Overzealous restrictions are destroying London’s entertainment industry
The council continually favours rich new tenants over long-standing independent businesses.
Good Society
Disabled people wait 118,000 years longer than IDS intended
900,000 disabled people are waiting a combined 118,000 years longer than intended for assessments and decisions on crucial support.
Free speech is a right, but a platform is not
The OSFL debate is not about censorship, but about our right to express dissatisfaction about an event happening at our university.
The problem in Britain isn’t a ‘Westminster elite’, it’s poor social mobility all round
Politics is merely one of a number of professions that are increasingly dominated by the upper crust of British society.
What the left should take from Rochester and Strood
Majorities have group identities just like minorities, and that’s fine.
UKIP can’t always be all things to all people
The more concretely we paint UKIP as a pointless third-rate Thatcher tribute band, the more effective it will prove.
A decade on from the ban, fox hunting is still thriving
If we send the message that police and politicians can turn a blind eye to illegal behaviour simply because they don’t like the law, the entire justice system is undermined.
Despise Julien Blanc, but don’t ban him
Odious though Julien Blanc is, he should not be barred from the UK. To paraphrase Voltaire, we may disapprove of what Blanc has to say, but we should defend his right to say it.
High rents to leave 6 million in poverty by 2040
Half of those who live in private rented homes will be living in poverty by 2040 if current trends continue.
Ed Miliband might make you cringe, but if you care about inequality he’s the only option you have
Rampant and unjustifiable inequality is the biggest issue Britain faces, and he gets it.