Steven Barrett
Steven Barrett is a writer and barrister
The EU chooses lawlessness
The European Parliament is veering towards gunboat diplomacy
The Northern Ireland Protocol would be illegal in many countries
What makes the United Kingdom different?
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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
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
Smart but ill-suited
Michael Anton was too good for the administrations that he helped to create
Worstall’s Corollary
Rare earths expose a fatal flaw at the heart of industrial strategy: governments intervene in systems they do not remotely understand
The games we play
Richard Holt’s sweeping survey of sporting history shows how games, from cricket to boxing, became one of Britain’s most durable cultural languages
Reform’s man in Makerfield
An interview with Rob Kenyon about online controversies and national priorities
Britain must call its exiles home
The nation cannot continue to lose its top talent
We must save the right to smoke
Liberals must not put down the sword against paternalism
A bloodless account of blood-soaked times
Athens and Sparta: The Rivalry That Shaped Ancient Greece by Adrian Goldsworthy
Women should not have to apologise for their rights
There is nothing cruel about women wanting single-sex spaces
Spaceships, ghost ships and sheep
The secret sauce of Project Hail Mary: it’s a laugh
The rise and fall of Nicola Sturgeon
The former SNP leader squandered her talents in a classic tale of hubris
Confessions of an aging pop queen
Madonna once assured us that being an adult woman was something to aspire to
