The inexorable, eventual power of “time for a change”
Paul Goodman
“As his options narrow, Sunak has little choice but to get back to first principles, which would be the right course anyway.”
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Israel’s spat with the United Nations is bad PR. But the latter is no great moral authority.
Henry Hill
“As is so often the case with international law and institutions, noble ideals bely a necessarily fractious and often shabby reality.”
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How right I was to predict last summer that Truss’s premiership would end in tears
William Atkinson
“Looking back at her seven short weeks has reminded me that she was not unlucky, or ill-advised, or a victim of an establishment stitch-up, but the author of her own misfortune.”
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Profile: British Muslims, so various that they are often misrepresented
Andrew Gimson
“The vulgar cries of Hamas supporters must not impel an ignorant fear that they are the true representatives of Islam.”
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Councils are failing to evict tenants involved in anti-social behaviour
Harry Phibbs
“Sandwell Council saw 7,501 incidents last year and just one eviction. Falkirk 6, 680 incidents and two evictions. Aberdeen 3, 017 incidents and no evictions. Wolverhampton 2, 495 incidents and four evictions.”
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In Gaza, there are no good answers to the vital question – ‘And then what?’
Daniel Hannan
“My guess is that, having been caught off guard, Israel’s leaders have no idea of how things might end, and are scrambling to put a plan in place.”
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This is the moment to seize the opportunity for growth in apprenticeships and higher education
Lord Willetts
“These 18-year-olds may not wish to do a full honours degree. But it should be far easier for them to be funded to get to level four or five – Higher National Certificates, Higher National Diplomas, etc. ”
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We must learn from the by-elections. I ask would-be Tory MPs to sign the Tax Pledge.
Sir Jake Berry MP
“If you want people to feel motivated to go out and vote Conservative, delivering some Conservative policies would be a good start.”
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What Sunak can now do to help contain the conflict between Israel and Hamas
George Barnes
“Perhaps most importantly of all, a carefully calibrated and adaptive approach by the UK to Israel could help constrain the cycle of escalation that is all too familiar in the Middle East.”
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Paul Goodman
“First, Islamist extremism will use woke like a human shield. Then, once it has exhausted its purpose, it will cast it aside, like that LGBT flag last Saturday.”