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Opinion: British universities should not be peddling China’s soft power - CapX

Under a thin veil of teaching, Confucius Institutes have allowed Beijing to quietly infiltrate British academia. Why are universities opening themselves up to the direct influence of the Chinese Communist Party?

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Jan 20, 2021

Liberty in the UK - Moving Forward, Young Voices/Fed by Ravens Media (Radio Interview)

I spoke to Bryan Hyde about the future of liberty in the UK for Moving Forward, the new radio show from Young Voices and Fed by Ravens Media.

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Jan 14, 2021

Opinion: President Trump should have addressed climate change - The Times of Northwest Indiana

A whopping 90% of Republicans would view President Trump more favorably if he embraced a conservative approach to tackling climate change.

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Jan 14, 2021

Opinion: Nanny statists are using Covid as an excuse to push through their damaging policies - The Telegraph

There are countless inventive, unintrusive, cost-free ways of reducing obesity. So why does the Government insist on damaging nanny statism?

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Jan 12, 2021

Opinion: The Finance Bill – and what it will mean for Brexit – could be a major headache for Boris Johnson - The Independent

Expectations for next week's Finance Bill are very high. Backbench Tory rebels are expecting a rewrite of entire chunks of last year's Withdrawal Agreement.

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Dec 2, 2020

Opinion: Why won't Trump accept climate science? - Inside Sources

A whopping 90% of Republicans would view President Trump more favorably if he embraced a conservative approach to tackling climate change.

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Nov 4, 2020

Opinion: China is trying to greenwash its environmental crimes - Washington Times

China is trying to greenwash its crimes – and we're letting them get away with it. When it comes to the environment, there are no second chances.

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Oct 30, 2020

Banning glitter - Moving Forward, Young Voices/Fed by Ravens Media (Podcast Interview)

I spoke to Bryan Hyde about banning glitter and why the private sector, not the state, holds the answers to our environmental woes for Moving Forward, the new radio show from Young Voices and Fed by Ravens Media.

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Oct 28, 2020

Opinion: Boris is right about climate targets, but wrong about how to get there - TheArticle

A wind-powered nation is a nice idea. But the inconvenient truth is that a few wind turbines can't replace our reliance on fossil fuels. Nuclear power is the only way to quit coal without plunging Britain into darkness.

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Oct 28, 2020

Opinion: China is threatening Taiwan. Britain must stand up for what's right - Daily Express

In Hong Kong, they sent in the riot police. In Taiwan, they will send the military. It's time for the West to stand up to China.

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Oct 23, 2020

Opinion: We don't need to be forced to care about the planet - RealClearEnergy

Private companies are doing more than the state ever has to combat climate change. The state is the problem and private enterprise is the solution — not the other way around. More government is never the answer.

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Oct 14, 2020

Opinion: Taiwan, Britain and the UN. It’s time to rethink the One-China Policy - Conservative Home

The UN refuses to acknowledge Taiwan’s existence. It is beholden to China’s will. What is the point of an international peace project if it reliably does the bidding of a communist dictatorship?

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Sep 30, 2020

American environmentalism - Underscored, Young Voices (Podcast Interview)

Republicans must own climate change to win young voters. I discussed American environmentalism with Stephen Kent for Underscored, the Young Voices podcast.

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Sep 21, 2020

Opinion: China is abandoning clean energy investment. Britain should plug the gap - TheArticle

As China reneges on its climate change commitments, now is the perfect time for Britain to step up and lead the way on both renewable energy and de-Sinoficiation by investing in promising clean energy projects around the world.

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Sep 17, 2020

Opinion: The Internal Market Bill is just the start of an almighty post-Brexit battle - The Telegraph

Strap in for a bumpy ride as the PM has put everything back on the table by reopening the Withdrawal Agreement debate.

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Sep 17, 2020

Opinion: Labour’s Corbynites refuse to condemn China’s human rights abuses - Reaction

Corbynites have walled themselves into a corner. They must oppose both the government and the Opposition. They must be the Opposition’s opposition. And that often means adopting unjustifiable positions, like defending China.

