Lord Sumption
Jonathan Sumption is an author, medieval historian and former Supreme Court judge.
Where is Parliament?
If MPs cannot curb rule by decree, then they have little constitutional relevance
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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
Sex wars, what are they good for?
On Norman Mailer, Germaine Greer and the virtues of intellectual combat
Department heads must roll
Apologies for gender dissidents are not enough — there must be consequences too
Can we get removals right?
Deporting illegal migrants is a lot more difficult than promising to deport them
Rendering the word of God in English
500 years ago, William Tyndale published his groundbreaking New Testament translation
Heart of darkness
Alexander Adams encounters an unflinching master of sex and death in Vienna
The problem with Palantir
The software company is attempting to redefine politics for the worse
The last ponies on the moor
Dartmoor Ponies are facing an extinction event, thanks to a government Quango
The fog of facts
As elections approach, voters are forced to navigate a swamp of spin, distortion, and inaccessible data.
Why a wealth tax would fail
Wealth taxes have been tested in various countries and have been abandoned for very good reasons
Zack Polanski’s war on carrots
Cheap food is not evidence of exploitation but of competition — something Adam Smith understood long before Zack Polanski
