Natalism
Tax incentives won’t solve the declining birth rate
The demographic crisis can’t be solved by cheap tricks
Take the cap off
Why do child benefits stop at a point lower than our replacement rate?
The tragedy of prenatal screening
There is no such thing as a wrongful birth
The problem with right-wing natalism
No one actually knows how to raise birth rates
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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
Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
Solent mean
Solent PhD student frozen out after introducing Roger Scruton into seminar
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 soul of Putin
Twenty-five years after George W. Bush first looked into Vladimir Putin’s eyes, the Russian president has changed less than America would like to believe
Department heads must roll
Apologies for gender dissidents are not enough — there must be consequences too
Nigel Farage is not establishment
Power in the UK is not determined by your schooling or your bank account
Exactly my bag
Travel they say, broadens the mind. It can also empty the pockets
Wit as well as social conscience
Avril Quartet: Claires Obscures (Etcetera)
The last thing Labour needs
The revival of the Terminally Ill Adults Bill threatens to consume a party already struggling to hold itself together
Signal failure
Ministers love announcing transformative mega-projects, but millions of commuters would settle for an internet connection that actually works
The end of anonymity?
The moral norms of the internet are being destroyed by zero sum politics
Knowingly crass and conflicted
This American culture is hegemonic because even to steal from it is to propel it
Broken windows
If small instances of disorder are neglected, greater ones will soon be committed
Against the scolding mob
MPs have helped to create the puritanism that is now coming for their drinks