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
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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
Britain should speak up for Egypt’s persecuted Christians
We should oppose blasphemy laws at home and abroad
What the reparations debate says about Britain
Social and ideological shifts mean that we face an increasingly divided future
Fear and fury in Belfast
Violence spiralled out of control in Northern Ireland in the aftermath of a shocking crime
Europe should defend itself
European states should invest more in their own defence, and the US should let them
Literature amid lies
Leonardo Sciascia sought justice in the face of cynicism
The state enablers of the Stade shooting
A fatal shooting in Germany illuminated more than one man
The EU is getting worse
Ursula von der Leyen’s left-wing managerial agenda is failing
A mean mood in Makerfield
Reform have enthusiasm, but quiet Labour voters could still swing it for Burnham
How to be a populist in the art world
A recent conference on populism exposed the extent to which the art world talks around actually existing people
The Ghost Dance of Rejoin
There is no real argument for rejoining the EU — and nobody makes one
