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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Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Stop ignoring the Islamisation of our democracy
The British state is bending to Islamism, not attempting to defeat it
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
Reclaiming the rule of law
The rule of law was meant to protect liberty — not to be weaponised against democracy
Embers to tend
The brilliance of Sappho has been obscured by rumour and neglect
Clarifying the fog of the gender wars
Michael Foran’s new book will undoubtedly be celebrated, but is it essential?
We must save the right to smoke
Liberals must not put down the sword against paternalism
Britain lacks a party of the young
Britain’s alienated young are drifting leftwards because no serious movement on the right is speaking to their interests
The Starmer strikes back
In a galaxy far, far from stable, Labour’s leadership chaos overshadows the King’s Speech
Two false dawns
Anger can furnish a movement with energy, but not with votes
Losing control of the narrative
The British establishment no longer sets the terms of public debate over migration
What on Earth is the point of the Lib Dems?
With neither power nor principles, the party is an absolute waste of space
Plant sentience
Pollination, long treated as a largely mechanical transaction, begins to look more like a dialogue
