Daniel Pitt
Dr Daniel Pitt is a scholar at the University of Sheffield with an interest in the Conservative Party, Conservatism and Constitutional affairs. He tweets at @danjtpitt
Constitutionally deformed
Robert Peston and Kishan Koria would make our democracy far more dysfunctional
Against inheritance tax
Familial bonds and continuity should be encouraged
The Conservatives have failed conservatism
The family should have been paramount among concerns
The sculptor’s funeral
The death of Imogen Stuart represents the passing of an Ireland that built, rather than destroyed
How Britain fell in love with cars
From Wind in the Willows to Wodehouse, cars captured the imagination
Wearing shades
We plebs aren’t supposed to buy designer-influenced fast fashion anymore
Ridiculous research and irate academics (w/ Charlotte Gill)
Do we have the right to debate where our taxes are going?
Web of lies
We can combat misinformation with scepticism and content provenance technology
A wilting wallflower
A once ambitious civic project has devolved into the chaos that is London Wall West
Left and right hooks
Keir Starmer and Rishi Sunak exchanged sloppy blows as Lee Anderson found a warm welcome in the stands
Learning in the round
Spreading fingers over a globe, not pinching them on a screen, is the best way to answer questions
Criminal damage remains criminal
A new judgment has challenged a convoluted legal defence of property damage
Bumps in the road
British roads, like Britain itself, need a lot of maintenance work
Young people are not as pro-immigration as you think
The idea that young people are uniformly “woke” is a silly myth