David Butterfield
David Butterfield is a Fellow in Classics at Queens' College, Cambridge
Beware of Bad Ideas
The democratic state has a duty to act as an ideological gate keeper to protect society
Is it too late for Trump?
The Critic’s political and US editors discuss last night’s debate with Chris Buskirk, editor of American Greatness
“Left flanking or straight up the middle with bags of smoke?!”
Not another Armistice Day to get through. And what about all the other pressing issues for which there is no poppy?
John le Carré: a man who rose through the English class system as it was collapsing
John le Carré’s voice of old-fashioned English authority was one acquired through merit and bearing rather than birth
Crunching the numbers
If Labour had voted against restrictions, could the Covid rebels have won?
Should MPs read?
If our representatives aren’t reading these weighty documents, then who is?
Expelliarmus!
Harry Potter is cancelled, Sainsbury’s cancel their shoppers, Taxpayers fund Stonewall, and packing the (UK) Supreme Court
Why has Boris locked us up again?
The Government’s coronavirus strategy is all about protecting the Conservative Party brand with an eye on the next General Election
The meek inherit nothing
Islamism is increasingly held not to be a deviant from Islam, but an orthodox aim of the “religion of peace”