Civil Liberties
Do you feel in control?
Seven years on from the Brexit vote, it is hard to feel independent
This too shall pass
People want their pre-covid lives back. It falls on the vigilant to make sure that happens
Speak for liberalism, Ed
Ed Davey has sacrificed the LibDems’ commitment to civil liberties
Confessions of a Melbourne Bus-Fare Evader
I am become bus, destroyer of bourgeois class consciousness
Consent isn’t everything
Protections against violent sexual encounters are being dismantled
There’s no good way to equal pay
You can’t beat the laws of supply and demand
Labour is killing British farming
Attacks on British agriculture must be resisted
The effects of Brexit are still being misreported
A new paper has received a lot of attention — all of it undeserved
Two cheers for Trump on free speech
The President-elect cannot just protect speech that he likes
Death by a thousand cuts
The near-invisibility of the Proms on BBC TV is a symptom of the collapse of public service broadcasting in Britain
Living the good life
The rising middle classes were decisive in shaping the late 19th century English town
Over the line
No one should discipline children for asking honest questions or telling the truth
The decline of industry
English towns faced unique new challenges following deindustrialisation
Defending life and liberty
Abortion buffer zones hurt, rather than help women and babies
