Richard Scorer
Richard Scorer is a lawyer writing in a personal capacity. He tweets @Richard_Scorer
How to rescue the grooming gangs inquiry
It needs power, resources and freedom from the Home Office
The law is failing grooming victims
Mandatory reporting laws have been watered down to the point of meaninglessness
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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
Against Northernism
“Northernism” is a superficial form of cultural branding, not a serious political project
Manic and messianic
The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui, Royal Shakespeare Company
Farage the fumbler
Nigel Farage is not built for the highest positions of responsibility
The global risks of the AI illusion
What if AI turns out to be a lot less profitable than we have been told?
Migrant hotels are not the real problem
The real problem with illegal immigration is at the border
The false filibuster framing
There was nothing undemocratic about resistance to the Assisted Dying Bill
Oldham, new problems
How changing demographics have reshaped culture and politics in Greater Manchester
The injustice of early releases
The government is failing victims for the sake of political convenience
AI and the Jefferson Option
Eighteenth-century advice on surviving the AI apocalypse
