Lewis Wakelin
Lewis Wakelin is a freelance writer from Birmingham.
No university for young men
Higher education no longer offer a bright future
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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
Venice Biennale 2026
Collected detritus of Biennales past, left available for recycling when there’s space to fill
When can we believe what we read?
Technology can make knowing the truth more difficult — but we should always have asked more questions about what we read
Thank God for Brexit
The EU is a bureaucratic monster and Britain is better off out
The great recoupling
Our politicians have a bizarre sense of costs and benefits when it comes to energy
Women should not have to apologise for their rights
There is nothing cruel about women wanting single-sex spaces
The pro-nature case for regulatory reform
England’s environmental regime hasn’t delivered a restoration of nature — only decline, delay, and bureaucracy
The lonely death of Henry Nowak
We must draw lessons from a horrendous and disgraceful case
Questioning Islam should not be policed
Luke Salmons’s legal victory should lead to a change in police culture
Soft-Play Britain
Britain’s governing class talks of growth and grandeur but focuses on planters and paint schemes
