Alex Mikkelsen
Alex Mikkelsen is a manager at the Committee for Academic Freedom, writing about threats to free speech on UK campuses
Are Jewish students really afraid of the Freedom of Speech Act?
Some of have raised concerns, yes, but generalisations are wrong and unhelpful
You reap what you sow
Poor Daniel Zeichner was left to face the outrage that the Budget had caused
“Scottish visas” would double down on two failed ideas
The plan offers the worst of devolution and mass migration in one policy
On the death of pets
It is not losing a human, but it is losing a loved one
Dark lessons from Canada
Once “assisted dying” is legal, the boundaries of what is permissible expand
Portugal and the missing goats
The roots of environmental disasters can be odder than they look
The predictability of subverting expectations
What to expect when you’re expecting your expectations to be subverted
The dam of Spanish eco-politics creaks
Will no death toll make elites reconsider green overreach?
Now’s your time, House of Lords
The upper house must prove its worth by opposing the shabby Chagos Islands deal
Ageing gracelessly?
A new book on care is filled with empirical insights but short on rhetorical power
A real plan for growth
A series of simple economic blunders has led to self-defeating policies that strangle any chance of prosperity for all