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Like a man walking in on a toileting lady …

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Bidvest is exposed as discriminating against impoverished white toddlers, so Solidarity’s Chief Executive, Dirk Hermann, writes them a letter. Bidvest then responds not through its

Not much to cry over

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On Tuesday 23 September 2008, Minister of Health Manto Tshabalala-Msimang convened a press conference. She looked buggered, hungover and depressed. She didn’t break out into

Hell hath no fury like a scorned Democrat

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Three weeks ago I met US Senator Bernie Sanders in London. He was on publicity rounds for his new book, meeting with a few crusty

Bagehot, Ms. Blue and the rape-gang audit: a bad week for the UK

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In July 2023 England hosted the Australian cricket team at Lords, and a moment of curious sportsmanship on the field led to a confrontation off

National Dialogue? Not with these people

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I have rules I apply whenever I see an “eminent persons list”. I take the names and assess whether any of them would either lead

No audible gasps … just laughter

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You can’t keep complaining about the policing of expression without acknowledging victories, however far or under-emphasised. On the weekend in Los Angeles, Ricky Gervais was

The fall and fall of the BBC

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Last week the BBC was more animated than at any time I can remember. Not just BBC News Africa, but home base too – actually

What was Rupert doing in the White House?

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Every story is actually the same story: another weekend, another scandal, another former prominent Conservative MP. A decade ago I lost the capacity to be startled

The most dangerous place to be an Afrikaner ally

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Some years ago, I came up with the design for a badge: “Afrikaner Ally”. But it didn’t matter if its reference was to Pierneef or

Consenting adults and incongruent realities

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There’s a lively story circulating Westminster involving groups allegedly attached to the Liberal Democrats, the UK’s third-largest political party. In some Home Counties there are