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Sep 16, 2020

Opinion: To win over young voters, Republicans must take a stand on climate change - Deseret News

Young voters care about the planet, and the GOP is flat-out refusing to engage on environmental issues. The Republican party must address its climate problem.

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Sep 15, 2020

Opinion: Who stands for freedom in America? Neither Trump nor Biden speak for me - Conservative Home

Trump's Republicans are climate-denying racists and Biden's Democrats are socialist, statist and authoritarian. Pro-liberty voters are out of options. When did America stop believing in freedom?

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Sep 5, 2020

Opinion: History will judge us for our response to the Uyghur genocide - Conservative Home

Uyghur Muslims are being systematically incarcerated, torn from their loved ones, sterilised and murdered. The CCP does not show a flicker of remorse as it denies what is plain to see. History will judge us for how we respond.

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Aug 27, 2020

Opinion: The perils of false victimhood - The Critic

Plenty of groups face institutional barriers to their progress in British academia. Tories are not one of them.

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Aug 15, 2020

Opinion: The Home Office's racist algorithm - TheArticle

The Home Office is - and always has been - racist. And now we have the data to prove it.

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Aug 12, 2020

Opinion: Nuclear energy is almost here - RealClearEnergy

Overhauling our reliance on fossil fuels will represent the world's biggest realignment since the Industrial Revolution. A wind turbine here and a solar panel there simply won’t cut it. We need nuclear power.

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Aug 10, 2020

Opinion: Free market capitalism will save the planet - Free Market Conservatives

There is no reason why you can’t be both pro-capitalism and pro-environment. In fact, being pro-capitalism makes you a much better environmentalist.

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Aug 8, 2020

An introduction to freelance political commentary - The Indiependent (Online Course)

Online Course: Freelance Political Commentary – How to Get Started

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Aug 8, 2020

Opinion: As an obese person, I am not a problem for the government to solve - The Independent

How must you see obese people if you think that banning “buy one get one free” deals on unhealthy foods will cause people to lose weight? Obese people are human beings, not a problem for you to solve. Leave us alone.

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Nov 11, 2020

Opinion: Joining the Trans-Pacific Partnership is the first step to rolling back China’s power - The Telegraph

The Chinese Communist Party is shamelessly massacring Uyghur Muslims in Xinjiang. Post-Brexit Global Britain must stand up for human rights on the world stage.

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Jul 31, 2020

Alternative Activism - Dismal Scientist, Cambridge Economics Society (Magazine Interview)

I spoke to the Marshall Society about the British Conservation Alliance, nuclear energy, Extinction Rebellion and the need for a Green Market Revolution.

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Jul 22, 2020

Opinion: Entrepreneurs, not governments, are keeping our oceans clean - Free The People

Ocean plastic cleanup is one of many examples wherein the private sector is succeeding where governments fail. Whether they intend to make a profit or simply to do good, the result is the same: private actors can do the job.

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Jul 16, 2020

Opinion: Saving the world the smart way - Exponents Magazine

The world might not explode in five years’ time, but we don’t have an eternity to stop climate change either. The clock is ticking.

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Jul 3, 2020

Opinion: Rebuilding our world after lockdown - 1828

If we are to rebuild the globalised world order after lockdown, our economies must be free. Trade borders and barriers to immigration will only slow down our recovery.

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Jun 26, 2020

Opinion: Extinction Rebellion is finished. Only the market can save the planet - Conservatives Global

We don't have to impoverish the world in order to save it.

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Jun 25, 2020

Opinion: Lockdown cancel culture is a distraction - The Times

Now more than ever we need proper, rigorous scrutiny of the government’s every move. Journalists have found themselves sucked so deep into the world of tabloid gossip that they have forgotten about their duty to the public.

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Jun 12, 2020

Opinion: Why won’t the government ban conversion therapy? - TheArticle

Conversion therapy is a heinous pseudoscientific practice with no place in twenty-first century Britain. It is linked directly to depression, drug addiction and suicide. Experts say it is akin to torture. Yet, it remains legal.

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Jun 12, 2020

Opinion: To revive the global economy, we need free trade - Free Market Conservatives

When lockdowns are lifted, reviving the global economy will be an almighty task. We won’t be able to do that if we're all boxed into separate corners, refusing to interact in a mutually beneficial way.

