Jim Goad
The goading life
How the transgressive media of the 1990s influenced, and was eaten by, online culture
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Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
Amnesty irrational
Gender identity ideologues cannot get away with baseless smears any more
A chaplain’s vindication
The case of Dr Bernard Randall has exposed the rot in our institutions
The myth of banned books
If transgression is fun and easy, it is probably not transgressive
The case against recognising Somaliland
The Somaliland lobby is being dangerously naive about the realities of the region
Beware the British ICE
Mass deportation of Muslims will not solve antisemitism, but feed feelings of alienation
Rendering the word of God in English
500 years ago, William Tyndale published his groundbreaking New Testament translation
From triple lock to price caps
Opinium polling for The Critic reveals the totemic pension policy has entrenched a politics that demands control over growth
Bye bye, Beeb?
A Netflix-style subscription model is the only way to save the BBC
Institutional feminism against women
The likes of Julia Gillard and Jess Phillips have enabled misogyny
A frozen war?
The US should put stubbornness aside and end the conflict with Iran
Worstall’s Corollary
Rare earths expose a fatal flaw at the heart of industrial strategy: governments intervene in systems they do not remotely understand
The Muslim modernisers
Muslim reformers do not innovate; they renew by seeking to mend what is broken
The pro-nature case for regulatory reform
England’s environmental regime hasn’t delivered a restoration of nature — only decline, delay, and bureaucracy
Settlement disagreements
Shabana Mahmood and the Labour Party are absolutely hopeless on immigration
Civilisation needs silence
On cooing babies and other noisy performances