Letting the worst universities collapse would be an act of kindness
Nobody said much about it before the election, but the new government inherits a ghastly financial problem with the higher…
Just Stop Oil fanatics deserve their lengthy jail terms
The prison sentences passed on the Just Stop Oil protesters who immobilised the M25 – five years for Roger Hallam…
Have the Republicans resolved their abortion dilemma?
The botched assassination attempt on Donald Trump could well generate a wave of sympathy that helps waft him into the…
How Hungary’s presidency could shake up the EU
Life in the Berlaymont building, the Brussels headquarters of the European Union, just got a bit more surreal. A striking…
Unesco’s Stonehenge threat isn’t worth taking seriously
If you gaze south from the sarsens of Stonehenge, your view at present is of a constant crocodile of cars…
Assange is released – but there is still a danger to press freedom
James Cleverly may now be a care-and-maintenance Home Secretary, but even so he will be heaving a sigh of relief…
The Supreme Court has put the future of fossil fuel projects in jeopardy
‘Britain is evolving from a democracy towards a kritarchy – the rule of lawyers,’ wrote Ross Clark in today’s Spectator magazine. His…
Reform’s radical manifesto would do wonders for democracy
In this election, neither Labour nor the Tories are particularly interested in serious constitutional reform. By contrast, there’s one smaller…
Cosying up to the EU would do Britain more harm than good
If anyone thought our relations with the EU since the Brexit referendum would be a respectful dialogue of equals, they…
Why the EU is cracking down on Hungary’s migrant policy
We are set for another high-profile tussle between Budapest and Brussels. Yesterday the EU Court of Justice chose to impose a…
Sunak’s crime crackdown won’t pay off for the Tories
The Tories are pledging to reshape our homicide laws if they win re-election. There could, as in many US states,…
Cracking down on the ECHR won’t save Sunak
Rishi Sunak’s unequivocal statement this week about sex and the Equality Act was a clever piece of electioneering. Subsequent reports…
The Northern Irish law posing a threat to free speech in Britain
On Friday, the High Court in Northern Ireland deflected a serious threat to the right to free speech, not only…
Fewer kids should go to university
Rishi Sunak said on Tuesday what many of us have quietly suspected for some time. As a nation, we have…
Is the West being hypocritical about Georgia’s foreign agents law?
The Georgian parliament has rammed through its new foreign agents law amid massive protests, overriding the veto of pro-western and…
