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Britain owes a great debt to the victims of China's atrocities. It's time to start paying it back.
Read moreBritain owes a great debt to the victims of China's atrocities. It's time to start paying it back.
Read moreBritish colonial-era laws are being used by the Chinese Communist Party to prosecute pro-democracy activists in Hong Kong.
Read morePerhaps some new big tech regulation might be worthwhile – but its function can't be cash handouts to Rupert Murdoch.
Read moreThe clock is ticking. With every day that passes without government action, more and more Uighurs are being detained.
Read moreThe government's latest drive to protect free speech in universities is a terrible idea and its constant attempts to provoke a culture war are embarrassing.
Read moreTo empower American manufacturers, have a larger influence on the world's stage, and escape China's grasp, Biden must join the next giant global trade agreement.
Read moreSo long as governments stay out of the way, the rate of innovation in health will only continue to accelerate as time goes on. There is no ceiling on innovation – and that’s as true for obesity as it is for anything else.
Read moreUnder President Biden, the U.S. can lead the world on climate change. Rejoining the Paris Agreement sends positive signals, but it isn’t enough. It's time to reach across the pond.
Read moreUnder 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?
Read moreA whopping 90% of Republicans would view President Trump more favorably if he embraced a conservative approach to tackling climate change.
Read moreThere are countless inventive, unintrusive, cost-free ways of reducing obesity. So why does the Government insist on damaging nanny statism?
Read moreExpectations 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.
Read moreA whopping 90% of Republicans would view President Trump more favorably if he embraced a conservative approach to tackling climate change.
Read moreChina 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.
Read moreA 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.
Read moreIn 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.
Read morePrivate 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.
Read moreThe 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?
Read moreAs 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.
Read moreStrap in for a bumpy ride as the PM has put everything back on the table by reopening the Withdrawal Agreement debate.
Read moreCorbynites 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.
Read moreYoung 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.
Read moreTrump'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?
Read moreUyghur 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.
Read morePlenty of groups face institutional barriers to their progress in British academia. Tories are not one of them.
Read moreThe Home Office is - and always has been - racist. And now we have the data to prove it.
Read moreOverhauling 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.
Read moreThere 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.
Read moreHow 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.
Read moreThe Chinese Communist Party is shamelessly massacring Uyghur Muslims in Xinjiang. Post-Brexit Global Britain must stand up for human rights on the world stage.
Read moreOcean 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.
Read moreThe world might not explode in five years’ time, but we don’t have an eternity to stop climate change either. The clock is ticking.
Read moreIf 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.
Read moreWe don't have to impoverish the world in order to save it.
Read moreNow 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.
Read moreConversion 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.
Read moreWhen 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.
Read moreEco-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.
Read moreIt is absolutely imperative that the government does not undermine our post-coronavirus economic recovery before it has even begun through crippling tax rises.
Read moreEamonn Holmes is emblematic of the ‘both sides’ culture in British media, one that has allowed misinformation to gain legitimacy.
Read moreIf 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.
Read moreLabour 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.
Read moreThe 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.
Read moreWe 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.
Read moreRemainers 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.
Read moreIn 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.
Read moreElectric 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.
Read moreI 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.
Read moreThe 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.
Read moreThis week's debates about the House of Lords are eerily reminiscent of arguments over Europe back in 2015.
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