Sex Discrimination Act 1975
We shouldn’t need a legal definition of “woman”
Let’s abandon equality law and bring back freedom of association
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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
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unconquered by a
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A chaplain’s vindication
The case of Dr Bernard Randall has exposed the rot in our institutions
The excesses of intellectual illiberalism
Justified dissatisfaction with liberal modernity has curdled into something alarmist and authoritarian
New model Auntie
David Elstein spells out the big decisions that Matt Brittin, the BBC’s new director-general, needs to make very quickly in order to save the Corporation
The global migration compact trap
The UN migration compact may be non-binding, but its political effects are very real
The ties that bind
A revived society tie has raised thousands for hedgehogs — and reminds us what Britain has lost with the decline of the club tie
Lessons from the Argentinians
There is little value in complaining about foul play if you cannot win
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
The Ghost Dance of Rejoin
There is no real argument for rejoining the EU — and nobody makes one
English football is not boring
Greater competition is being confused with dullness
Patchett is as good as she needs to be
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Bracewell; Schoolgirl by Osamu Dazai
The pro-nature case for regulatory reform
England’s environmental regime hasn’t delivered a restoration of nature — only decline, delay, and bureaucracy
Why violence is political
Attempts to de-politicise the murder of Anne Widdecombe will fail