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Suella Braverman

Will What’s Left of the British Conservative Party Be Worth Saving?

For anyone but die-hard Faragists, criticism of the rapidly-evolving Reform UK top table is inevitable. To political opponents, the latest appointments and defections are either ‘far-right’, Tory 2.0, ‘fascists’ or simply ‘traitors’. To the Reform party faithful, there are more nuanced charges to answer: are Zia Yusuf and Laila Cunningham genuinely worthy of their prominent […]

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Shamima Begum in a dinghy

Begum Back in Business? 

Few cases encapsulate the rot at the heart of Britain quite like that of Shamima Begum. On the surface, she should have been a textbook illustration of the virtues of multiculturalism: a second-generation Bangladeshi, raised in the Muslim enclave of Tower Hamlets in East London. In reality, she embodies everything Britain has gotten wrong since

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Alaa Abd El-Fattah

From el-Fattah to the Front Bench: Britain’s Fifth Column in Plain Sight

As 2025 draws to a close, the arrival of Alaa Abd el-Fattah in the United Kingdom serves as a stark reminder of a deeper malaise afflicting our national institutions. Released from Egyptian custody and granted passage to Britain through concerted diplomatic efforts by the Labour government, el-Fattah was heralded by Sir Keir Starmer as a

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