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Is life expectancy really falling?

On Sunday, the Health Foundation published new analysis of ONS data, finding that between 2012/14 and 2022/24 the average Healthy Life Expectancy...

30.04.2026 10

The Spectator

John Power

Drug deaths would only rise under PM Polanski

Yesterday, Zack Polanski told Sky News that ‘the war on drugs has clearly failed over and over again. In fact we have the highest drug deaths in...

28.04.2026 10

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John Power

Does banning social media for under-16s work?

On Monday, the House of Lords threatened to derail the government’s Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill by reintroducing an amendment which...

22.04.2026 10

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John Power

Petrol shortages aren’t coming for Britain

Oil prices rose this morning thanks to the fact no one really knows if the Strait of Hormuz has reopened or not. But no matter what happens, there is...

20.04.2026 10

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John Power

Flat out: the property squeeze crushing the young

Last month, a new account called London Price Drop appeared on X. It has already gained more than 14,000 followers simply by posting screenshots from...

16.04.2026 10

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John Power

Let teenage boys discover the English countryside

John Power has narrated this article for you to listen to. When I was four, the progressive teachers at my primary school thought it would be wise to...

11.04.2026 10

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Wild things / Let teenage boys discover the English countryside

When I was four, the progressive teachers at my primary school thought it would be wise to teach us how to type on a keyboard. When it was my turn to...

10.04.2026 10

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John Power

Let teenage boys discover the English countryside

When I was four, the progressive teachers at my primary school thought it would be wise to teach us how to type on a keyboard. When it was my turn to...

09.04.2026 10

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John Power

Meningitis outbreaks are becoming rarer in Britain

The premature death of two young people from meningitis after an outbreak of the disease in Kent is a tragedy. Susan Hopkins, the CEO of the UK Health...

18.03.2026 10

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John Power

Is measles really on the rise?

A new narrative began at the start of the year, pushed by senior government figures including the Prime Minister, linking the populist right,...

15.03.2026 10

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Petrol is still (relatively) very cheap

On Tuesday, Reform UK held a press conference in a petrol forecourt near the spa town of Buxton. The party paid for motorists to receive a 25p...

12.03.2026 10

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John Power

No, Britain is not about to run out of gas

Over the weekend, following continued US-Israeli attacks on Iran and the resulting disruption to shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, several...

10.03.2026 10

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Populism / Can Rupert Lowe stop Farage from becoming prime minister?

The crowded market place emerging on Britain’s right is bewildering. Nigel Farage and Reform UK appeared to have successfully colonised the space...

02.03.2026 10

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A beginner’s guide to Britain’s right-wing parties

The crowded market place emerging on Britain’s right is bewildering. Nigel Farage and Reform UK appeared to have successfully colonised the space...

26.02.2026 30

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‘Islamism is strangling society like a snake’: an interview with Boualem Sansal

I asked the novelist and dissident Boualem Sansal, recently released from Algerian prison, how he would like to be remembered. He did not hesitate....

13.02.2026 90

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No, the internet is not bad for your child

23.01.2026 30

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The lost girls / Foetal femicide has arrived in Britain

08.01.2026 40

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Foetal femicide has arrived in Britain

08.01.2026 20

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An apology to Hope Not Hate and Harry Shukman

05.12.2025 10

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An apology to Hope Not Hate and Harry Shukman

04.12.2025 20

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High streets / Britain’s cities are descending into a San Francisco-style nightmare

14.11.2025 20

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Why are psychiatrists scared of sectioning dangerous patients?

07.11.2025 10

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State of mind / Why are psychiatrists scared of sectioning dangerous patients?

06.11.2025 10

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Has there been a cover-up of London grooming gangs?

27.10.2025 9

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The Oxford Union’s lynch-mob mentality

18.09.2025 20

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It won’t be easy to fix failing NHS hospitals

09.09.2025 10

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Dirty tricks / Revealed: the sinister tactics of Hope Not Hate

06.09.2025 20

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Revealed: the sinister tactics of Hope Not Hate

04.09.2025 10

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Dark arts / Labour’s new ‘dark arts’ strategy

15.08.2025 30

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Labour’s new ‘dark arts’ strategy

14.08.2025 20

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Ctrl U: the Online Safety Act is shutting down the internet

31.07.2025 10

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Base instincts: unease on the garrisons housing Afghan refugees

24.07.2025 10

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Ipso owes Suella Braverman an apology

04.07.2025 10

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The right rape gang inquiry

20.06.2025 10

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Need to know / The right rape gang inquiry

19.06.2025 10

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Stolen property / How to game the social housing system

13.06.2025 10

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How to game the social housing system

12.06.2025 10

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Mike Tapp: ‘I’ll never insult or belittle someone who votes Reform’

28.05.2025 7

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What happened to Labour’s racial equality agenda?

25.05.2025 20

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Three key flaws in Starmer’s immigration crackdown

12.05.2025 10

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