Jasper Ostle
Jasper Ostle is Engagement and Operations Manager at the Adam Smith Institute
Blue Labour offers bad answers to the wrong questions
Its combination of stale economics and sinister moralism should be rejected
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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
Baddiel shoots, he doesn’t score
If you want to understand English football, you will get better answers knocking on doors in Burnley than Hampstead
Lost in translation
Attempting to understand the lives and thought of our ancestors can teach us about ourselves
Israel does not run U.S. foreign policy
There is nothing wrong with questioning foreign influence — but that influence has been overstated
Dear Prudence
A reflection on the Tory Party’s historic suspicion of interventionism
Westminster is not Manchester
Andy Burnham would find being the PM a lot more difficult than being a mayor
Politicians can’t handle free speech
The more criticism ministers receive online, the more determined they become to regulate what everyone else can say
Homes for Ukraine — and everywhere else
Why were some non-Ukrainians far more likely to enter Britain under a scheme meant for Ukrainians?
What is anger for?
If young women are going to be radical, they need to make it worth it
Labour’s mercurial kingmaker
The eventful career of Josh Simons, the man who gave up his seat for Andy Burnham
Reimagining the people’s palace
A building that deserves to be admired as an example of intelligent and sophisticated urban planning
