John Flesher
John Flesher is Deputy Director of the Conservative Environment Network. He tweets at @johnflesher90
Let’s scrap the Table Tax
The state should stop using our cafes, pubs, and restaurants as a cash cow
Conservatives must rediscover conservation
Britain’s natural beauty needs to be defended
Opposing big government means opposing climate change
We need a market-led course to net zero
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American strategy in Iran is wiser than it seems
President Trump’s intervention will leave the world safer than it was
Saint Nicola
Nicola Sturgeon wants sympathy for her husband’s crimes—but after years spent avoiding awkward questions, her latest reinvention may be the hardest sell yet.
The establishment is still living in an immigration fantasy land
It is influential left-wingers, not the broader public, who have deluded themselves on mass migration
The lonely death of Henry Nowak
We must draw lessons from a horrendous and disgraceful case
Rewatching the English
English identity has become too surreal and discomfiting to define
Publishing has an AI problem
From reviews to actual books, creativity is being outsourced to machines
The generation delusion
Chris Bayliss and Henry Hill are joined by the Reverend Marcus Walker to discuss intergenerational responsibility
Undramatic life of a literary also-ran
Malcolm Cowley never understood very much about literature
The third man
Bridget Phillipson’s “Code of Practice” has clarified nothing on sex and gender
Literary freedom is in the gutter
The disappearance of a praiseful review for a “cancelled” writer is as disturbing as it is bizarre
Schrödinger’s schism
The Anglican Communion, for all of its internal disagreements, has yet to fall apart
A mean mood in Makerfield
Reform have enthusiasm, but quiet Labour voters could still swing it for Burnham
The mirage of majesty
Royal charm cannot disguise Britain’s shrinking power in a transactional world
The Mexican baby business
In UK courts, parental orders for children born overseas outnumber those born to surrogates here
Saved from the flames
We should feel fortunate indeed to have the Aeneid
