John O’Connell
John O'Connell is Chief Executive of the Taxpayers’ Alliance. He tweets at @jjpoconnell
Reform has to be serious about spending
The British people deserve, and need, honesty on economics
No one should have to support the BBC
If the BBC is worth keeping, it should be able to support itself
We need a proper inquiry into grooming gangs
It must be independent, transparent and efficient
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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
We must strengthen British capitalism
Having a successful capitalist system depends on having a strong state
Labour’s mercurial kingmaker
The eventful career of Josh Simons, the man who gave up his seat for Andy Burnham
Literary freedom is in the gutter
The disappearance of a praiseful review for a “cancelled” writer is as disturbing as it is bizarre
The NHS is no longer above question
People are finally, if grudgingly, waking up to its flaws
The trans war on reality
Trans activists loudly trumpet a false mythology
of victimhood. In fact, trans people are more
likely to kill than be killed,
After the flood
Net migration may be falling, but the long tail of Britain’s recent immigration regime ensures the debate is far from over
The real problem with rigmarole
A journalistic focus on proceduralism distracts us from deeper political questions
Running down the clock
Does Keir Starmer have any plans for his final weeks in Downing Street?
Hippo critical
No Roman left a greater intellectual legacy than Augustine, whose writings shaped Christianity and the Western mind for more than a millennium
Britain must not liberalise surrogacy laws
We are already endangering women and girls
Shining a light on the culture wars
Without the reintroduction of liberal ethical standards, the sacred purpose of academia cannot survive
