Authoritarianism
The police are ruining their reputation
The average citizen has no reason to put their faith in British policing
Starmer’s political prisoners, pt. 2
Amid the outrage that followed the British riots, great injustices were done
Starmer’s political prisoners
How the government used arbitrary authoritarianism to quell unrest
The right-on, left-wing oppressors
A flaw in the design of academic studies makes the Left appear less authoritarian than the Right
The empty road to serfdom
“Vision Zero” is a tyrannical anti-driving dream
Grossly offensive censorship
A new ruling offers hope for an end to preposterous rulings over “malicious communications”
The Irish should reject the new hate speech bill
It threatens free speech while offering dubious benefits for society
Free speech for everyone, except …
We have to stop compromising our defence of free speech whenever it is convenient
Keep the cops out of our minds
Silent thoughts should never be prohibited
Britain’s arbitrary authoritarianism
Recent prosecutions over speech should concern us all
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Tame Impala fails to impress
unconquered by a
taste of Crusader food
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
What is wrong now was wrong before
Julia Gillard should not pretend that the “unintended consequences” of the gender debate were unknowable
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
Embers to tend
The brilliance of Sappho has been obscured by rumour and neglect
Our money, abroad
If Whitehall can’t stop taxpayers’ money reaching terrorists, it should stop sending it abroad
The great recoupling
Our politicians have a bizarre sense of costs and benefits when it comes to energy
Leaving the ECHR would not make Britain like Russia
The case for opposing withdrawal is currently intellectually fatuous
France’s fading yellow jersey
The Tour de France once united France, but now reflects its divisions
Come together
Some political truths on which we can all agree
The RAM should face the music
Why the Royal Academy of Music shuts of pupils from private schools
The Third China Shock?
We are unprepared for the possibility of a future Chinese hegemon
Not mad for it
I Puritani, Royal Opera, Covent Garden
Keir’s logorrhoea
The prime minister has a lot to say — but does any of it actually matter?
UK defence readiness is indefensible
Silence is no longer an option — Britain’s Chief of the Defence Staff must resign