buffer zones
“You can’t preach here!”
A hostile attitude towards preaching threatens freedom of religion and freedom of speech
America’s rebuke ought to sting
Is the special relationship living on a prayer?
The sinister rise of connotation policing
The state is not just punishing what is said but what is inferred
Defending life and liberty
Abortion buffer zones hurt, rather than help women and babies
Thou shalt not pray?
The British state is ruthlessly prosecuting thoughtcrime
Keep the cops out of our minds
Silent thoughts should never be prohibited
Of course there’s a double-standard in policing
Silent prayer is treated more seriously than outright disorder
Stop policing prayer
Do the police not have better things to do than persecuting silent Christians?
Stella Creasy’s hypocrisy
Thoughtcrime for me but not for thee
Sorry, Suella, we do have blasphemy laws
It would be naive to think freedom of speech is safe
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The rise and fall of Nicola Sturgeon
The former SNP leader squandered her talents in a classic tale of hubris
Fear and fury in Belfast
Violence spiralled out of control in Northern Ireland in the aftermath of a shocking crime
The screaming spires
Oxford University must clarify where it stands on academic freedom
Nigel Farage, community leader
The logic of multiculturalism is turning on its architects
Low energy
Rachel Reeves and Mel Stride are inconsistent while Reform are invisible
Wrestling with realignment
Labour will use the Irish Sea border as an excuse to realign with the EU’s rules
On a wind and a prayer
Beggaring ourselves will not cool the rest of the planet’s weather
The misfits of Middagh Street
What a bunch: gifted and impossible to live with
A magnificent navy on land
The state of the British Armed Forces triumphantly vindicates Parkinson’s Law
What makes an American?
What characterises a US citizen in the 21st century, beyond abiding by the country’s laws and supporting its constitution?
Reform should ignore bad faith criticism
The party is not perfect but that does not make all criticism valid
The thin blue line must be thicker
The police are nothing without a presence in communities
Westminster is not Manchester
Andy Burnham would find being the PM a lot more difficult than being a mayor
Right-wing fight night
A debate over the future of right-wing politics in Britain offered little heat and less light
Thank God for Brexit
The EU is a bureaucratic monster and Britain is better off out