Charles Wide
Charles Wide has served the Church of England for more than 40 years as church treasurer, secretary and warden, Deanery Synod member, Reader, and volunteer hospice chaplain
The curious case of Project Spire
How could a project so contentious be within the Church Commissioners’ charitable purposes?
How the Church blew it on race
A secretive Church of England commission is intent on seeing bigotry everywhere
The Colston 4 and the fog of law
The politicised trial of the Bristol statue topplers shows the law surrounding protests is mired in confusion
How to alienate good people
Having insulted thousands of its blameless members, the Church of England now aims to embed racial distinction in its very structures
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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
There is nothing authentic about Andy Burnham
The blokeish Labour man is as slimy a politician as the rest of them
Defending liberalism from its defenders
Liberalism should mean anything but a more interventionist state
French lessons for Farage
Following the Makerfield defeat, Reform should look across the channel to Rassemblement National for strategies
From the Desk of Lord Kronsteen
When a sketchwriter faces awkward questions, only a billionaire’s dictated letter of support will do
The false filibuster framing
There was nothing undemocratic about resistance to the Assisted Dying Bill
North Korea’s rogue state development
How Kim Jong Un is embracing the modern world
Britain should speak up for Egypt’s persecuted Christians
We should oppose blasphemy laws at home and abroad
The memory wars
Poland and Ukraine must find some way to stop falling out over history
Haskel’s challenge
Andy Burnham does not have much time to kickstart growth
Grey expectations
Saving England’s native red squirrel will require harsh measures
