Sam Waddell

While charities succeed, they expose state failure

As we enter 2026, an estimated nine million people are at risk of becoming reliant on food banks. Sadly, this is no surprise – the number of food banks in the UK has grown by 8100% since 2010 to nearly 3,000 centres, which are already regularly used by as much...
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Posted Feb. 15, 2026

Queens Park Rangers 2-1 Coventry: are City bottling it?

Frank Lampard’s Coventry City remain top of the Sky Bet Championship, but are now only ahead of title rivals Middlesbrough by one point after a 2-1 defeat to Queens Park Rangers last weekend. City went into this one winless on their travels in two months, and it was the home...
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Posted Feb. 8, 2026

Scrapping trial by jury is an assault on our liberty

“Jury trials are a fundamental part of our democratic settlement. Criminal trials without juries are a bad idea.” These are not my words, but a direct quote from David Lammy, then the Shadow Justice Secretary, in June 2020. And they are absolutely spot on. Lammy was right, even in the...
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Posted Dec. 5, 2025

Sarah Mullally must be more than Canterbury’s first female Archbishop

Over 14 centuries after Saint Augustine was consecrated in 597 AD, Canterbury now has its first female archbishop. The appointment of Dame Sarah Mullally as the 106th Archbishop of Canterbury was announced earlier this month, marking a significant moment in the Church of England’s recent history. Unsurprisingly, the majority of...
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Posted Oct. 27, 2025