Lockdowns
No, lockdowns were not inevitable
The Hallett inquiry has ignored the best arguments against shutdowns
Is the “Boriswave” a useful concept?
Opponents of mass migration are obscuring the historical record
The costs of cost-benefit analysis
We have to be more sceptical about the use of data in governance
The eternal lockdown of the soul
Lockdown-lifers have become a key tool of the state
Counting Covid costs
We need a broad perspective of Britain’s pandemic failures
Lockdowns and the problem with science-based policy
Evidence in politics is great, but what evidence and to what ends?
Were lockdowns ethical?
Questionable benefits were emphasised above obvious and dramatic harms
There is still no pandemic plan
The Covid inquiry could help improve our response to the next crisis, but is not asking the right questions
Revisionist lockdown history
The public health establishment is being whitewashed over COVID
A nation of curtain twitchers
Britain is becoming pettier, nastier and more tedious
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The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
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
Stop ignoring the Islamisation of our democracy
The British state is bending to Islamism, not attempting to defeat it
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
The Third China Shock?
We are unprepared for the possibility of a future Chinese hegemon
The ballad of Robbie and Harry
Sometimes, the struggle can become the art
The case for vapes
Arguments for prohibitionism disappear in a cloud of vapour
The praises of a neglected vegetable
Summer calls for cold cucumbers
Irish anti-Israel agitation is out of control
Anti-Israel sentiments among Irish nationalists are irrational and opportunistic
The Bible in the dock
Free speech for Christians is still under assault
The Boston barbarians
The Boston Symphony acted like a New Orleans nightclub owner with a recalcitrant pole-dancer
Life for petty theft?
IPP sentences are a shocking stain on the criminal justice system that the Prime Minister would do well to kill off
Keir’s logorrhoea
The prime minister has a lot to say — but does any of it actually matter?
Worstall’s Corollary
Rare earths expose a fatal flaw at the heart of industrial strategy: governments intervene in systems they do not remotely understand
Standing up for cultural freedom
We must follow the example of brave artists who oppose censorship