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GILES COREN Loyalty isn't a crime, even for Andrew's daughters Preserve the parent-child bond and allow Beatrice and Eugenie to be loyal to their father if they want to be Giles Coren Monday February 23 2026, 5.02pm, The Times

Outrage is the least interesting of all human responses, so I do my best never to express it. But it's hard. There are paedophiles out there, rapists, child killers, bent politicians, Send kids driven to suicide, shady monarchies answerable to no one, narcissistic lawyers forcing puberty blockers on pre-teens to advance their political ambitions... you could spend your entire life being outraged. But I don't. Because it's boring. Which is why I find the Andrew "debate" so tedious. Because it's all so bloody basic. There is no nuance. One can only be outraged, and everyone is. New story please!

In my ideological neck of the woods - educated, urban, centrist — there is the added tedium of "I told you so" republicanism, which is the second most boring belief a person can hold, after atheism. And nobody is ever one of those without the other: "Hark at me, I don't need gods or kings; I've got a Ukrainian flag and Jarvis Cocker." But the thing about those people is that deep within their liberalism beats a totalitarian heart. And that is what I see in the widespread calls for Beatrice and Eugenie not only to "make a public statement" but to "go to the police with what they know"

Do British liberals really want to see children denouncing parents to the world? Do they want to see daughters snitching on fathers to the security services? Because the only people who have ever demanded that in the past were fascist dictators. If Beatrice and Eugenie have broken the law, fine, lock 'em up. But allow them to be loyal to their father if they want to be. Because the insistence that children betray parents was one of the very darkest obsessions of Nazi Germany, communist China and Stalin's Soviet Union.

You can guarantee these lads will be there swords drawn, ready to fight, whenever a wealthy and important person is arrested. Particularly but not only for sex crimes.

Romano 🤝 Chelsea propaganda

a man in a suit and tie is sitting in front of a window in an office . ALT: a man in a suit and tie is sitting in front of a window in an office .

Just went for a little walk to the shop and back for a few bits. I know I'm going too early but it felt like Spring was close for the first time, which actually made me a bit emotional.

😂😂😂 great stuff

is there a technology that "the left" is excited about?

Sure but also, the public doesn’t much like the new miracle technology all the richest, most powerful people ploughed their money and credibility into, so there’s no way for it to recoup its costs. Which means somebody will have to take the blame for an era-defining disaster, and it won’t be them.

It's not really an assumption. It's backed by the facts, sadly.

I'm sure he's not at all been influenced by the millionaire investors and finance bros he rubs shoulders with who are shitting themselves at the prospect it's all a big bubble

Genuinely thought this was a bit from I think you should leave or something

We are absolutely flogging Virgil, Mo. He's 34, dangerous territory.

A buscopan and some fruit might have been a less messy and painful option

Yawn

Not to mention we also lost another really good attacking/ striker option tragically. You wonder in another, nicer world whether we'd have just signed Ekitike and not Isak, then perhaps got Guehi over the line, with money left for a midfielder or a Semenyo

Speaking of upgrades how about you upgrade that weather app again, back to it's previous version in fact, since it was waaaaayy better.

My main issue with giving Slot another summer is I think he was supportive of the strategy last summer which has left us here with this squad. Was a big chunk of the budget on Isak really necessary? I also think most top players at other clubs aren't swayed by playing for him as a selling point.

Think it'll be Forest away after that IMO.

How far back do you want us to drop then before his position is questioned? 10th? Let me tell you, it's in the cards. Sunderland and Forest away next two fixtures and I'd not be surprised we lose them both

Can't believe he thinks that was a good performance?

Criminal misjudgement in the summer, lumping all that cash on Isak

Sack him now the crab

Delusional

When are we giving Xabi a ring then? This fella hasnt got a clue what he's doing. #LFC

Liverpool haven't laid a glove on them so far, but I suppose there's still time for that to change whilst it remains 0-0

Painful watching Mo Salah these days he's regressed so much

Absolute chasm in quality options between the two subs benches

Do you notice how - just like they do with all the other avoidable calamities - the lads can go from “the public are crying out for exactly this kind of shit-hot political ninja” to “what idiot thought this clueless dork was good”, without ever having been wrong at any point between these positions.

If everyone is acting in the best interests of the public and everyone wants more trust in politics then maybe have fewer articles where almost nobody will put their name to thoughts they still manage to get in the paper.

If your husband/wife asks if you've had an affair and you hadn't, you'd say no, right? You wouldn't say "I don't believe so"

Nauseating

On 15 December, Jeffrey Epstein asked Lord Mandelson if the tax could be amended so it applied only to cash bonuses (not the, much more valuable, non-cash elements such as share options).

Mandelson said that he was trying hard to amend the tax.

He can't even run or find a red shirt either today