Britain is embroiled in a “Culture War”. This is part of the political realignment that my colleague Dr Steve Davies … Continue reading “Measuring “Wokery””

My colleague Reem Ibrahim recently ran a Twitter poll on the question “Should libertarians engage with the culture war?”, which … Continue reading “Why liberals should engage in the Culture War”

This week, several universities have been exposed by The Times for drawing up blacklists of books they don’t want their … Continue reading “On the preemptive cancellation of “problematic” books on campus”

The current Tory leadership contest has so far focused largely on quite specific economic differences between the contenders. Neither Liz … Continue reading “How the Culture War is creating an “offence inflation””

Just rejoice at that news! The Government has announced it is cutting ties with the truly hideous National Union of Students (NUS). Now let’s … Continue reading “Defund the NUS”

Is China’s social credit system about to make its debut in the UK?  Boris Johnson’s decision to cave into the … Continue reading “Are we moving towards a woke version of the Chinese social credit system?”

The decision by 150 Oxford dons to educationally-cancel students from Oriel college because of the college’s decision to keep the … Continue reading “Oxford students deserve better than grandstanding ‘woke’ academics”

In August 1989, Poland’s parliament did the unthinkable. The Soviet satellite state elected an anti-communist as its new prime minister. … Continue reading “The New York Times Reported ‘the Mainstreaming of Marxism in US Colleges’ 30 Years Ago. Today, We See the Results”

The BBC has come under severe criticism recently for the way in which some of its senior figures seem to … Continue reading “There is neither an economic nor a cultural case for a compulsory TV licence fee”