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Jun 5, 2020

Opinion: The free market is the best tool for protecting the natural world - Global Vision

Eco-socialist policies boil down to the same myopic principle: that the best way to tackle environmental issues is through copious government spending and crippling new regulation.

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Jun 5, 2020

Opinion: It's time for tax cuts - TheArticle

It is absolutely imperative that the government does not undermine our post-coronavirus economic recovery before it has even begun through crippling tax rises.

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Apr 28, 2020

Opinion: Free speech and censorship are not mutually exclusive - The Independent

Eamonn Holmes is emblematic of the ‘both sides’ culture in British media, one that has allowed misinformation to gain legitimacy.

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Apr 27, 2020

Opinion: For Coronavirus testing to succeed, the public and private sectors must work together like never before - Free Market Conservatives

If Public Health England refuses to cut through the red tape and allow testing to take place in facilities outside of its direct control extremely soon, countless lives will be needlessly lost.

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Apr 9, 2020

Opinion: What does Keir Starmer believe? - TheArticle

Labour is excellent at not making existential decisions. Post-Corbyn, the party must decide what it wants: radical socialism or social democracy. Keir Starmer’s election was a mere postponement. Labour is procrastinating.

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Apr 7, 2020

Opinion: We should have been working from home all along - TheArticle

The technology for remote working has existed for a very long time. It should not have taken a global health disaster to draw our attention to its potential.

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Mar 23, 2020

Opinion: I’m a Conservative neoliberal—but right now, the state needs to spend big on helping people - Prospect Magazine

We are in a crisis. This is no time for principle or ideology. Policies’ merit should, for the time being, only be assessed in terms of their utility in the short term. The emergency is now. The time to act is now.

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Mar 20, 2020

Opinion: Remainers must stop trying to resurrect the Brexit debate - Free Market Conservatives

Remainers of all stripes are making fools of us and themselves by refusing to concede to the catalogue of democratic mandates that has, at long last, led to Brexit getting done.

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Mar 14, 2020

Personal about Politics - Flipside, The Beaver (Magazine Interview)

I was interviewed for LSE Limelight, a podcast of The Beaver (LSE's campus newspaper). I spoke to Christina Ivey, the editor of the Beaver's Flipside section, about the intersection of the personal and the political.

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Mar 1, 2020

Pronouns and the Roots of Bigotry - LSE Limelight, The Beaver (Podcast Interview)

I was interviewed for LSE Limelight, a podcast of The Beaver (LSE's campus newspaper). I spoke to The Beaver's multimedia editor, Yasmina O'Sullivan, about pronouns, gender politics and the roots of bigotry.

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Feb 25, 2020

Brexit Day - Scope, Indus News (TV Interview)

I appeared on Scope (on the Pakistani Indus News channel) to discuss the latest Brexit developments.

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Feb 11, 2020

Opinion: Want to help business after Brexit, Boris? Scrap Sunday trading laws - TheArticle

In Scotland, there are no restrictions on Sunday trading. Shops can open whenever they like, for as long as they like. For unfathomable reasons, this is not the case in England or Wales.

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Feb 7, 2020

Opinion: Why are electric scooters still illegal? - TheArticle

Electric scooters are the latest in a long list of clear illustrations of why the solution to the climate crisis lies not with government, but with the free market.

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Feb 6, 2020

Opinion: Why I, a cisgender Tory male, state my pronouns - The i Paper and Pink News

I am a cisgender, straight, white, male, middle-class Tory. If I can add "he/him" to my social media bios, then you definitely can too. There is no basis for defying this that is both rational and compassionate.

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Feb 11, 2020

Opinion: The Conservative Party’s next big challenge is opening itself up to young people - Conservative Home

The storming general election triumph may have concealed a real electoral problem for the Conservative Party, which will bubble to the surface with little subtlety in years to come: its young people problem.

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Jan 26, 2020

Opinion: After Brexit, this will be the next big political drama - Prospect Magazine

This week's debates about the House of Lords are eerily reminiscent of arguments over Europe back in 2015.

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Jan 21, 2020
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