Simon Reader
Simon Reader is a partner at litigation financier Audley Capital, a weekly columnist at the South African Institute of Race Relations and a trustee of the Kay Mason Foundation, an educational charity. He is based in London.
South Africa and the future of crime in Britain
When the police and politicians fail to act, crime can get out of control
When gangsters move in next door
The British state is unwilling and unable to deal with unwanted neighbours
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Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Stop ignoring the Islamisation of our democracy
The British state is bending to Islamism, not attempting to defeat it
Oldham, new problems
How changing demographics have reshaped culture and politics in Greater Manchester
Spirits, a seven-year-old and a death camp
Balancing the gap between what the narrator knows and what the reader does
Playing by numbers
Attacking the Space:
Inside Rugby’s Tactical and Data
Revolution by Sam Larner
Grin and bear it
Carelessness and frivolity sabotage any attempt at a serious discussion
Welcome to the low-trust economy
The multi-billion pound cost of Britain’s shoplifting surge
A revolutionary king
The monarch’s vision of “harmony” will have lasting impact
Itamar Ben-Gvir, heel
The Israeli demagogue is a bleak but interesting model of a modern politician
The malicious and the mad
Two recent productions offer two different perspectives on dark sides of masculinity
Don’t bet against the SNP
The complete ineptitude of their rivals has kept them at the top of Scottish politics
The global migration compact trap
The UN migration compact may be non-binding, but its political effects are very real
