Simon Richards
Simon Richards was a co-founder of the Better Off Out campaign in 2006. He retired as CEO of The Freedom Association in July 2020. Born in Cardiff, he now lives in Gloucestershire, and tweets at @simplysimontfa
When Brexit was unfashionable, he was there
Lord Stoddart of Swindon, 1926-2020
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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 government must defuse a legal time bomb
Countries of the “Global South” could sue the UK over greenhouse gas emissions
Britain will be worse without hereditary peers
The expulsion of the hereditaries is neither fair nor pragmatic
Reform’s man in Makerfield
An interview with Rob Kenyon about online controversies and national priorities
Labour’s Gagging Acts
Labour is taking inspiration from Pitt the Younger when it comes to curbing speech
Sweeter the second time around
There’s a real weight to some lyrics once you’re nearer the end than the beginning
Why do we still have social housing?
A decade working in Social Housing taught me that the sector’s perverse incentives guarantee the perpetuation of the very poverty it exists to eradicate
The principles of peers
Supporters of assisted suicide are being sore losers
The judge’s verdict
Much of what is passed off as sport is no such thing
Election objections
Andy Burnham doesn’t need a general election mandate
Broken windows
If small instances of disorder are neglected, greater ones will soon be committed
