Fred Skulthorp
Fred Skulthorp is an occasional writer. He tweets at @skulthorp
The rites of Spring
The pandemic’s chief fact checker is failing to grasp the realities of the post-covid era
The BBC has a “poor people” problem
The broadcaster is obsessed with trying to reach an audience it doesn’t understand
Against the consultancy blob
Why are we still listening to the behavioural insights team?
How the Tories can win again
The new leader of the Conservatives must reach an important, ignored sector
The EU is leaving Britain behind on immigration
The continent is waking up to the need for solutions, and Britain must wake up as well
The problem with Rachel Reeves’s pension pretensions
Bigger funds are not the key to effective investments
Subscribe to save the BBC
A radical new solution to the problem of the BBC’s outmoded licence fee that could ensure more high-quality programming
The “open borders experiment” is reversible
Keir Starmer can and should change the conditions by which migrants become eligible for Indefinite Leave To Remain status
Italy is right to extend its ban on surrogacy
It is good for women and it is good for children
Getting the creeps
How should we cope with the unsettling in everyday life?
Is public religion the new heresy?
It makes no sense to argue that faith should not inform ethical decisions
When the farmers took on Starmer
It was an inspiring day in London as farmers resisted Labour’s class warfare