Climate Change
The court of hot air
We do not need human rights law to protect human rights or to maintain the rule of law
Democracy contra the majority
What does democracy mean if it is not related to the popular will?
Criminal damage remains criminal
A new judgment has challenged a convoluted legal defence of property damage
Allocating blame in the name of climate change
Dwelling on the question of historical responsibility for climate change helps no one
The Pope is right about nature
Disagreements on different means of protecting the environment should not obscure the aim
No place on the ARC for environmentalism
Stewardship of nature is a proper and appealing conservative cause
A load of hot air (w/ Barry Norris)
Why wind power cannot meet our needs
The rise and rise of AAAAAH-ctivism
Not every problem is the end of the world
A bonfire of the straw men
Rishi Sunak declares war on policies that never existed
The liturgy of ESG
Against the depoliticisation of contested values
Plagiarism: a racist weapon
It has been genuinely disturbing to see Claudine Gay ousted simply for being an empowered black woman
A mum’s place is in the Irish constitution
Ireland’s constitution is rare in protecting mothers, so why change this?
Two-tier policing?
If the Government caves in on its buffer zone guidance, it will be mandating two-tier policing
After the Cass Review
Our elected politicians need more independence from partial lobbyists
The wrong kind of groupthink
Why do so many economists deny that the value of money is related to its quantity?
The fixtures that forged a nation
Even if you loathed sport, you could enjoy this book — which is why it can both delight and frustrate
Why the Intellectual Dark Web has failed
Internet ideologues have yet to formulate a coherent vision to turn their ideas into action
Campus confidential
Inside the secret Cambridge societies hiding their unfashionable views
An unconvincing case against the UNRWA
It should take more evidence to strip the Palestinians of essential support
The first rule of Plot Club is…
The Tories are absolutely, definitely, certainly not scheming to replace Rishi Sunak
Legal laughs
Legal “humour” is seldom more than mildly amusing
