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?
EDI corrodes the rule of law
Embedding EDI in the work of barristers makes for bad law, not a good society
Don’t Cry for Me, Diego Garcia
A small island is in trouble, foreigners are probably up to no good, and the Tories are yomping to the rescue
Only the truly privileged can be cultural relativists
It is easy not to judge appalling cultural practices from a distance
The good news on academic free speech
The Office for Students has offered some cause for optimism
Why young men like Donald Trump
He cuts through the sterility and severity of modern life
Reading humbly
Approaching texts with love, patience and humility can reveal more than scepticism
Three decades of broken promises on immigration
Time and time again, Labour and the Conservatives have failed to deliver on their pledges
Revolution in the Academy
The quest for knowledge, not power, ought to guide academia
Labour’s timebomb
This one-term Labour government will bequeath a wretched economic mess
Keir’s junk politics
Keir Starmer is trying to reform the public, not the NHS