Freedom
How the unions turned against their members
Unions are clamping down on the free speech of ordinary workers
Will universities accept academic freedom?
Job adverts still demonstrate a deep commitment to ideological biases
The dangers of conversation at work
We are taking words in the office far too seriously
The UK is no longer an “open” country for free expression
Britain is now a world leader in censorship
We have to prevent Prevent from undermining freedom
The grounds for a referral are dangerously broad
J.D. Vance was right about censorship
The tide of censorship is turning in the West
The tyranny of the non-smoking majority
Moral busybodies should leave smokers alone
We should not accept ID cards
Our liberties should not be compromised because of dysfunction in the political system
The evils of obligatory lying
Compelled lying discriminates against Christians
Will Donald Trump be good or bad for academic freedom?
The academia needed to be shaken up — but how will the pieces fall?
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The establishment is still living in an immigration fantasy land
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
The disunited kingdom
The establishment must confront the disturbing realities of sectarian politics in the UK
Let’s pay MPs less
MPs are getting another inflation-busting pay rise — even as the country they govern grows poorer
The right-wing case for social media
X and other platforms can be vital sources of unfashionable information and dissenting opinions
On a wind and a prayer
Beggaring ourselves will not cool the rest of the planet’s weather
The imprudence of Dame Prue
Dame Prue Leith is spreading errors about assisted suicide
Bonfire of the fallacies
Two opposing ideas about hard power and foreign policy — legalism and nihilism — are being exposed by the Trump
administration
Dumbed-down democracy
“Public opinion” is useless when the public is largely ignorant
The Real shooting match
Cue the bogus platitudes that leaders make about sport’s ability to heal divisions
Andy Burnham’s immigration double game
Andy Burnham might make sceptical noises about mass migration but they mean nothing in practice
In defence of Gary Stevenson
If economists were only those with doctorates, we would have to ignore both the market’s wisdom and many of its most perceptive critics
Truth and consequences for ministers
Former Ministers should be hauled back before MPs to justify their poor decisions