Philip Pilkington
Philip Pilkington is an Irish economist working in investment finance. He tweets at @philippilk
Britain’s twilight war
The UK is fighting an unwinnable conflict in a world that it doesn’t understand, without plan or purpose
The immigration merry-go-round
Britain’s discourse on migration is a timewasting charade
Sterling’s last stand
War enthusiasm is endangering the British economy
The West’s self-defeating sanctions
America and its allies are committing geo-political suicide for no discernible gain
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Losing control of the narrative
The British establishment no longer sets the terms of public debate over migration
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
Campaigners should let assisted suicide go
There is no principled case for using the Parliament Acts to squeeze through assisted suicide
Dignified design for the people
A book that asks all the right questions but hasn’t thought through all the answers
A bewitching Sink drama
Sadie Sink and Noah Jupe make Shakespeare compelling for Gen Z
The problem with prohibiting political dishonesty
It will be used to stifle freedom and not just to curb mistruths
Time for change?
A new book might overstate the durability of Trumpian politics
Questioning Islam should not be policed
Luke Salmons’s legal victory should lead to a change in police culture
Low energy
Rachel Reeves and Mel Stride are inconsistent while Reform are invisible
Carry on, matron
The crisis in nursing can be reversed by a return to Florence Nightingale’s vision of vocation and a rebuilt hierarchy on the wards
