Freedom
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?
The Royal Society should not expel Elon
Excommunicating people over political differences is wrong
Gambling is not the business of “public health professionals”
The concept of “public health” should apply to collective risks, not individual choices
Are we getting blasphemy law in disguise?
Public order law is being used to protect religious sensitivities
In defence of blasphemy laws
Conservatives are forgetting an important tradition
Describing reality is not “harassment”
It is absurd that women are being persecuted for defending the truth and their basic freedoms
On blasphemy and bullets
Murder is a lot worse than insulting religious beliefs
Southport is no excuse for censorship
The government is being weak-minded and opportunistic
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The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Can Russell T Davies write “terfs”?
In Tip Toe, Russell T Davies is more nuanced than one might expect — much to the dismay of gender ideologues
New model Auntie
David Elstein spells out the big decisions that Matt Brittin, the BBC’s new director-general, needs to make very quickly in order to save the Corporation
Why Brexit was right
Bad decisions have been made since we voted to leave but we were still right to leave
Greene around the gills
A truly ghastly gastropub
Manic and messianic
The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui, Royal Shakespeare Company
The flawed thinking behind state suicide
Kathleen Stock demonstrates the value of a philosopher’s analytical mind in a sharp critique of assisted suicide
Why Keynes was wrong
He misinterpreted fundamental economic principles
A new town versus an old estate
Development in the heart of rural Oxfordshire will change the ecology of the surrounding area
Europe’s French nuclear shield?
With the NATO alliance under threat, will
Europe really trust President Macron’s
offer of a pan-EU nuclear deterrent?
How religion shapes football fandom
The meaning of football is intertwined with the meaning of faith
Anyone could have predicted
Left-leaning commentators should not pretend to be surprised by the consequences of multiculturalism
The limits of choice
Sometimes, we do know better than people who are harming themselves