Jamie Gillies
Jamie Gillies is a political commentator and campaigner. He tweets at @jmgillies
Don’t legalise assisted suicide
British politicians have turned down assisted suicide legislation several times before. They must do so again
The hypocrisy of The Northern Ireland Office
They would never do to Scotland what they’ve just done to Ulster
How the Hate Crime Bill defies Scottish tradition
With a stroke of the legislative pen, Holyrood has made Scotland the most stringent regulator of speech in the UK
Free to disagree
The Scottish Government drastically needs to rethink its approach to hate crime
Scotland’s brand new blasphemy law
Holyrood’s hate crime proposals are a threat to free speech
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Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
What is wrong now was wrong before
Julia Gillard should not pretend that the “unintended consequences” of the gender debate were unknowable
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
One deuce of a decider
This is it, when you look into the abyss and the abyss looks back into you
Dear Prudence
A reflection on the Tory Party’s historic suspicion of interventionism
North Korea’s rogue state development
How Kim Jong Un is embracing the modern world
Albion’s re-enactors
Beneath Restore Britain’s rhetoric lies an impulse to retreat from history itself
Canis lupus labor
Europe is a wolf coming up the path to devour the Labour Party
Cloaked Crusader
Richard I: valiant hero of Romance but also a perfidious, self-serving lord
The roots of hatred
Antisemitism, an ancient subject, has once again become a hot topic
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
In defence of the Freedom of Information Act
We should not let our access to information held by public authorities be diminished
Reform’s reality gap
Behind the rhetoric of mass deportations, Reform UK’s numbers and logistics don’t yet add up
