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Left-wing violence

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CONTRIBUTORS

The left’s fraudulent language • Capturing the common-sense economic narrative

One Nation must de-woke Victoria, because the Libs won’t • A working coalition with the Coalition is inevitable

Let the Brethren hand out • Allegra’s attack on freedom of religion

Praising and censuring • Good news, mainly

Voters should have the right to remain silent • Compulsory preferential voting is tyrannical

AUSTRALIAN NOTES

Albanese fans the flames • This is no time to fund the arsonists

The lost decade they made for us • Poor fellow, my country

Why is the Albanese government so vindictive? • And why does it still tolerate antisemitism?

Farewell, beautiful world

PORTRAIT OF THE WEEK

DIARY

La mort de la république • The French riots are driving the country’s politics to its extremes

Jason and the Astronauts

Dictating terms • The ruthlessness of the French far-left

Budget and beyond • What is John Healey planning next week?

Changing Rooms

BAROMETER

He who must not be named • What Spinoza got right – and wrong

Speak of the devil • Oracy is an idea that has failed before

Why do we invite people in who hate us?

Mail bonding • Britain’s long love affair with the postal service

What has the destruction in France achieved?

The warmongers • When did stoking conflict with Russia go mainstream?

The game of the name

LETTERS

China will kill our car factories if we don’t join ‘Made in Europe’

Fatal victories • Had Napoleon listened more to his marshals, countless French lives might have been saved, says Philip Mansel

Wayward brilliance

The Disquieting Fates

Postbellum blues

Remorseless passions

Tragedy in Beirut

Shadow worlds

Silent witnesses

A meaningless life

Well-guarded secrets

Burning question • Jonathan Glancey reflects on our long-standing appetite for torching buildings

The light fantastic

Back in the USSR

Iz it cos I is back?

All you need is love™

Bloody minded

Short and suite

Back to Black

The beauty of the ruthless truth

Giving blood

No life

Dog’s life

Still life

Fast life

Instruments of war

Panic stations

Bring up the bodies

2775: Small fragments

The real flower of Scotland

The Battle for Britain

Harnessing the tourist tax

The perils of spectacle

Back in the City

DEAR MARY YOUR PROBLEMS SOLVED

Going on a bigot hunt

Breathing space