Pornography
Porn is degrading society
Standing out in a saturated market means ever more extreme content
VPN nation
Overbearing laws are encouraging a breakdown in trust
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
Are 4 per cent of young British women on OnlyFans?
The reality is grim but the statistics are questionable
Sanitising “sex work”
A real “ally” should address the severe harms of pornography and prostitution
Deepfake dystopias
Why we need to take women’s online safety more seriously
The major implications of minor sexism
Sexism-as-entertainment enables more serious acts of exploitation
The delusions of “consent”
We can be too willing to believe in people’s willingness
The dark underbelly of the sex industry
Advocacy for the idea of sex work has not been matched by advocacy for the exploited
Don’t exploit Gisèle Pelicot’s story
Her legal triumph should be the start and not the end of the reckoning
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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
Britain’s mutilated constitution
We must restore the old to build the new
The ephemeral Farage
Nigel Farage’s appearance in Parliament was as rare as it was undistinguished
Under the volcano
As Sicilians say, Mamma Etna gives more than she takes away
Oldham, new problems
How changing demographics have reshaped culture and politics in Greater Manchester
A frozen war?
The US should put stubbornness aside and end the conflict with Iran
Failing to face the facts
The Tories’ rosy view of their recent election drubbing reveals a reluctance to have the tough intellectual debate needed to secure the party’s future
A second Northern Ireland?
How the SNP squandered a major opportunity for independence
Killing with kindness
The MoD’s drive for a net zero military is an ideological folly that risks national security
The right moment?
Kemi Badenoch and Nigel Farage are offering some cause for optimism — but is it enough?
Women should not have to apologise for their rights
There is nothing cruel about women wanting single-sex spaces
Gregory Halting
Procrastinator extraordinaire