Rev. Dr Richard Turnbull
Revd Dr Richard Turnbull is Director of the Centre for Enterprise, Markets and Ethics, visiting Professor at St Mary’s University, Twickenham and a Trustee of the Christian Institute.
Our national spiritual leaders have fallen short
Why aren’t churches straining at the boundaries Caesar has fenced them off with?
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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
What is wrong now was wrong before
Julia Gillard should not pretend that the “unintended consequences” of the gender debate were unknowable
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
The decision-dodgers
The puberty blocker trial shows that outsourcing policy choices to experts isn’t working
Europe should defend itself
European states should invest more in their own defence, and the US should let them
The screaming spires
Oxford University must clarify where it stands on academic freedom
Britain should speak up for Egypt’s persecuted Christians
We should oppose blasphemy laws at home and abroad
The last true Kapellmeister
Chaotic in all things except music, where he demanded precision and gave his all
Farage fumbles
“Stop Farage” seems to be a more effective message than “Farage”
The Hollywood starlet and the immigration albatross
Free marketeers were too content to ignore the negative externalities of immigration
The memory wars
Poland and Ukraine must find some way to stop falling out over history
The (in)justice of the Equality Act
Far from guaranteeing equal treatment, the Equality Act has transformed Britain’s understanding of equality from individual rights to group identity
Dear Prudence
A reflection on the Tory Party’s historic suspicion of interventionism
