Martin van Staden
Martin van Staden is a Fellow at the Initiative for African Trade and Prosperity and Head of Policy at the Free Market Foundation in South Africa
The EU red tape export racket
Brussels is drowning South Africa in bureaucracy
South Africa needs better policies, not just better vibes
Political change must lead to economic change as well
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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
A win for academic freedom
The university free speech complaints scheme is (finally) going ahead
The limits of choice
Sometimes, we do know better than people who are harming themselves
Why tradition, not utopia, protects expression
Free expression thrives on human frailty, debate, and tradition — not on utopian zeal or moral legislation
Scotland’s cold and durable fire
John Swinney is proving that in politics what matters most is simply showing up
How to build a Europe of the peripheries
Resetting Britain’s relations with the EU should not mean being beholden to France and Germany
Women should not have to apologise for their rights
There is nothing cruel about women wanting single-sex spaces
Why we should explore space
Space exploration lifts the human spirit: rather than asking “Why?”, we should ask “Why not?”
Questions for the Munich hawks
It is wrong to use Neville Chamberlain as a byword for cowardice and fecklessness
Towards an allied civil society network in Europe
The Trump Administration is turning its attention to Europe’s civic institutions
Too starstruck to see Marilyn’s faults
Only Some Like It Hot endures, though not because of anything Monroe does in it
Iran has been fatally misunderstood
The US and Israel were foolish to imagine that the Iranians would crumble
