Free Speech
Don’t buffer the truth about censorship zones
This is an attack on freedom and choice
Against Tory tinkering
Bin the Online Safety Bill
The police are enabling Islamic intolerance
Where can we provoke if not at Speakers’ Corner?
Faith on trial
Christian beliefs have yet to receive protection under law
The many rooms of British law
Has British legislation become too complex to be understood?
Maya Forstater’s victory
Maya’s vindication in court is a triumph for all women
Human rights and legal wrongs
Why doesn’t British legislation protect free speech?
The myth of liberal neutrality
The culture war in our universities is sweeping away cherished illusions
Bring back blasphemy laws
Free speech is all very well, but that’s no excuse for being RUDE
What really happened in Nottingham
In 2022, women are no longer allowed to gather in public libraries
Hatred without end
A year on from October 7th, mutual dehumanisation and refusal of moral responsibility characterises our “debate” over the Gaza war
Kemi Badenoch has a problem with the truth
From wokeness, to housing, to immigration her words don’t match the facts
Anti-extremism or opportunism?
The UK government should be more careful to distinguish criminal activities from legitimate opinion
In defence of hereditary peers
Starmer’s spiteful plan for the Lords breaks an important intergenerational contract
Why won’t Chris Whitty go away?
He lingers on — a slap-headed Rasputin whispering terrible ideas into the ears of our leaders
An orderly and civilised society
The biggest missing idea in British politics
Lily Phillips is a Rorschach test
Experience and behaviour are not solely reducible to consent
Boris: the PM who could do no wrong
This must be in competition for the most inaccurate work of non-fiction since … well, since Johnson’s last book
South Africa needs better policies, not just better vibes
Political change must lead to economic change as well
End of the Long Peace?
Our technological and institutional sophistication will not eliminate conflict
The decline of industry
English towns faced unique new challenges following deindustrialisation
