David Spencer
David Spencer is Policy Exchange’s Head of Crime and Justice and a former Detective Chief Inspector
Police policies must be reformed
If we are to have policing “without fear or favour” then it is time for change
Progressivism and the police
The Diversity, Equality and Inclusion agenda promised a fairer form of policing, but has delivered a weaker one
Chief Constables, arrest thyselves
Politicians are not to blame for all the problems with the police
Abolish “non-crime hate incidents” for good
We need the police to stop investigating “harm” and focus on crime again
Progressivism in criminal justice needs locking up
It is based on absurdities and has created misery
Have the police criminalised being “openly Jewish”?
It is unacceptable for the police to blame the victims of potential bigotry
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Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
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
Vera, the doctor who defied Rasputin
A female surgeon in the chaos of Imperial Russia and the Soviet Union
The sacrifice that changed Naipaul
The humiliation of his father, forced to slaughter a goat to atone for
angering Hindus, made the writer wary of insulting religion
The pitfalls of epistemic snobbery
The “Sophie of Dundee” case proves that confirmation bias is a double-edged sword
First time thrills
Most of all, it was a tournament of heroes and villains
Time for change?
A new book might overstate the durability of Trumpian politics
Cloaked Crusader
Richard I: valiant hero of Romance but also a perfidious, self-serving lord
Why people smuggling means profits
People smuggling is one of the few functioning markets left in the UK
The joys of village cricket
Cricket embodies much of what is valuable about our culture
Fisticuffs over the fourth movement
When did classical music become so disturbingly polite?
