Free Speech
A rare victory for free speech
The seven year saga of Kristie Higgs is finally over: she has been totally vindicated
The grooming gangs scandal shows the importance of free speech
Vague accusations of bigotry must not be allowed to silence dissent
Have the Greens gone gaga?
The expulsion of their former health spokesperson is a sign of radical dogmatism
Get ready for blasphemy laws
The British state appears to be trying to accommodate Islamic jurisprudence
What has happened to the police?
The police cannot keep plodding along while their reputation collapses
J.D. Vance was right about censorship
The tide of censorship is turning in the West
We need an American approach to free expression
Kneecap might be preposterous but they should not be prosecuted
In defence of Gary Lineker
There is a difference between bad posts and crimes
Stop Labour’s “banter bouncers” before it’s too late
Clause 20 of the Employment Rights Bill would turn everyday conversation into a legal minefield
Why should Muslims in Britain understand free speech?
We should stop assuming that our values are universal
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It is influential left-wingers, not the broader public, who have deluded themselves on mass migration
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
Morals before wealth
250 years after Adam Smith published The Wealth of Nations, an earlier work remains the key to understanding it.
Under the volcano
As Sicilians say, Mamma Etna gives more than she takes away
Canis lupus labor
Europe is a wolf coming up the path to devour the Labour Party
Britain’s AI gamble reeks of desperation
The government is betting it all on AI — it could lose our trousers
Eric Snapper
Anti-biographer
Peston’s Inbox
Farage: I’m not worried
An unholy war
Donald Trump is damaging America as well as Iran
The trans war on reality
Trans activists loudly trumpet a false mythology
of victimhood. In fact, trans people are more
likely to kill than be killed,
Good news for the rule of law
Activists who break the law should not be able to appeal to their high-minded motives
Unionists should unite
It’s time to build alliances to ensure that unionists are not let down again
The EU is changing on immigration
A firmer stance is being taken — but will it be enough?