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
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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
Jorge Luis Borges
A giant of Spanish letters who was forged by childhood exposure to his father’s vast English library
Sing for victory
The days when recording a novelty single was a pre-tour duty are long gone
The injustice of early releases
The government is failing victims for the sake of political convenience
New model Auntie
David Elstein spells out the big decisions that Matt Brittin, the BBC’s new director-general, needs to make very quickly in order to save the Corporation
Jolly boating weather
The Gondoliers, English Touring Opera, Hackney Empire
AI and the Jefferson Option
Eighteenth-century advice on surviving the AI apocalypse
The disunited kingdom
The establishment must confront the disturbing realities of sectarian politics in the UK
What is anger for?
If young women are going to be radical, they need to make it worth it
The joys of village cricket
Cricket embodies much of what is valuable about our culture
Papal pressures
The Pope was well-received in Spain, but political tensions have been mounting
Burying their heads in the ash
The battle against the illicit tobacco market has not been won
