James McSweeney
James McSweeney is a public policy researcher and speechwriter based in Westminster. He tweets at @WestminsterPup.
Was the Peterloo Massacre good for public health?
How pre-vaccination societies held greater freedoms than we do today
Should booby-traps be legal?
When the state fails to protect us many want to act themselves
The new equality bar
Is the Bar Standards Council really fit to enforce a proposed raft of new equality rules?
The restless life of a very bourgois rebel
Gauguin was not an artist who lent himself to categorisation
Kim Leadbeater’s “safeguards” won’t keep people safe
The proposed legal hurdles are effectively useless
Light in the darkness
In conversation with Nigel Biggar about his career and the work of the Pharos Foundation
It is good to challenge kids
That which makes us anxious can also make us strong
Why is the BBC so obsessed with drag?
Incessant coverage of drag shows and drag queens has become something of a running joke
Cynical in Venezuela
The corruption and incompetence of its political system seeps into the soul