Lucy Hunter Blackburn
Dr Lucy Hunter Blackburn is a former senior civil servant in the Scottish Government. Her roles included Head of Higher Education Division, Head of Reducing Reoffending Division and Director of Policy at Historic Scotland. She co-founded Murray Blackburn Mackenzie. She tweets at @LucyHunterB
Turning the tide on gender
Reality is winning the gender wars — but this is no time to be complacent
John Swinney’s Isla Bryson moment?
The Scottish Government must be made to face the facts on sex and gender
Keir Starmer cannot ignore us
The gender debate is not going to disappear
How trans activists captured the hate crime agenda
The “hate crime” agenda is based on bad policing and worse politics
The revised Scottish Prison Service transgender prisoner policy is not fit for purpose
Any work for bringing it into force should be stopped
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Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Stop ignoring the Islamisation of our democracy
The British state is bending to Islamism, not attempting to defeat it
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
The right does not need religion
We should not mourn the end of the Quiet Revival
The Middle Kingdom and the middle powers
China’s clash with Western power shattered its civilisational self-image. Europe is heading for a similar reckoning
We must save the right to smoke
Liberals must not put down the sword against paternalism
That viral Reddit post does not say a lot about society
Don’t confuse your caricature of your outgroup for the real thing
Homage to Zaporizhia and Sumy
Horror continues in Ukraine — but the tide could be turning
The right-wing case for social media
X and other platforms can be vital sources of unfashionable information and dissenting opinions
I don’t trust the British state
British institutions simply are not functioning in the interests of the people they are meant to serve
The battle between sacred and profane
When the divine law appears to clash with our sense of justice, can it truly be considered divine?
Carl Schmitt in Miami
Can Marco Rubio establish a new American system in Latin America?
