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‘Coercive Control’ Is a Flawed Concept Misused to Destroy Families

When Donald Trump announced the withdrawal of the US from multiple United Nations human rights bodies, the reaction was predictably furious. But almost nobody asked the more uncomfortable question: what kind of ‘truth’ has been flowing from these institutions into our courts? For years, concepts such as ‘coercive control’ have travelled from UN reports to domestic law […]

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New Study Casts Serious Doubt on Human-Caused CO2 Role

Recently published remarkable research analysing over 42 million global temperature recordings from nearly 1,000 stations has cast serious doubt on the claimed link between carbon dioxide emissions and rising temperatures. The huge statistical work collected data from before 1900 to 2024 and found an overall annual warming trend of 0.0054°C after adjusting for growing unnatural

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From Pooh Sticks to Pushback: Crowborough’s Illegal Migrant Headache

In a gesture to assuage mounting public and political disquiet at the use of costly hotel accommodation to house illegal migrants, Starmer’s government last week announced with some fanfare that military bases would be used instead. Camps in Crowborough and Inverness were identified for initial placements. Those who are unfamiliar with Crowborough in East Sussex

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Who Counts as English?

Back in February, Konstantin Kisin and Fraser Nelson sparked a national debate over the meaning of Englishness. During a podcast discussion, Kisin — who has Russian, Ukrainian and Jewish ancestry — proclaimed: “I am not English, and I will never be English, and I don’t think Rishi Sunak is English”. Nelson disagreed, opining that “Rishi Sunak is

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The Resilience Deficit: Why Our Teenagers Have Never Been More Vulnerable 

If you feel that the adolescents of today are navigating a world more complex and daunting than any previous generation, you are not mistaken. The data confirms it. In 2025, we are witnessing a profound crisis in teen resilience, a perfect storm of intersecting pressures that is overwhelming the natural coping mechanisms of young minds.

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