime incident’ Harry Miller won an important victory

Richard Rogers’ most important work was not his architecture His commitment to traditional urbanism remained highly influential

Nicholas Boys Smith

SAGE’s doomsday predictions are damaging public trust Dramatic Covid models are increasingly greeted with cynicism

The CCP gets religious about Karl Marx The largest atheist organisation in the world has started using Godly language

Sunday, December 19

The Scout Association apologises to Maya Forstater over ‘misgendering’ Another victory for gender critical feminists

Friday, December 17

Only the Treasury can control Sturgeon and Drakeford Rishi Sunak's 'big bazooka' can ensure a unified policy response to Covid

Vox discovers Western esotericism — 100 years late The publication mistakes an ancient set of beliefs for something new

The Supreme Court rejects non-gendered passports A welcome judgement from the UK's highest court

Brexit can no longer save Boris The PM's defeat in Shropshire North shows that the UK has moved on from 2016

Alan Wager and Anand Menon

The Fed risks losing all credibility over inflation Jerome Powell faces the unenviable choice of a market crash or inflation

Philip Pilkington

Thursday, December 16

It’s time for the West to engage with the Taliban As a winter crisis looms, the Afghan people need our support more than ever

A superforecaster’s guide to the North Shropshire by-election The Tories have a much stronger chance than the bookies believe

Millions of adults can’t be boostered The aim of jabbing everyone by the new year has been doomed from the start

Cases of Covid fatigue reach an all time high New research shows that people are tuning out of the virus

Europe’s biggest economy is on the brink Germany's economic forecast is looking increasingly bleak

Wednesday, December 15

Billie Eilish tells us what we already know about porn The singer said that it destroyed her brain at a young age

Mary Harrington

Deep data dive: is Omicron the end of the pandemic? Pieter Streicher makes the case for cautious optimism in South Africa

Cummings was right about mavericks in Government A new report suggests recruitment in Westminster needs shaking up

Andrew Orlowski

We had rights before the Human Rights Act We can do without the 1998 Act — common law does a better job anyway

Tuesday, December 14

Is Ghislaine Maxwell winning? The prosecution is having a torrid time so far

Wikipedia co-founder: I no longer trust the website I created Freddie Sayers spoke to Larry Sanger about why he left

Why trans activists can’t beat JK Rowling The author knows exactly when and how to intervene

Get ready for exams to be cancelled… again The return of teacher-assessed grades now looks inevitable

Kristina Murkett

Austin pays the price for defunding the police The city experienced a record number of murders this year

Monday, December 13

The Anglo-French fish war ends without victory A breakthrough in Brussels this weekend

Why I’m voting against Plan B Covid restrictions We must not normalise invasive and discriminatory restrictions

Emmanuel Macron pays Viktor Orbán a visit An unlikely alliance is forming between Paris and the central European state

Alexander Faludy

The NYT’s latest hit job backfires The paper's attack on a suicide forum ended up driving membership

Saturday, December 11

Andrew Sullivan: I was right about Donald Trump Freddie Sayers speaks to the columnist and commentator about the crisis in America