Ben Obese-Jecty
Ben Obese-Jecty is a former army officer, late of the Yorkshire Regiment, with operational tours of duty in Iraq and Afghanistan, and now works in finance. @BenObeseJecty
BLM racists don’t speak for me
How have racial slurs become progressive politics?
Return of the referendum?
More direct democracy could be Europe’s only means of restoring political legitimacy
Crocodile Keir
For all of Sunak’s shoddy timing, Starmer’s opportunism was pathetic
How trans activists captured the hate crime agenda
The “hate crime” agenda is based on bad policing and worse politics
The Rwanda Bill and the rule of law
Our constitutional tradition strictly separates international law from domestic law
Why the OBR is wrong about Brexit
The OBR’s Brexit analysis is based on flawed comparisons and unreasonable predictions
For whom the road tolls
Did turnpike roads transform travel in the 18th century? Or were they a means for rent-seeking?
Ferrari and the terrible joy
Michael Mann’s Ferrari shows how ambiguity and contradiction fuels us
The left-wing defence of free speech
A recent book mounts a rare and powerful, if partly flawed, case for free expression from the Left
Those WhatsApp groups in full
Thirteen reasons to ban politicians from smartphones
How dark can humour be?
Laughter — even laughter about morbid things — is part of what makes us human
British universities have a China problem
The increasing influence of the CCP is a threat to free inquiry and free expression