Gerry Lynch
Gerry Lynch was Executive Director of the Alliance Party 2007-10. He is currently training for ordination in the Church of England. @GerryLynch
A country is a home or it’s nothing
Homes for heroes, ordinary people, anyone really – just build them
The case for socialist healthcare in one country
If China and Covid can’t shake doctrinal globalism, can anything?
The blind eye turned to Barrow
What’s not newsworthy about fascists, Islamists, grooming and death threats to journalists?
Boris Johnson: a study in success?
If a biography of Boris had been published after his election victory it could have been fairly titled “Boris: A Study in Success”, but twelve months is an eternity in politics
Blinded by science
Alasdair Palmer says there is little evidence to show that lockdowns are effective
The technocrats are failing the vaccine test
Are populist leaders better at vaccine roll-outs? If so, that should fill us with trepidation about post-pandemic politics
Cancelled by his college
How a panicking Cambridge institution obliterated the memory of one of its most famous sons
Should the UK force its overseas territories to legalise same-sex marriage?
The UK Government is keen to ensure legalisation of same-sex marriage throughout its dominions, but exercising its colonial authority is not the most prudent tactic
Have Conservative MPs been taken to the limit of their endurance?
The Covid Recovery Group continues to gather momentum – and the prime minister knows it
Burgundy week doesn’t have to be cancelled
Red or white, these Burgundys are the kind of joyous wines that make life a little more bearable
Short cut to a Mob takeover
Today the multiply-tattooed Balkan war criminal look is popular
An American in search of the English national character
Daniel Pipes’s quest to understand the English national character leaves him none the wiser
Power to the pigs and les keufs
France is competing with the UK to be every bit as draconian and liberty-infringing