Jon Holbrook
Jon Holbrook is a barrister. He can be followed on Twitter: @JonHolb
No place at the bar for challenging woke politics
The Bar Council’s verdict on Jon Holbrook’s cancellation last month shows that the bar has become an unwelcoming place for those who believe in free speech
Cancelled by my barristers’ chambers over a Tweet
Cancel culture is a straitjacket on the free expression of ideas, and democracy cannot hope to function when antagonists are muzzled
Taking back control?
The new treaty contains clauses that constrain Britain in key aspects of public policy
The danger of naive humanitarianism
The rejection of force is complacent and unsustainable
Why Christian culture is essential to education
It deeply informed our art and our ideas
Tragedy, comedy and an Italian parable
Three great novels capture a moment of change for society
The great British giveaway
The handover of the Chagos Islands reflects a wider lack of realism in UK foreign policy
Bants means bans
Scarcely any football chants will be allowed under Labour’s new “equality” rules
Procedural Man
The Process is good, the Process is correct, no matter what, trust the Process
Is university still worth it?
Rising fees raise questions about the value of some degrees
The far enemy
The motivations for the 9/11 attacks are still misunderstood and moralised
“Scottish visas” would double down on two failed ideas
The plan offers the worst of devolution and mass migration in one policy