Joe Hackett
Joe Hackett is a writer based in London. He writes in a personal capacity and tweets at @JCS_H94
Britain should get serious about organised crime
We underestimate how much crime is the work of small, nasty groups of people
Think tanks have to think again
Policy wonks either have to work within the system we’ve got or change it
Target practice gone wrong
The RAF’s recruitment scandal exposes loopholes in the Equality Act
Boris the Innocent
The Johnsonian lexicon has yet to incorporate the word “responsibility”
Gambling gifts
New reports on Labour and political donations miss the point
The right-on, left-wing oppressors
A flaw in the design of academic studies makes the Left appear less authoritarian than the Right
The afterlife of Father Jerzy Popiełuszko
Reflections on forty years since his death shook communist Poland
The election is still Trump’s to lose
His performance has been weak but his advantages are many
Why does the establishment want to harm farms?
The Government expects farmers to act as environmental agents of the state
Rite of autumn
Labour is celebrating the harvest and definitely not sacrificing pensioners in the hopes that the gods grant us plenty in the coming fiscal year
Worthy instrument
York Bowen, Willam Walton: Viola concertos (SWR Music)
The personal has become far too political
Something has gone very wrong when we are acutely aware of politics
BBC Verify’s Bangladesh blunder
In trying to combat misinformation, the BBC has spread its own
The return of non-crime hate incidents
Labour are attacking free speech through the back door