David Owen
Lord Owen was Foreign Secretary 1977-79, and is the author of Riddle, Mystery and Enigma: Two Hundred Years of British-Russian Relations (Haus Publishing, 2021)
Putin’s brutal war shows why we still need NATO
The Russian invasion of Ukraine has highlighted the folly of proposals for a European army
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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
Night of the big bins
How Count Binface changed the face of Britain forever
Nonsense and neurodivergence
The Church of England is confusing irrationality with inclusivity
A very American birthday party
n the USA’s divisive 250th birthday celebrations
Price caps and political pygmies
Britain’s capitalist command economy cannot let businesses be
Angst in the Anglosphere
England’s existential crisis is being played out at the World Cup
Losing control of the narrative
The British establishment no longer sets the terms of public debate over migration
The (in)justice of the Equality Act
Far from guaranteeing equal treatment, the Equality Act has transformed Britain’s understanding of equality from individual rights to group identity
Averting irrational egalitarianism
How to stop ideological anti-racism damaging our institutions and our country
Wilde times at the country house
Gerald Barry’s outrageous The Importance of Being Earnest manages to overmatch the virtuoso original
The Book of JO’B
James O’Brien’s aggressive incuriosity is becoming ever more embattled as his worldview crumbles
