10 truths about the migrant crisis
Our Government is not in control of who enters our country, when and under what circumstances. It is a bystander. An observer.
Family stability is a forbidden question
That a young footballer has become the most influential voice on child poverty in Britain raises a number of questions, the first of which relates to the nature and quality of his advice.
What was the Afghan War for?
An America built on the English ideas of individual freedom and liberty couldn't help believing that the world wanted to adopt the same values. The Taliban had other ideas.
We could really do with more journalists like Rian Malan
Society owes a tremendous debt to real journalists like Rian Malan who are, sadly, a dying breed.
The waning of the common life
British people used to live, work, worship, drink, eat, and travel together, but now they increasingly do so alone. This development underpins the phenomenon of modern alienation and isolation, which has led to an increasingly unhappy and unharmonious nation.
Covid passports go against the purpose of the vaccine itself – to secure our freedoms
Asking a free citizen to produce a vaccine passport to order a pint of beer in a pub negates the very idea of a free citizen. There is no justification for it.
The indifference of free trade
As Britain’s withdrawal from the EU finally approaches, we must shake off the indifference of our current leaders and confront head-on the question of industry and trade.
A society which loses the ability to make judgements can neither defend itself nor its borders
Back in the real world, ordinary citizens want their governments to act in their interests – a basic function which governments seem to find increasingly difficult to honour.