The Taste of Freedom Turned Sour | The Honest Liberal
The government’s week of chaos began on Sunday, when the Chancellor and the Prime Minister were pinged by the NHS app, but claimed to be on an elusive ‘pilot scheme’, which meant they were...
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The Need for a Moral Education | Kunal Agrawal
Human beings treat each other differently either because of how Mother Nature made us or because of the society we live in. The differences attributable to Mother Nature are gender, skin colour, height, physical...
Lessons from the Left | Adam Limb
Inherent in any political doctrine is a contradiction or, at least, a lack of clarity upon values. A political organisation might well wish to embrace the cultural values of the past, but if those...
The CONservative Party: A View From The Inside | Louis Hodson
What comes to mind when I say, “The Conservative and Unionist party”? Does your mind leap to low taxes? No? A broad-church? No? Then how about strong borders, upholding British values or defending freedom...
The Uighur Crisis Needs Acknowledgement and Action | Daniel Hawker
On 1 July, the ruling Chinese Communist Party celebrated its 100th anniversary, an event that featured both the conventional flag-waving and also threats against anyone who dares ‘bully, oppress or subjugate China’. Since its...
Is Gender Obsolete? | Gerfried Ambrosch
In recent years, gender has become increasingly divorced from biological sex, spawning an ever-increasing number of self-defined gender identities. At the same time, sex and gender tend to often be conflated in everyday discourse....
‘Moby-Dick’ and the Modern World | Luke Butterworth
Moby-Dick is not an easy read. The presence of the seemingly unconquerable tome on my desk tormented me for weeks. At times, slogging through such lengthy digressions as the differences between the right and...
Inside is Our Covid Plague Art | Mark Seymour
As we slowly pry our way out of the current pandemic, we’ve started to see the fruits of this suffering. With every pandemic there’s an artistic bounce-back to consolidate the struggles that came from...
It’s Not the Laws We’re Getting, It’s the Laws We Have | Adam Limb
There’s a distinct trend among those who identify with conservative politics, or at least those who are sympathetic to them, to identify some latest piece of legislation and attack it as the latest ‘step...
An Alternative to Democracy: Meritocratic Dictatorship | Callum
A few months ago I read an article in the Mallard by Alex Brown on why democracy will never work. It was a good article and set out the case eloquently on why democracy...
