Regulations
Thank God for Brexit
The EU is a bureaucratic monster and Britain is better off out
Jams, jellies and EU insanity
From toast to tungsten, the EU is an enemy of innovation
Beef and Brexit prosperity
High beef prices are a symptom of a deeper problem—Britain has left the EU, but not its economic mindset.
Kill the football bill
Starmer hasn’t grasped that over-regulation is inimical to economic growth
Home educators are being persecuted
Heavy-handed safetyism is threatening the rights of parents and children
Is Britain closed for business?
Stacks of extra administration will make it even harder for businesses to turn a profit
The slow death of public spaces
Pointless regulations are sucking joy from British life
Consider the way of the tiger
We should learn lessons from Japan as we start to face our own demographic crunch
Death by a thousand regulations
British politicians are allowing unnecessary laws to ruin civil society
Dumb, glum and zero-sum
British thinking has to value supply more than distribution
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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
A rare interview proved a delight
Eavesdropping on two intelligent people sharing a civilised conversation about interesting things
The promises of politicians
We are surrounded by lies, euphemisms and deceit
Fast cars fit for old-school stars
Speed and sophistication once shared the same side of the street
Vapid slogans for the hard of thinking
Every modern university, it seems, needs a “mission statement”
The paté of the Land
Chinese water deer, partridges and paté
The mirage of majesty
Royal charm cannot disguise Britain’s shrinking power in a transactional world
Why we should explore space
Space exploration lifts the human spirit: rather than asking “Why?”, we should ask “Why not?”
The fog of facts
As elections approach, voters are forced to navigate a swamp of spin, distortion, and inaccessible data.
All the single ladies
Instead of trying to persuade reluctant women into motherhood, policymakers should focus on helping enthusiastic parents have larger families
Get into the groove — why vinyl rocks
On the best sound in popular music
What the reparations debate says about Britain
Social and ideological shifts mean that we face an increasingly divided future