Fred de Fossard
Fred de Fossard is a writer based in London. He tweets at @defossardf
Free speech in free fall
As British freedoms are continually eroded, much of the liberty lobby seems to have nothing to say
Something in the Bath water
Liberal Democrats are ruining a beautiful city with pointless regulations and Remainer spite
Flourish we must
British conservatives must focus on action over rhetoric
Sunak drifts towards irrelevance
The PM seems to have no ambitions beyond not being Liz or Boris
Most Read
American strategy in Iran is wiser than it seems
President Trump’s intervention will leave the world safer than it was
Saint Nicola
Nicola Sturgeon wants sympathy for her husband’s crimes—but after years spent avoiding awkward questions, her latest reinvention may be the hardest sell yet.
The lonely death of Henry Nowak
We must draw lessons from a horrendous and disgraceful case
Rewatching the English
English identity has become too surreal and discomfiting to define
The establishment is still living in an immigration fantasy land
It is influential left-wingers, not the broader public, who have deluded themselves on mass migration
Where is Britain’s vision?
Modern Britain has acquired a lack of national purpose, except for policies that are self-harming
Scotland’s cold and durable fire
John Swinney is proving that in politics what matters most is simply showing up
Left-wingers are wallowing in post-truth politics
Complaints about right-wing “fake news” have obscured the biggest misinformation problem
Information rage
Jacob Siegel’s new book The Information State is profound and troubling
The original sin
It should not have been difficult to see that there were problems with appointing Peter Mandelson
Regulating the rogue degree factories
Do universities have the resources and the will to monitor what is happening in their name?
The strange birth of woo-woo
The glitzy LA supermarket chain and the Buddhist food cult behind your wellness smoothie
The Mexican baby business
In UK courts, parental orders for children born overseas outnumber those born to surrogates here
