Equality
Don’t make ethnic pay gap reporting mandatory
Mandatory pay gap reporting will make discrimination more common, not less
The inequality delusion
British politics is being hamstrung by the uncritical pursuit of equal outcomes
Two-tier justice
But it is not the form of bias that one might expect
The police must overcome their equality obsession
Money is being wasted and freedoms are being curbed while crime goes ignored
Why shouldn’t we discriminate against people’s beliefs?
It is not the same as discriminating on the basis of race or sex
The problem with EDI
Equality, diversity and inclusion policies are constraining free thought and dividing people
Blue-collar brilliance
1970s Pittsburgh wasn’t just a steel town: it was the steel town
EDI corrodes the rule of law
Embedding EDI in the work of barristers makes for bad law, not a good society
The professional classes don’t understand manual work
They cannot understand distinctions between different kinds of labour
The Bar should say “bye” to EDI
Barristers should not have to follow ever more extensive equality standards
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The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Stop ignoring the Islamisation of our democracy
The British state is bending to Islamism, not attempting to defeat it
Anti-gambling campaigners need a reality check
Affordability checks on punters are counter-productive
The problem with prohibiting political dishonesty
It will be used to stifle freedom and not just to curb mistruths
The forlorn hope of growth
Voters are struggling economically but wrongly believe the country to be rich
Britain will be worse without hereditary peers
The expulsion of the hereditaries is neither fair nor pragmatic
Angst in the Anglosphere
England’s existential crisis is being played out at the World Cup
At a loose end
We are making young adults un-ready for work
The case against Project Spire
The Church of England should abandon this misleading and expensive exercise in virtue signalling
The asylum seeker will see you now
We should not legitimise illegal migration and its damaging effects
The Starmer strikes back
In a galaxy far, far from stable, Labour’s leadership chaos overshadows the King’s Speech
Leading us a not- so-merry dance
Virtually every moment of physical theatre has to include some sort of balletic lunge
Who will pound longest?
America has military might — but does it have the appetite for war?