Susan Pickard
Susan Pickard is a professor of sociology at the University of Liverpool
How the war wasn’t won
The Supreme Court judgment on sex and the Equality Act is still being opposed and undermined
What does it mean to be free?
Women are caught between different experiences of freedom and loss
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Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
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
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
The shape of a different Britain
Early modernist homes in Frinton-on-Sea capture a moment of confidence in a rapidly changing world
Why nationalisation is not the answer to our problems
Planning, not privatisation, is the big problem with our water
The memory wars
Poland and Ukraine must find some way to stop falling out over history
Police policies must be reformed
If we are to have policing “without fear or favour” then it is time for change
Fair vs free elections
The grey zone between interference and counter-interference is becoming Europe’s new political frontier
The emperor’s old advisor
McSweeney’s performance before MPs suggests age and experience hasn’t brought clarity — only better excuses
From triple lock to price caps
Opinium polling for The Critic reveals the totemic pension policy has entrenched a politics that demands control over growth
The warlords’ insolence
The Americans must stop blaming Europe for their own mistake
Shining a light on the culture wars
Without the reintroduction of liberal ethical standards, the sacred purpose of academia cannot survive
The original sin
It should not have been difficult to see that there were problems with appointing Peter Mandelson
