Rob Bates
Robert Bates is Research Director at the Centre for Migration Control
Who’s advising the migration advisors?
We deserve more transparency when it comes to who and what influences British immigration policy
Britain is draining vulnerable health systems
Short-termist immigration policies are also damaging foreign nations
Student visas reconsidered
Should the Tories be so proud to have been raising numbers?
The US city on the banks of the Thames
Critics don’t care for Canary Wharf, considering it a monument of 1980s corporatism
Free speech defenders should practice what they preach
There should be no illiberal exception for anti-Zionist academics
Why is the BBC so obsessed with drag?
Incessant coverage of drag shows and drag queens has become something of a running joke
Spotify Wrapped is good for the soul
On the joys of exploring a year in music
Hatred without end
A year on from October 7th, mutual dehumanisation and refusal of moral responsibility characterises our “debate” over the Gaza war
The year in military history
2024 has been a rewarding year for lovers of books and history
The sorry strategy
Reparations are a deeply dangerous strategy in the carnivorous world of geopolitics
We should have the freedom to criticise Islam
Religious freedom entails the right to criticise a belief system as well as to adhere to it
Living the good life
The rising middle classes were decisive in shaping the late 19th century English town
Portugal and the missing goats
The roots of environmental disasters can be odder than they look