"I certainly have sympathy with the argument that this is simply a ‘quangofication’ of solutions to Britain’s on-the-ground problems." My latest @CapX on the proposed …
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Preferential treatment has no place in multi-faith Britain
Britain can take pride in its history of religious accommodation and the interfaith activity of the Royals. But a national commitment to religious pluralism should …
Labour’s racial equality plans are divisive and unnecessary
"Britain is arguably the finest example of a multi-racial democracy in the advanced world. We must insulate ourselves from toxic American identity politics – Labour’s …
School prayer bans don’t make Britain a secular state
"If the British state supports the existence of free Islamic faith schools, then it is only fair that this support is replicated in the case …
Identitarianism is rotting British social policy
The UK needs a reckoning when it comes to its thinking on social mobility. It must distance itself from paralysing American-style obsessions with race and …
Our political establishment is addicted to immigration
"The route to future sustainable economic growth is reducing the UK’s immigration hyper-dependency, meaningfully investing in the potential of its own people, and establishing a …
Keeping the faith – how religious belief can strengthen British society
70% of people with a religious affiliation report good psychological well-being compared to 49% of atheists, according to new research from the The Institute for …
Why the Tories’ electoral future is in the new Home Secretary’s hands
The new home secretary James Cleverly has been left with plenty of work to do. Why? Largely because his recent predecessors thought it would be …
You’ve got to have faith – how religion can help promote economic advancement
My write-up @CapX on the Institute for the Impact of Faith in Life (IIFL) – the new think-tank based in Westminster that will look at …
Suella Braverman is right – integration is essential in a multi-racial democracy
"What we are seeing is the conflation between being a multi-racial democracy and multiculturalism as an ideological belief, philosophical concept, and indeed a political idea." …