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Friday 17 May 2013
Neil Davenport
A nightmare vision of the welfarist trap
A reissue of Zoe Fairbairns’ dystopian novel Benefits is a timely reminder that left-wingers weren't always such big fans of welfarism.
David Bowden
Don Draper: it’s time to buck your ideas up
In the battle of the quality American shows this spring, it’s Game of Thrones wearing the crown over Mad Men.
Tom Slater
The Star Trek hype? It’s illogical, captain.
The second instalment of JJ Abrams’ franchise reboot is more pointless popcorn than pop philosophy.
Thursday 16 May 2013
Rob Lyons
The non-parochial case against the European Union
It isn’t only Little Englanders who should rage against the undemocratic EU – so should those who care about the continent and its peoples.
Luke Gittos
What’s so liberal about rehabilitation?
Chris Grayling’s proposal to supervise offenders after they've been released from jail is authoritarian and unjust.
James Woudhuysen
The right to bear
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The US authorities are armed to the teeth, and we're panicking about citizens printing out rubbish guns?

Wednesday 15 May 2013
Brendan O’Neill
St Angelina, save
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The beatification of Angelina Jolie for writing about her mastectomy confirms that celebrity culture has reached new and hysterical heights.
Tim Black
Syria and the
myths of WMD
The West’s conventional firepower, used against regimes with WMD, is far more destructive than any WMD.
Ken McLaughlin
Our brains aren’t
moulded by abuse
So, is mental distress caused by faulty genes or by past experiences of childhood abuse? Maybe it’s neither.
Tuesday 14 May 2013
Mick Hume
Remember, Fergie is for football, not for life
The tributes to Sir Alex Ferguson from United fans were fitting. The outburst of Fergie-mania in the media and politics was fatuous.
Jodi Magee
We absolutely support the right to choose
The president of Physicians for Reproductive Health responds to Ann Furedi’s spiked essay on abortion and choice.
Nancy McDermott
Cleveland kidnappings: putting the poor on trial
Some observers are verging on blaming a whole rundown neighbourhood for Ariel Castro’s horrific crimes.
Monday 13 May 2013
Frank Furedi
The moral lynching
of Barbara Hewson
The crusade against the ‘whore’ Hewson after she criticised Operation Yewtree confirms that the paedophile panic rips apart rational debate.
Josie Appleton
The Queen’s Speech and the blanket bans
The Lib-Con government has tidied up the law on our use of public spaces... by making it even more illiberal than before.
Michael Cook
The baby-boomer
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The euthanasing of a Belgian Nobel laureate raises disturbing questions about attitudes to the elderly and the future.

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Time for a serious debate about the welfare state

Has welfarism gone too far? Is it time to trim this massive machine? And more importantly, shouldn’t it be trimmed for the *right* reasons - that is, not in order to save the state money but as a way of protecting communities from the negative impact of constant welfarist intervention?

We’ll be debating these issues at the next session of our spiked drinks events at Portcullis House in London on Monday 3 June at 6.30pm. Find out more here.



15 May 2013
St Angelina, save
us from ourselves!
14 May 2013
Remember, Fergie is for football, not for life

17 May 2013:
The Star Trek hype? It’s illogical, captain.

17 May 2013:
Don Draper: it’s time to buck your ideas up

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