British voters don’t want to be set free. They want someone to get a grip.

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The consequences of this scandal will play out for decades. You cheered it on. You did all you could to impede and misrepresent research. You tried to bully people out of their jobs for opposing you. Young people have been experimented on, left infertile and in pain. 6/6

And if I sound angry, it's because I'm bloody angry. I read Cass this morning and my anger's been mounting all day. Kids have been irreversibly harmed, and thousands are complicit, not just medics, but the celebrity mouthpieces, unquestioning media and cynical corporations. 5/6

To the many women, blanked, sidelined, dismissed by male leaders when speaking up and exposing this for years.Particularly Julie Bindel Hannah Barnes Keira Bell Maya Forstater Victoria Smith J.K. Rowling Sonya Douglas Kathleen Stock Women's Rights Network - WRN LesbianLabour Tonia Antoniazzi MP Miriam Cates 🧵/1

Why Wes Streeting is the canary in Keir Starmer's coal mine.

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It took three people to lose the Red Wall.

Their names are Johnson, Truss and Sunak.

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Superb from Aris Roussinos on the contrast between the great potential of contemporary British culture and the twee timidity of Britain’s cultural establishment.

(And, don’t worry, it’s not all about Warhammer)

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Today marks 42 years since Argentina tried to colonise and ethnically cleanse the Falklands Islands only for progressive decolonial thought-leader Margaret Thatcher to support land back and defend the indigenous people’s right to self determination against fascist imperialism.

The Corbynites nearly had it all, but then lost everything in the space of five years.

Conservatives ought to sympathise – or at least learn the lessons.

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There’s more than money behind Hollywood’s re-discovery of serious science fiction.

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I don't do God in public much as it makes people misrepresent what I'm actually saying. But this is quite right & I use the excuse of Easter to say so. Infanticide & euthanasia were common pagan practices wiped out by Christianity. Parris shows how close they are to coming back

The European Parliament’s system of Euro-parties conceals the true strength of Right-wing populism.

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🧵 Whatever your views on assisted dying, one thing I’d hoped we’d all agree on is that the topic is ethically fraught & complex.

Not so Matthew Parris.

For him, it’s simple. Old & frail people *should* be killed - to save society the cost of looking after them. 1/n

Climate change point aside, this is a lovely tribute from Tim Montgomerie 🇬🇧 to Robert Halfon MP ➡️Working Hard for Harlow⬅️. It is also a condemnation of the Conservative Party’s disastrous run of dud leaders and all those who completely missed the point of Brexit.

In my latest article, I share 12 things I've learned from René Girard (1923-2015).

Girard's concepts help explain much of what's happening now in politics, in society, and on social media.

In failing to get Britain back to work, the Tories have betrayed their own legacy.

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Six years ago today Lieutenant-Colonel Arnaud Beltrame of the Gendarmerie nationale died from wounds incurred the previous day at Trèbes, France. He had selflessly exchanged himself with a hostage held by an Islamist terrorist who had already murdered three people. Remember him.

'Having a personal and professional interest in the continuing existence of the Tories, I find this hard to write. But readers should be under no illusions: we face an extinction-level event.'

My latest hopeful and optimistic ConservativeHome ToryDiary, on the opinion polls.

What a beautiful video from Kate. So full of gentleness, poise and hope. She is in the prayers of so many, as are her family. We wish her a speedy recovery.

By coming back as leader of Reform UK, Nigel Farage could deal a mortal blow to the Tories.

But does he really want to?

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