Ali Miraj
Ali Miraj is a political columnist for TheArticle and regularly appears on Sky News and talkRADIO. He founded the Contrarian Prize to recognise the independence, courage and sacrifice of British public figures whose ideas challenge the status quo. He is also a House music DJ and has performed at leading venues around the world. By day he works in the City as an infrastructure financier.
The beat will go on
The coronavirus pandemic has decimated the nightclub industry, but will the shifting landscape sow the seeds for an entirely new era of clubbing?
In a woke world, be a Contrarian
The Contrarian Prize celebrates British public figures that have the chutzpah to challenge the status quo
Too many silences in this book about music
The hazy treatment of what “music” even entails falls flat
People of Colour television
How to unpick the progressive contradictions of colour-blind casting
An irreversible step
If Britain embraces euthanasia for the terminally ill, it won’t end there
How Australia punished smokers and normalised firebombs
Smoking restrictions have fuelled the Australian tobacco wars
Is the culture war over?
Populist political victories do nothing to change the reality of progressive institutional dominance
The Windsor Framework must fall so that Brexit can live
The EU (Withdrawal Arrangements) Bill can restore the integrity of the United Kingdom
Should you really admit to regretting having kids?
Lamenting parenthood creates a psychological trap
The blame, again, falls on Sinn Fein
The party responded appallingly to its press officer being accused of child sex offences
Season’s bleatings
Christmas is almost here, but our MPs are not in the festive spirit
Wanted: a plan to reform the NHS
No serious party can sit out the ideological battle over the remorseless rise in public spending, including on health
Consent isn’t everything
Protections against violent sexual encounters are being dismantled