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
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Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Can Russell T Davies write “terfs”?
In Tip Toe, Russell T Davies is more nuanced than one might expect — much to the dismay of gender ideologues
Israel does not run U.S. foreign policy
There is nothing wrong with questioning foreign influence — but that influence has been overstated
Campaigners should let assisted suicide go
There is no principled case for using the Parliament Acts to squeeze through assisted suicide
Conservatives should learn from Labour
We might disagree with the ideas of Labour politicians, but we can learn from their methods
Soft-Play Britain
Britain’s governing class talks of growth and grandeur but focuses on planters and paint schemes
Warm home, wrong decision
Ministers are once again choosing the most politically convenient response to rising energy costs, not the most effective one
Reform’s man in Makerfield
An interview with Rob Kenyon about online controversies and national priorities
A magnificent navy on land
The state of the British Armed Forces triumphantly vindicates Parkinson’s Law
The emperor’s new AI
A satirical X account is doing what the media class has failed to do, and report on the great AI delusion
In defence of lunchtime drinks
Hannah Spencer is being a tedious puritan
