Authoritarianism
The curious priorities of the police
Why is gender criticism a more arrestable offence than being pro-jihad?
Disposable vapes and the race to prohibition
The state should enforce existing rules, not ban disposable vapes
Good riddance to the “conversion therapy” bill
It would have represented an attack on free speech
A tweet deceit
Is there any tweet the police will not investigate?
Free speech for all
Everyone hurts when the state restricts our right to speak
What are the police good for?
British cops have to focus on actual crimes
West Yorkshire Police have some explaining to do
Why did the police arrest a drunk autistic girl?
Do you feel in control?
Seven years on from the Brexit vote, it is hard to feel independent
See it. Say it. Sod off!
Against the naggy state
The making of a modern prophet
Taylor’s impressive second biography of Orwell is more than justified
Portugal and the missing goats
The roots of environmental disasters can be odder than they look
Don’t bet on green energy
Groupthink has blinded us into backing solar and wind. Will a big short make us see sense?
The Conservatives must reject Human Quantitative Easing
It has been a disaster for the party and for the nation
Explaining reality to Ed Miliband
You can’t ban baking and eat cake
London and the laggards
In the eighteenth century London was booming, but many towns weren’t doing so well
Don’t patronise female students
It’s insulting to think that women have to be treated with kid gloves
The far enemy
The motivations for the 9/11 attacks are still misunderstood and moralised
The monumental cradles of democracy
Squeezed into a single large volume, readers can now find a remarkable account of the Greek city
Hi-energy nutrients
Schoenfield, Vivier, Bartok &c (Accentus Music)
Kim Leadbeater’s “safeguards” won’t keep people safe
The proposed legal hurdles are effectively useless
What does it mean to be Christian?
We are in danger of reducing faith to the shallow depths of personality and politics
