Matthew Bowles
Matthew Bowles is a Senior Policy Researcher at the Prosperity Institute. He posts at @Matthew__Bowles
You can’t save money without making it
We cannot be too risk averse in finance
Trimming the runaway state
A slimmer government is not a fringe libertarian concern but a national priority
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Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
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
No, rent controls don’t work
Stop toying with failed ideas and build some damn houses
Beauty from the ruins of war
Painting gave artists and their viewers a temporary way out of the grim wartime reality
Keir’s logorrhoea
The prime minister has a lot to say — but does any of it actually matter?
Has the arts sector learned nothing?
Tripling down on identity politics and censoriousness would be fatal
I don’t trust the British state
British institutions simply are not functioning in the interests of the people they are meant to serve
How religion shapes football fandom
The meaning of football is intertwined with the meaning of faith
Will capitalism end capitalism?
Artificial intelligence is perverting the logic of our economic and political systems
Middle management in the Middle East
The war against Iran has emphasised the importance of deep leadership
Boriswave denialism
Britain’s ruling class has used dependence on cheap labour as an economic strategy, and cannot see any other option
The Real shooting match
Cue the bogus platitudes that leaders make about sport’s ability to heal divisions
Form your battalions!
France, for all its flaws, still converts military spending into power — Britain does not
