James Kierstead

Why I am not a libertarian but keep getting called one – and why you should care

9 August 2020 5:00 am

It started five or six years ago. I was defending what I took to be some basic value of mainstream…

So you think you’re a classical liberal?

16 February 2020 5:00 am

A fair number of people nowadays are announcing that they’re classical liberals. An apparently more or less equal number of…

Sorry to sound like some kind of weirdo, but I believe in the sensible centre

21 October 2019 12:10 pm

Recently I made a startling discovery. Somewhere in the middle on most policy issues, I’m also firmly committed to values…

Why comments should be free again

16 July 2018 7:57 am

‘Comment is free,’ The Guardian’s opinion page still proudly declares, quoting C P Scott, a former editor of the newspaper.…