November 25, 2013 | Page 2 of 2 | Standpoint Magazine

The Rise and Rise of Marine Le Pen

'Ever since its creation in 1972 the Front National has baffled commentators. No one seems able to decide what the party stands for or where it came from'

November 25, 2013

Dispatches·France

True Grits

'We drove into Breaux Bridge, “the crawfish capital of the world”, and the place was shrouded in an early dusk: it was hurricane season'

November 25, 2013

Dispatches·Food

What Will Georgian England Look Like?

Our future King’s dominion will be unrecognisable but the political class has not yet come to terms with its fast-changing landscape

November 25, 2013

Features·UK Politics

Scrap the Licence Fee and Privatise the BBC

The logic behind a nationalised broadcaster was never perfect. In the age of subscription television and the internet it is indefensible

November 25, 2013

Features·Media·UK Politics

Tristram Hunt’s Lies About Free Schools

Labour’s rising star has accused Michael Gove of conducting a “dangerous ideological experiment”. He is wrong — and he knows it

November 25, 2013

Education·Features·UK Politics

What To Do If You Suspect Child Abuse?

Mandatory reporting of suspicions of child abuse may sound like a good idea, but it would make prosecutions less, not more, likely

November 25, 2013

Features·Justice·Policing

Three-Parent Babies — Miracle Cure or Eugenics?

The HFEA's proposal to permit mitochondria replacement would alter our genetic constitution—a risky and unethical step too far

November 25, 2013

Features·Science

London by Night: In the Footsteps of Dickens

The city’s great chronicler hit the streets to cure his insomnia. His writing cast a spell on me and now I go for nocturnal walks of my own

November 25, 2013

Features·Literature·Modern Life

Off-Limits: Subjects Artists Won’t Tackle

Far from being cutting-edge, the British cultural establishment ignores the biggest threat to artistic freedom: radical Islam

November 25, 2013

Art·Faith·Features·Islam

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