David Shipley

David Shipley is a British writer. He tweets at @shipleywrites

Politicians should have more power than judges

Jeevun Sandher’s attempt to declare Matt Goodwin “not very British” reveals a shallow, ahistorical and politically convenient vision of the nation

Britain has built a governing system in which officials exercise immense power yet face no consequences. Could that be about to change?

Cousin marriage, cultural appeasement and wilful blindness

Britain’s governing crisis is not imposed from outside — it is chosen

Alaa Abd El-Fattah’s case has exposed the hollow priorities of our political and cultural elites

Blairite constitutional vandalism is not a sacred tradition

Multicultural anxieties have contributed to the resurrection of a deeper Englishness