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Tea with Jihyun Park

Jihyun Park has survived the brutality of the North Korean regime: labour camps, starvation and torture. Now she has a new life in Britain, where she will once again stand for the Conservatives as a councillor in this year’s local elections.   Editor: Yours is an incredible story. You arrived in the UK in 2008,

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The Frank Report VIII

The only thing worse than virtue signalling, is other people doing so on your behalf. I trust therefore, that you’ve all poured yourself a large VAT (vodka and tonic, for those not overly familiar with Arthur Daley), and let us begin.  There was sad news from the Welsh town of Colwyn Bay, where Tom Mansfield

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Who are the media kidding? Paulette Hamilton is ‘moderate’ for the Labour Party

Today’s by-election in the Birmingham seat of Erdington was supposed to be a walk in the park for the Labour Party candidate, Paulette Hamilton, who is campaigning to become Birmingham’s first black MP. The election follows the death, in January, of veteran Labour MP Jack Dromey, who won the seat at the 2019 general election

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The fall of the West

I’m no expert on geopolitics. I slept through most of GCSE History, and I could just about find Ukraine on a map (assuming you gave me a couple of cracks at it). But I know something – the West isn’t the West anymore. For too long now, we’ve been getting away with non-actions; repackaging our

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The Frank Report VII

It is with regret that a sombre mood has gripped us this week, and the jokes are a bit thin on the ground. First we had the (thankfully false) rumours that her Majesty had died after contracting Covid. Rumours first circulated by the blog, Hollywood Unlocked, who quickly apologised for the story; but not before

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Putting up with self-assembly

It is a hard-earned perk of old fogeyhood, that one has long-ceased to accept homework from those in authority. While in small doses homework may be harmless enough, prolonged exposure to the substance leads to serious long-term complications. Indeed, several cohorts of mine were so brutalised by the harridans who dispense the stuff, they actually

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Mount Everest too white?

It seems the perpetually-offended are having to go the extra mile these days. With almost all aspects of culture already decried as too white, grievance campaigners are getting creative. Perhaps there will come a day when North Korea rightly faces international opprobrium for its inexcusable whiteness, but until such time, it’s good to see the

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The return of Lutfur Rahman

Anyone who fears politics has become stale of late, stilted by the never-ending saga of Covid – prepare yourselves for some entertainment: Lutfur Rahman is back! Yes, it’s been five years in the wilderness, but the Arthur Daley of Tower Hamlets is once again hitting the campaign trail to become mayor. Those with long memories

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