If you want to cut pointless jobs, start with the Leader of the Opposition
Sir Keir Starmer is inheriting his party’s new legacy: an abandonment of the fundamental idea of ideological dispute between political parties.
The ‘milestone’ of televising courtrooms is not a public benefit
If restoration of trust is wanted in the criminal justice system, they can start with actually punishing criminals according to the nature of their crime.
The Archie Battersbee case and the nationalised conscience
The state decides who does and does not live, and what counts as a person of value.
A tale of two stories: a snapshot of our moral decay
Our society cannot see that the values it prioritises in raising future generations are wrong.
It is right that the Prime Minister has refused to support Assisted Dying
Pain. To flee it is one of the most human urges. Making sense of it one of the most enduring labours that has plagued the human condition.
Our ‘rehabilitative’ justice system needs to be put on trial
A justice system centred on ‘rehabilitation’ will never deter potential criminals. It strikes no horror at the heart of the wicked.
Bleating “Tax The Rich” will not help the poor
The truth is there is no better defender of the poor, and upholder of their security and prosperity, than a socially conservative society.
Interest in trade unions and their politics is no more, and they only have themselves to blame
Until the grip of ideological working-class romanticism is cast off, the irrelevance of the unions will long remain.