Ben Sweetman
Ben Sweetman is Head of Data Analysis at Policy Exchange.
The Employment Rights Act’s true cost
The Employment Rights Act promises better wellbeing, but the Government’s own numbers point to higher costs, weaker growth and fewer jobs.
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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
Towards an allied civil society network in Europe
The Trump Administration is turning its attention to Europe’s civic institutions
The state enablers of the Stade shooting
A fatal shooting in Germany illuminated more than one man
The radical feminism—Christianity pipeline
For radical feminists, clarity about the realities of sex often opens onto a search for moral order
Two false dawns
Anger can furnish a movement with energy, but not with votes
The right-wing case for social media
X and other platforms can be vital sources of unfashionable information and dissenting opinions
From triple lock to price caps
Opinium polling for The Critic reveals the totemic pension policy has entrenched a politics that demands control over growth
Stop underestimating British tech
We should not surrender to the idea that American companies can do everything better
The intractable problems pulling modern Britain apart
When does upholding free speech become an act of self-sabotage?
The Third China Shock?
We are unprepared for the possibility of a future Chinese hegemon
So long, Socrates
Socrates turned relentless questioning into a way of life — and paid for it with his own
Unionists should unite
It’s time to build alliances to ensure that unionists are not let down again
