William Taylor
William Taylor is a Church of England clergyman in the London Borough of Hackney and the first Labour councillor in the City of London. He tweets at @hackneypreacher
The City’s disenfranchised voters
As the City of London goes to the polls, why are thousands being denied the right to vote?
The spectre of the past
The “Great English Ghost Story” offers a form of comfort and is rooted in the ache of nostalgia for a more elegant era
How not to investigate the origins of Covid
Wuhan: How the Covid-19 Outbreak in China Spiralled Out of Control by Dali L. Yang
It’s not rocket science
It all goes wrong when arts departments start imitating research universities
What Britain should learn from Singaporean healthcare
How Singapore spends less and sees better outcomes
SEEN should be heard
A new group aims to remind the police to act without fear or favour
Criminal damage remains criminal
A new judgment has challenged a convoluted legal defence of property damage
The passage from India
The failings of Bazball, like the failings of Britain, are becoming more apparent
The ongoing fiasco of European defence
Starry-eyed talk of continental cooperation obscures the grim reality of competing interests