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Regular voices from Standpoint, including Westminster, Politics and Open Season.

Britain’s constitution needs respect, not rewriting

‘Accountability is the antithesis of independence. Judges who hold their positions at the pleasure of the executive will be expected to please the executive. Which, of course, is the whole idea’

October 23, 2019

Wig & pen

Empty labels

'To eat less soya, eat more of it. The paradox bites only on those who are unaware of how much soya is contained in the meat they eat'

October 23, 2019

Bright Green·Magazine

Don’t venerate the nation state

‘The nation state is not the endpoint of history, nor is it even a basic fact of human history’

October 23, 2019

Guest Speaker

Dave and Davery

'It is clear that he does not own up to all the mistakes he made. Dave has a very clear idea of how far he can go while keeping what remains of

October 23, 2019

Westminster

Conservatives clear the way for Corbynite extremism

‘In 2019, as Britain faces the prospect of its first truly radical left-wing government, Conservatives are nowhere near frightened enough. If they were, they would defend the checks the British constitution and

October 23, 2019

Politics

Blackface is evil — why isn’t drag?

‘Why is it unacceptable for white people to dress up as black, but harmless fun when men dress up as women?’

October 23, 2019

Magazine·Spare Rib

Breakfast, diabetes research, and the right to make bad jokes

'The Today Programme will survive John Humphrys leaving but will we all survive the death of the right to make poor jokes?'

October 23, 2019

Diary

An island that has forgotten the art of the backroom deal

‘Since the referendum, the attitude of the Irish government to the result—contemptuous, disbelieving, disrespectful—has grated. Leo Varadkar, a conformist individual, was in office at just the time when a fixer was what

September 18, 2019

Guest Speaker

Criminal justice chaos

'The problems that plague the criminal justice system are not rooted in an imagined “Leftist” criminal justice culture; they spring directly from the near-obliteration of the justice system by budget cuts of

September 18, 2019

Jurisprudence·Wig & pen

Calm before the storm

"As the Conservative Party’s fortunes have waned, Johnson’s standing has waxed. After all, if the party is heading for electoral disaster, taking a punt on Boris becomes much less of a risk."

June 26, 2019

Westminster