Travel Report from a Woke Nation
What I saw on a trip to Scotland. The time before this I’d visited Scotland, back in 2018 or 2019, I’d been quite shocked to see ubiquitous signs on public…
Tag: Culture Wars
Why the Realignment Failed (for now)
Last week's local elections went pretty terribly for the Conservatives. They lost over 1000 seats to Labour, the Lib Dems and the Green party - and are no longer the…
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From the Archives
I've added an Archive page to the blog. If you like what you read here, you can help by sharing what I write (I rely on word of mouth for…
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Conservative Home: Three priorities for our next Prime Minister
In my latest Conservative Home article I set out three priorities for our next Prime Minister: Delivering Brexit by 31 October, with or without a deal.Promoting authentically Conservative values instead…
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On Communists
First they came for the Communists And I did not speak out Because I was not a CommunistThen they came for the Socialists And I did not speak out Because…
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‘Don’t know they’re born’
A major reason why young social progressives are turning against free speech is that they can't imagine being in a situation where the authorities don't share their values. This comes…
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Wonkhe: In Defence of Academic Freedon
In my latest piece for Wonkhe I defend academic freedom and the importance of allowing those who would challenge orthodoxy to speak out without being silenced. I also set out…
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Harvard descends to new lows in the war on academic freedom
It's a fundamental of our system of justice that anyone accused of a crime, however vile, deserves a fair trial and the right to a defence. This applies to everyone:…
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Twelve posts from my first year of blogging
A year after this blog (re)started, I thought I'd share a dozen of my favourite posts. A mixture of those that were most read and most commented on at the…
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How Identity Politics Divides Us
Those of us who oppose to identity politics often do so because we believe that it is a worldview that increases societal division, by encouraging people to divide themselves into…