Simon Calvert
Simon Calvert is a spokesperson for letuspray.uk, a campaign of The Christian Institute
Criminalising prayer protects no one
Laws against so-called conversion therapy are threatening the freedom of belief
Banning prayer is beyond the Scottish Government’s powers
Holyrood has vastly exceeded its remit
Criminalising Christians
Activists demand the most religiously repressive law the UK has seen in centuries
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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
The fire in him
Gary Oldman is superb in Krapp’s Last Tape at the Royal Court
Westminster is not Manchester
Andy Burnham would find being the PM a lot more difficult than being a mayor
A frozen war?
The US should put stubbornness aside and end the conflict with Iran
Peeves and a weekend in Worcester
Thoroughly entertaining, darkly funny and humanely nasty
The malicious and the mad
Two recent productions offer two different perspectives on dark sides of masculinity
The delusions of the DCMS
The establishment approach to the internet is marked by paranoia and control
What is anger for?
If young women are going to be radical, they need to make it worth it
Critical briefing: EU-Taliban talks
As European governments harden their approach to migration, Brussels has taken the extraordinary step of negotiating directly with Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers
The Islamopopulist march continues
Overshadowed by the Reform and Green surges, the Muslim vote continues a long march through the corridors of power
