I've seen the vitriol directed at female, lesbian, gay and bisexual students who diverge from progressive orthodoxy

03/23/2021 - 11:50am

Student unions are suppressing dissent A new motion could blacklist more than a dozen groups without justification

What St John has to say about Teen Vogue The Bible sheds light on some very modern issues

Elizabeth Oldfield

Monday, March 22

Bristolians have always loved rioting The city has a long and illustrious history of setting itself on fire

Are female leaders really so different? The EU crisis suggests that the gender of politicians is not important after all

Conspiracy update: Joe Biden is not real Post-QAnon theories about the President being a bot or dead are emerging

Mary Harrington

Sunday, March 21

A new social covenant for a post-pandemic Britain We need a commitment that enfranchises our ancestors and endows our heirs

Friday, March 19

Why Gibraltar should join the United Kingdom Boris Johnson could be the first PM to expand the UK since Pitt the Younger

Why are journalists so Left-wing? The problem is particularly acute in America

Stop making excuses for men who kill women Atlanta shooter Robert Aaron Long is not a 'sex addict' — he's a misogynist

Libya’s broken dream The country's decade of conflict shows that liberal good intentions only go so far

A British idiot’s guide to the Dutch election result To understand what's going on it helps to remember that their politics is mad

Thursday, March 18

Has America already won the New Cold War? When it comes to technology, the US has an insurmountable lead over China

Debate: are vaccine passports necessary? Kirsty Innes of the Tony Blair Institute and Silkie Carlo of Big Brother Watch offer their arguments

The Chinese threat in space Unrestrained by international law, the country is behaving recklessly

Is Denmark creating an inverted-Apartheid? A bold new integration policy is causing a stir

Wednesday, March 17

Was 1920s America right to prohibit alcohol? Banning booze had plenty of upsides, as a new paper shows

Why are universities so keen to support prostitution? Doctor or cam girl? Our universities don't think there's much difference

Undercover police in nightclubs won’t reassure anyone It reveals our culture's obsession of safetyism

How far are we from World War III? The Government's new defence review contains some startling predictions

Tuesday, March 16

Is Patsy Stevenson a crisis actor? Accusations of whether an event is staged miss the point

No matter what they say, the crime bill is authoritarian The usual arguments about formalising Common Law don't convince

How the Tories can reclaim the cities What people really want is safer streets and cheaper housing

Monday, March 15

Woke or conservative, cancel culture will always exist The phenomenon is not solely a function of the illiberal Left

Mary Harrington

Angela Merkel’s crumbling legacy Yesterday's regional election results throw the CDU's future into question

The state is flexing its muscles against the weak Only Parliament can now reverse this dangerous trajectory

Sunday, March 14

The Clapham scenes were nothing short of a national disgrace Women's confidence in the police force will sink further still

We can’t all take on the cistern and win Industrialised societies aren’t going to give up their comforts in a hurry

Friday, March 12

The Fukushima ‘disaster’ was hardly worth the name The reaction to it was the real catastrophe

The Mash Report: too Left-wing or just not funny? We don't care if comedy is partisan — just make it good

Did Joe Biden instruct the media on election night? Two reporters say that US networks delayed calling the result at his request

The tides are turning for the once untouchable SNP New polling suggests the Salmond trial has damaged the party's reputation

Thursday, March 11

More pubs, less extremism A new paper argues that a decline in boozers emboldened support for UKIP