Robert Clark
Robert Clark is a Research Fellow at Civitas. He has served fifteen years in the British military, including operational tours in Iraq and Afghanistan. Follow him at @RobertClark87
Breaking our ranks
Woke culture poisons operational capability while Defence whittles away British forces
Why tech execs don’t give their kids phones
Gen Z’s brains have been “rewired” by the online world —can they be restored to factory settings?
British politics is Gething worse and worse
Identity is being prioritised over competence and ambition
What price justice?
Small disputes involving ordinary people are not a waste of the courts’ time
The publisher and the police
The case of Ernest Moret has drawn attention to a sinister abuse of power
British spies and the IRA
Blair, Clinton, Ahern et al were credited with putting together the Northern Ireland peace deal, but 800 British agents also played their part
Why the election was good for Unionism
A diversity of voices will help rather than hinder the cause
Don’t blame “county lines” victims
Exploited children need protecting, not convicting
We must punish the parents
How should France tackle the problem of repeat juvenile offenders?
What Lowry saw in the sea
The philosophical side of the painter of “matchstalk men” adds to his charm
The Modi-fication of British politics
Both parties should stop seeking approval from sectarian Hindu nationalists
Planning for success
Even with its huge majority, Labour has a finite amount of political capital. It should spend a great deal of it on planning reform