Internet
No one should have to support the BBC
If the BBC is worth keeping, it should be able to support itself
The road to online Hell is paved with good intentions
The Online Safety Act is a disaster for freedom and innovation
VPN nation
Overbearing laws are encouraging a breakdown in trust
The problem of online ugliness
It is not good for us to surround ourselves with so much unattractive media
The Online Safety Act is an abomination
It is making us less free, not more safe
Of course we should stop kids from watching porn
There are valid criticisms of the Online Safety Act — but age verification for porn sites is good
Ireland’s assault on encryption should concern us all
Between authoritarian politics and corporate self-interest, basic freedoms should be protected
How jihadis lost their aura
In an online age, Islamic militants have been exposed as thuggish and dim
Let’s ban the TV
Television, not the internet, is driving people mad
Resist the social media moral panic
The case against social media is both hysterical and hypocritical
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Tame Impala fails to impress
unconquered by a
taste of Crusader food
Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
What is wrong now was wrong before
Julia Gillard should not pretend that the “unintended consequences” of the gender debate were unknowable
Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
The Third China Shock?
We are unprepared for the possibility of a future Chinese hegemon
Are automated auctions on the way?
New technology has a double edge
Embers to tend
The brilliance of Sappho has been obscured by rumour and neglect
Beware the British ICE
Mass deportation of Muslims will not solve antisemitism, but feed feelings of alienation
Andy Burnham’s immigration double game
Andy Burnham might make sceptical noises about mass migration but they mean nothing in practice
The miracle of the magical migrants
Is a man’s identity is fluid when he steps on British soil, but calcified on African soil?
Peston’s Inbox
Burnham: “Ay up! I’m a northerner”
Once more unto the speeches
There was a great deal of talking today, but how much of it meant anything?
The knife and the bone
After war and repression, Iranian dissidents believe the regime’s reckoning is near — but Tehran’s influence reaches far beyond its borders
The original sin
It should not have been difficult to see that there were problems with appointing Peter Mandelson
Critical briefing: cuckooing
A hidden scourge has been plaguing British streets for too long