Ben Bramble
Dr. Ben Bramble is a lecturer in philosophy at the Australian National University. From 2019-2020, he was a Laurance S. Rockefeller Visiting Faculty Fellow at Princeton University. He is the author of Pandemic Ethics: 8 Big Questions of COVID-19, available open access for free download here, and tweets at @bramble_ben
Covid-19 orthodoxy and awkward looks
While questioning orthodoxies often has great value, it can also present dangers
Why the orthodox Covid-19 narrative is right
In measuring the nastiness of Covid-19, we need to look at what could have happened had we not locked down
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Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
What is wrong now was wrong before
Julia Gillard should not pretend that the “unintended consequences” of the gender debate were unknowable
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
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
A massive cross-party achievement
The new V&A East Museum has surpassed all expectations
The roots of hatred
Antisemitism, an ancient subject, has once again become a hot topic
A below-par Riley is still better than most
The Palm House by
Gwendoline Riley; My Death by Lisa
Tuttle; Still Talking by Lore Segal
Labour’s Gagging Acts
Labour is taking inspiration from Pitt the Younger when it comes to curbing speech
The soul of Putin
Twenty-five years after George W. Bush first looked into Vladimir Putin’s eyes, the Russian president has changed less than America would like to believe
The Muslim modernisers
Muslim reformers do not innovate; they renew by seeking to mend what is broken
Night of the big bins
How Count Binface changed the face of Britain forever
When all you have is a Hermer
Why Lord Hermer is a strange fit as Attorney General
