Michael Merrick
Michael Merrick is an educator and commentator. He tweets at @Michael_Merrick
We have failed our children
We must reassess our approach to schools, sex and safeguarding
Confessions of a Woke Catholic
How to live with the contradictions of identity and belief
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Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
What is wrong now was wrong before
Julia Gillard should not pretend that the “unintended consequences” of the gender debate were unknowable
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
Baddiel shoots, he doesn’t score
If you want to understand English football, you will get better answers knocking on doors in Burnley than Hampstead
The bonfire of British history
Absentee landlords’ neglect allows architectural jewels to be burned to the ground
Left-wingers are wallowing in post-truth politics
Complaints about right-wing “fake news” have obscured the biggest misinformation problem
A failed war on fags
The black market has taken over the tobacco trade Down Under
Parade of defeats
Armenia is a democracy tearing itself apart over who gets to define the soul of a nation
Could the driverless car save the country pub?
Autonomous vehicles will give us the freedom to drink further from home
The problem with price freezes
Freezing prices is not half as simple (or cheap) as politicians often think
Manic and messianic
The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui, Royal Shakespeare Company
