Liam Deacon
Liam Deacon is head of press for Defund the BBC, and previously for the Brexit Party. @LiamDeacon
Why we love pubs
Politicians are squeezing pubs out of existence without understanding why they matter
Make Englishmen’s homes their castles again
Buildings extensions must not be made unaffordable
Winning elections is not enough for Reform
The party must prepare itself for an assault on its legitimacy
Giving straight white men all the best jobs isn’t always good news
Why should we expect BBC lifer Tim Davie to end BBC bias or high pay?
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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
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
Too starstruck to see Marilyn’s faults
Only Some Like It Hot endures, though not because of anything Monroe does in it
Offence archaeology and the future of elections
We have to ignore the cheap and disingenuous politics of offence archaeology
Rendering the word of God in English
500 years ago, William Tyndale published his groundbreaking New Testament translation
In defence of the Freedom of Information Act
We should not let our access to information held by public authorities be diminished
Ant & Dec: heroically bland
Clear separation between private and public selves is faintly refreshing
Farage fumbles
“Stop Farage” seems to be a more effective message than “Farage”
The old age elephant in the room
Does Andy Burnham seriously think that he can fix social care?
Critical briefing: the Chişinău Declaration
Why the Chişinău Declaration is more of a symbolic gesture than a chance for real reform
Devolution has been a disaster
Wales, and the United Kingdom at large, are weaker for the devolution project
The end of corporate silence
Louis Mosley’s demolition of Zack Polanski shows how companies are learning to confront political fantasy head-on
Albion’s re-enactors
Beneath Restore Britain’s rhetoric lies an impulse to retreat from history itself
