Matthew Hoyle
Matthew Hoyle is a barrister practising from chambers in the Temple, London. He previously taught law at the University of Oxford and the London School of Economics
Protest and the public good
Republicanism, free speech and the heckler’s veto
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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
A day out at Unite the Kingdom
Tommy Robinson’s latest demonstration was a peculiarly hammy affair
A culture of death
Street gangs and online provocation are fuelling a morbid subculture in British life
It’s time to see Brexit through
The next government must finally drag Britain out of the European Union’s tractor beam
The rise and fall of Nicola Sturgeon
The former SNP leader squandered her talents in a classic tale of hubris
Angst, Nazis and forgotten treasure
Transcription / You Are the Führer’s Unrequited Love / For the Love of Willie
In defence of Gary Stevenson
If economists were only those with doctorates, we would have to ignore both the market’s wisdom and many of its most perceptive critics
Jorge Luis Borges
A giant of Spanish letters who was forged by childhood exposure to his father’s vast English library
The artist formerly known as Nero
The life and death of Rome’s last Julio-Claudian emperor revealed every Roman fear about the dangers of one-man rule
Beware the British ICE
Mass deportation of Muslims will not solve antisemitism, but feed feelings of alienation
Why nationalisation is not the answer to our problems
Planning, not privatisation, is the big problem with our water
The underworld on the high street
Beneath the façade of everyday commerce, organised crime has quietly captured British high streets
