Equality Act
The danger of civil service overreach
How can working within the law be in breach of the Civil Service Code?
Attack of the quangocrats
Taxpayers should not foot the bill of an equal pay litigation unit
Equality law is bankrupting Britain
Birmingham is the tip of an iceberg of trash
Two-tier policing is a feature, not a bug
If you’re wondering why “DEI” hasn’t produced equality, you’re misunderstanding the point
Why shouldn’t we discriminate against people’s beliefs?
It is not the same as discriminating on the basis of race or sex
The Tories are victims of themselves
It is futile to complain about the consequences of laws they have established or upheld
The problem with “extremism”
Violence and intimidation are deplorable, but can there be a clear definition of a concept as subjective as “extremism”?
Is public health a protected belief?
A new case will decide if prohibitionism in the name of public health constitutes a philosophical belief under the Equality Act
The government needs to put safeguarding first
It should not allow social transitioning in schools
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American strategy in Iran is wiser than it seems
President Trump’s intervention will leave the world safer than it was
Saint Nicola
Nicola Sturgeon wants sympathy for her husband’s crimes—but after years spent avoiding awkward questions, her latest reinvention may be the hardest sell yet.
On Britain as a capitalist command economy
It is neither neoliberal nor socialist but a secret third thing
Rewatching the English
English identity has become too surreal and discomfiting to define
A rare interview proved a delight
Eavesdropping on two intelligent people sharing a civilised conversation about interesting things
Laughing to hide the tears
Beware: prime ministerial jokes ahead
A carnivore’s arcadia
Bowled over by a de luxe fillet steak
The strange birth of woo-woo
The glitzy LA supermarket chain and the Buddhist food cult behind your wellness smoothie
Free speech is about principle, not political convenience
One might disagree with pro-Palestine radicals but that does not mean that they should be censored
We’re all living in America
For all the talk of “BRICS” and “multipolarity”, America is still number one
The malicious and the mad
Two recent productions offer two different perspectives on dark sides of masculinity
What Louis Theroux ignores
Pea-brained influencers make for an easier target than Islamic misogyny
Bonfire of the fallacies
Two opposing ideas about hard power and foreign policy — legalism and nihilism — are being exposed by the Trump
administration
An artful chip
Any penalty is at heart a psychological battle between taker and keeper
It’s what you Makerfield of it
Andy Burnham may yet stop Reform, but victory would raise almost as many questions for Labour as defeat.