Ian Acheson
Professor Ian Acheson is a former prison Governor and internationally recognised expert on combating violent extremism. He was born and raised near the border in Northern Ireland. @NotThatBigIan
“Treatment” does not make child predators safe
People who abuse children must be kept away from children
Eternally complicit, hell-fired thugs
Kenneth Branagh’s Belfast transcends the identity strait jacket
Criminal stupidity
Sorting your “he” from your “ze” won’t improve places where one would hesitate to keep farm animals
What do Sinn Fein have to do to get a break?
The national media has turned a blind eye to Ulster republican delinquency
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How religion shapes football fandom
The meaning of football is intertwined with the meaning of faith
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Can Russell T Davies write “terfs”?
In Tip Toe, Russell T Davies is more nuanced than one might expect — much to the dismay of gender ideologues
What the reparations debate says about Britain
Social and ideological shifts mean that we face an increasingly divided future
Let’s scrap the Table Tax
The state should stop using our cafes, pubs, and restaurants as a cash cow
We must get serious about anti-Jewish terror
Britain faces a dangerous rise in anti-Jewish violence and must get real about its implications
Beef and Brexit prosperity
High beef prices are a symptom of a deeper problem—Britain has left the EU, but not its economic mindset.
The EU is changing on immigration
A firmer stance is being taken — but will it be enough?
Averting irrational egalitarianism
How to stop ideological anti-racism damaging our institutions and our country
The Islamic identity crisis
V.S. Naipaul was prophetic on the struggles between Islam and modernity
Amazing Grace? Meh, it was OK
If there is a reason to see this play, it is Ralph Fiennes
The tears of Keir’s
It was an anticlimactic end to an unconvincing premiership
Are Reform the new Greens?
As the Green Party loses interest in rural matters, Richard Negus considers the claim that British agriculture and the countryside have a new champion
North Korea’s rogue state development
How Kim Jong Un is embracing the modern world
