Scott Benton
Scott Benton is the Conservative MP for Blackpool South
Don’t criminalise support
The government should change course on Clause 9
When is suicide not suicide?
The vulnerable need our support, not lethal drugs
Draining the swamp
Residents are hopeful that the mayor’s grip on Venice might at last be easing
(DTB) Don’t Trust Boris
The former prime minister is up to his old tricks
Digging the Holy Land’s past
Our modern controversies about Jerusalem have ancient and medieval roots
Wagner: the long and short of it
Creativity consists in destruction, in turning the composer inside-out, in making fun of him.
Rocking the Reichstag
Women across the world have been protesting against the bizarre new German self-ID laws
Dress code
How did Starmer not know how it would look? (The donation, not the clothes)
Tom Stoppard’s Hampstead drama
Best not try to memorise this deceptive Connect Four of relationships — just get into the flow
Cheap at the price
Political donations are the highest grossing investments you’ll ever make
The new equality bar
Is the Bar Standards Council really fit to enforce a proposed raft of new equality rules?
Two-tier justice in Northern Ireland
Why do only some killings deserve investigation?
Tierless? (Starmer’s version)
Taxpayer-funded escorts for celebrities, criminal neighbours for normal Brits