Trans Ideology
The cowardice of Sir Stephen Fry
Fry does not deserve credit for his belated change of course on gender issues
The Susie Green light
Businesses should not be legitimising the controversial CEO
Over the line
No one should discipline children for asking honest questions or telling the truth
Donald Trump doesn’t know what a woman is, either
Believing that the sexes are different does not mean appreciating their humanity in full
Rocking the Reichstag
Women across the world have been protesting against the bizarre new German self-ID laws
What do Labour think a conversion therapy is?
There has to be a middle ground between complete denial and complete affirmation
“Nice” people need to read this book
How women have been hounded throughout the gender wars
The crisis at Edinburgh Rape Crisis Centre
Serious as it is, it is no anomaly
Allyship on easy mode
The inclusive message of Will & Harper obscures the harder questions of the “gender wars”
Perfect victims and a tale of two films
Don’t idealise victims — listen to them
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The establishment is still living in an immigration fantasy land
It is influential left-wingers, not the broader public, who have deluded themselves on mass migration
American strategy in Iran is wiser than it seems
President Trump’s intervention will leave the world safer than it was
Saint Nicola
Nicola Sturgeon wants sympathy for her husband’s crimes—but after years spent avoiding awkward questions, her latest reinvention may be the hardest sell yet.
On Britain as a capitalist command economy
It is neither neoliberal nor socialist but a secret third thing
Rewatching the English
English identity has become too surreal and discomfiting to define
Murders for May
From the spa resort of Buddington to the streets of Tokyo
Britain should have voted against reparations
The moral and historical arguments for “reparatory justice” are bogus
Remembering 2020
It is important to remember what an irrational and hostile time it was
The great betrayal
MAGA will always be Trump’s, but how much is an ever-shrinking coalition actually worth?
In defence of Gary Stevenson
If economists were only those with doctorates, we would have to ignore both the market’s wisdom and many of its most perceptive critics
Critical briefing: the Chişinău Declaration
Why the Chişinău Declaration is more of a symbolic gesture than a chance for real reform
The global migration compact trap
The UN migration compact may be non-binding, but its political effects are very real
Worstall’s Corollary
Rare earths expose a fatal flaw at the heart of industrial strategy: governments intervene in systems they do not remotely understand
The man who ended overreach
Lord Reed’s tenure as president of the Supreme Court has been admired by those who value the stability of the law
Jonathan Ross’s existentialist hell
Jonathan Ross’s “crass” new TV show is surprisingly Sartrean
Get into the groove — why vinyl rocks
On the best sound in popular music