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The Theatre of War
The disconnect between Keir Starmer's fine-sounding words about his Ukraine 'coalition of the willing' and the meagre reality has reached Stalinesque proportions, says Dr Frederick Attenborough.
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Legalising Assisted Dying: What Could Possibly Go Wrong?
Dr Rachel Nicoll was a supporter of assisted suicide but Kim Leadbetter's awful bill has convinced her to reconsider. Here are the reasons she thinks letting doctors help kill their patients would be dangerous.
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What Do Keir Starmer, David Cameron and Boris Johnson Have in Common?
What do Keir Starmer, David Cameron and Boris Johnson have in common? Simple, says Prof James Alexander: once in power, they did the opposite of what their party stands for. Call it the Law of Inverse Policy.
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There’s a Whole Lotta Political Engineering Goin’ On
There's something distinctly illiberal about what goes under the name 'Political Science', says Prof James Alexander. Half its practitioners want to control our thoughts and the rest wonder why no one trusts government.
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Hysterical Eurotards Know Nothing About How to Create a Modern Army
Suddenly EU leaders have gone into hysterical meltdown over the United States threatening to withdraw security guarantees. Trouble is, says Eugyppius, Eurotards know nothing about how to create a modern army.
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A Diplomatic Dust-Up for the Ages
Trump's art of the deal always has been to ask for everything, judge the point at which the other party has made his final offer and then take what he can get, says Ramesh Thakur. That's what he's doing with Ukraine.
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Is Putin Really the Enemy?
It's taken three years for Putin to get a few miles inside a run-down country like Ukraine, but the Establishment still pushes the idea that he can roll over the rest of Europe. Is he really our enemy, asks James Leary.
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Musk Unmasks USAID
USAID is designed to do what the CIA cannot do, with a strong dash of plausible deniability, says Mike Benz. Prof James Alexander takes a deep dive into the Deep State to look at what Elon Musk is unmasking.
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Trump’s Plan for Gaza Was a Stroke of Genius. His Plan for Ukraine, Not So Much
Sometimes Trump's mercantilist thinking is so radical as to be wildly, crazily brilliant, as with the Gaza Riviera plan. But on Ukraine it's letting him – and the West – down, says Ian Rons.
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What Do Britain’s Admirals Do All Day?
Since 1939 the number of admirals in the Royal Navy has shot up more than four-fold relative to the number of sailors. What do these highly-paid senior officers do all day, asks David Craig. It's more public sector waste.
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