Becky Paton
Becky Paton is a PhD researcher and former parliamentary aide. She is currently writing a book on Epidemics & Cities, and tweets @rpaton11
Is the Tory Boy dying out?
Political allegiance amongst young right-wingers is increasingly determined by aesthetics, not ideology
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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
Stop ignoring the Islamisation of our democracy
The British state is bending to Islamism, not attempting to defeat it
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
A new town versus an old estate
Development in the heart of rural Oxfordshire will change the ecology of the surrounding area
The battle between sacred and profane
When the divine law appears to clash with our sense of justice, can it truly be considered divine?
The BBC needs competition
The scandal-ridden Beeb is doomed if it is not held to higher standards
Can we get removals right?
Deporting illegal migrants is a lot more difficult than promising to deport them
Jorge Luis Borges
A giant of Spanish letters who was forged by childhood exposure to his father’s vast English library
The imprudence of Dame Prue
Dame Prue Leith is spreading errors about assisted suicide
How the Southport riots broke Starmer’s government
A combination of authoritarianism and hypocrisy proved fatal
The praises of a neglected vegetable
Summer calls for cold cucumbers
The testing of Giorgia Meloni
Italy’s first woman PM has proved a pragmatic conservative who has brought stability to her country
Drill, baby, drill
We need Cornish lithium and tin just as much as North Sea oil — whatever the nimbys say
