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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How religion shapes football fandom
The meaning of football is intertwined with the meaning of faith
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
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
Against the censorious right
Miriam Cates is wrong about free speech and anonymity
Indefinite leave, unlimited access
While Westminster fixates on survival, a deeper battle will decide whether mass migration becomes a permanent and costly feature of the state
I’m worried about Andy Burnham
If Burnham does to Britain what he has done to Manchester, we are in big trouble
Europe’s French nuclear shield?
With the NATO alliance under threat, will
Europe really trust President Macron’s
offer of a pan-EU nuclear deterrent?
When all you have is a Hermer
Why Lord Hermer is a strange fit as Attorney General
Nigel Farage, community leader
The logic of multiculturalism is turning on its architects
London vs the rest of the country
The publishing industry should aim to be more provincial and less metropolitan
The games we play
Richard Holt’s sweeping survey of sporting history shows how games, from cricket to boxing, became one of Britain’s most durable cultural languages
The Islamists’ young recruits
Islamist networks are increasingly targeting children, and the British state refuses to acknowledge the problem
The fog of facts
As elections approach, voters are forced to navigate a swamp of spin, distortion, and inaccessible data.
