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JK Rowling has exposed the weak spot in the SNP’s misogyny law
When will the Scottish government get on with the day job? Hot on the heels of his controversial Hate Crime…
Does the Department of Veterans Affairs have a ‘rampant’ culture of sexual harassment?
The Department of Veterans Affairs came close to banning the iconic photo of a sailor kissing a dental nurse following…
Only Biden wins when conservatives fight over abortion
Last week, Arizona joined fourteen other states that have banned abortion at all stages of pregnancy after the state’s Supreme…
Truss turns on foes at book bash
After the longest promotional tour in history, Liz Truss finally held her belated book launch party. Less than an hour…
Liberty is dying under the Tories
It seems political consensus isn’t dead. It’s simply been hibernating, waiting for a kind of crackdown on personal liberty that…
Parliament votes for smoking ban
In the past few minutes, the Tobacco and Vapes Bill has passed its second reading by 383 votes to 67,…
Full list: every MP who voted against Sunak’s smoking ban
Tonight saw the second reading of the Sunak administration’s flagship Tobacco and Vapes Bill. As expected the government easily won…
Kemi comes out against Sunak’s smoking ban
When Rishi Sunak first unveiled his plans for a smoke-free generation, Downing Street was clear it would be a free…
What Liz Truss got right
It’s easy to laugh at Liz Truss bringing out a book, much harder to ask whether there are points she…
Curb your lefty law professors
“I am enormously sad that we have students who are so rude as to come into my home, in my…
The outrageous shutdown of NatCon Brussels
Brussels A familiar refrain at any National Conservatism conference is that leftist elites are censorious, authoritarian and intolerant of free…
Britain needs more than tinkering to get growth going
It’s not just Britain that has a growth problem. Today’s release of the IMF’s April 2024 World Economic Outlook report argues that…
Watch: Truss on Sunak’s smoking ban
It’s going to be a long day for Rishi Sunak. It’s the second reading of the Tobacco and Vapes Bill…
Khan changes his tune on fact-checking
There’s 16 days to go until the London elections and Labour is comfortably in the lead. But is Sadiq Khan…
The rise of reverse gaslighting
We live now in an age of reverse gaslighting. Ordinary gaslighting — the term was popularized by the 1944 movie Gaslight —…
Scientists’ strange offering to the final frontier
Dr. Jonathan Jiang dreams of beaming an easy-to-read message into space before civilization collapses. He’s run the simulations to test…
Reflecting on Trumpism in Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh Over the past few decades, Pittsburgh has become the poster boy for industrial transformation, going from Steel City to…
Why do neoliberals get let off the Iraq War hook?
Given the worldwide climate of political intolerance, I often try to deflect hostility by prefacing my comments with the old…
Modern-day slavery in Mauritania
In April 1864, the US Senate passed a bill that set in motion what would become the Thirteenth Amendment to…
The VR and AR arms race
You probably don’t remember the Humane Pin, despite its dominating the tech-news cycle a few months ago. It’s an elegant…
Must we ‘be safe’?
“Be safe,” the grocery checkout girl says as I grab my box of orzo and turn to leave. From what,…
The death of good conversation
London At London parties you can find plenty of smart beautiful women and handsome charming men. You can find a cornucopia…
The story of Vince Maney
Batavia, New York ‘Tis spring, and if a young man’s fancy lightly turns to thoughts of love, as Tennyson opined,…
The Michaela court ruling is a victory for all schools
The High Court has ruled today in favour of Michaela Community School, after it was sued by a Muslim pupil…
Brussels police move to shut down Farage at NatCon
Happy NatCon day, one and all. Yes, it’s that time of year again, when some of Europe’s most vocal right-wing…
