Simon Clarke
Simon Clarke is the Conservative MP for Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland. He served as Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities in Liz Truss’s Government, and before that as Chief Secretary to the Treasury under Boris Johnson
How did it all go so wrong for Liz Truss?
The former prime minister was fundamentally right in her diagnosis of the situation at home and abroad and what should be done about it
Labour’s favourite banker
Questions can be asked about the relationship between the Labour Party and Anthony Watson
Journeys in Genderland
The stories of people caught up in the madness of gender ideology are beyond belief
Wanted: a plan to reform the NHS
No serious party can sit out the ideological battle over the remorseless rise in public spending, including on health
The British state is failing to protect women
Misogyny, rape and sectarian violence go increasingly unchallenged in the UK
Let publishers publish
The protracted corporate decision-making process is stifling the books industry
The good news on academic free speech
The Office for Students has offered some cause for optimism
Is cricket growing up and leaving home?
In many ways the sport is thriving, but there is danger ahead
The fables of Davos Man
Yuval Noah Harari has written another long book with little wisdom
Why do we need a privacy elite?
The world has conformed to Silicon Valley’s way of doing business
The great British giveaway
The handover of the Chagos Islands reflects a wider lack of realism in UK foreign policy
Hush, nepo baby
Such colourful champions of free speech should be treasured rather than ridiculed