Speaker’s corner
The police are enabling Islamic intolerance
Where can we provoke if not at Speakers’ Corner?
In defence of proselytising
We should thank religious nuts for most of the liberal rights we take for granted
Stabbed for critiquing Islam
This is not the first time Hatun has been assaulted at Speakers’ Corner
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The Book of JO’B
James O’Brien’s aggressive incuriosity is becoming ever more embattled as his worldview crumbles
I don’t trust the British state
British institutions simply are not functioning in the interests of the people they are meant to serve
The rise and fall of Nicola Sturgeon
The former SNP leader squandered her talents in a classic tale of hubris
Nigel Farage, community leader
The logic of multiculturalism is turning on its architects
The screaming spires
Oxford University must clarify where it stands on academic freedom
A rare interview proved a delight
Eavesdropping on two intelligent people sharing a civilised conversation about interesting things
Vapid slogans for the hard of thinking
Every modern university, it seems, needs a “mission statement”
Decolonisation dissected
This toxic and destructive ideology must be rejected
Remembering 2020
It is important to remember what an irrational and hostile time it was
The problem with prohibiting political dishonesty
It will be used to stifle freedom and not just to curb mistruths
The limits of choice
Sometimes, we do know better than people who are harming themselves
Legal curiosities
The pursuit of justice in small or atypical jurisdictions has sometimes led to some unusual legal quandaries
A culture of death
Street gangs and online provocation are fuelling a morbid subculture in British life
Will we miss Mahmood?
Shabana Mahmood has been a voice of sanity in the Labour Party
Why do we still have social housing?
A decade working in Social Housing taught me that the sector’s perverse incentives guarantee the perpetuation of the very poverty it exists to eradicate
From triple lock to price caps
Opinium polling for The Critic reveals the totemic pension policy has entrenched a politics that demands control over growth