Julian Jessop
Julian Jessop is an independent economist and Fellow at the Institute of Economic Affairs. He tweets at @julianhjessop
Our public services are hamstrung by low productivity
The government must do more to help a sluggish state sector catch up
What Mark Carney got wrong
Sloppy analysis is especially disappointing from public servants
We should have the freedom to criticise Islam
Religious freedom entails the right to criticise a belief system as well as to adhere to it
My “state of the nation” book
England’s Mean Unpleasant Land: How the Tories, Trump and TikTok Screwed Up Britain
Reading humbly
Approaching texts with love, patience and humility can reveal more than scepticism
Keir’s junk politics
Keir Starmer is trying to reform the public, not the NHS
Kemi Badenoch’s “ming vase” must be shattered
The Conservative candidate should not be allowed to escape scrutiny
Labour is killing British farming
Attacks on British agriculture must be resisted
Nothing to declare
Labour have done nothing wrong, but they’re going to stop it
The danger of naive humanitarianism
The rejection of force is complacent and unsustainable