David Alton
Lord Alton of Liverpool is a crossbench peer. Follow him at @DavidAltonHL or on his website.
Less than an animal?
It is surely wrong that animal foetuses enjoy more protection under the law than human ones
Reversing a tragic half century of lost lives
The US supreme court decision is a victory for decency and democracy
This is not the time to appease Iran
Iranians are risking their lives to bring down their theocratic regime
American judges have chosen life — so should Britain
It’s not only the US Supreme Court that has serious concerns about abortion
The expensive problem with the minimum wage
Higher wages for some, perhaps, but joblessness for others
Are we being misled on Georgia?
Claims of electoral fraud are serious — but they have not been substantiated
BBC Verify’s Bangladesh blunder
In trying to combat misinformation, the BBC has spread its own
A beguiling star who loved melodrama
Taylor’s hunger for money, flashy gizmos and flashier gewgaws found its echo in Burton’s need to forsake the classics
The student politics of Clive Lewis
All he sees are good guys and bad guys
Alive and flicking
A game invented by a man named Adolph might have been a hard sell to the British public, but it was an instant hit
Is Starmer the anti-Thatcher?
He does not have the right ambition and imagination
Prom-lematic
Landlords, Lammy, “Land of Hope and Glory” and other questionable phenomena
Only the truly privileged can be cultural relativists
It is easy not to judge appalling cultural practices from a distance
Do our leaders understand the power grid at all?
It seems as if basic facts are being completely ignored