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The pettiness of Birmingham’s busking ban UK

The pettiness of Birmingham’s busking ban

9th June 2025
The casual tyranny of banning silent prayer Free Speech

The casual tyranny of banning silent prayer

14th April 2025
You got a licence for that? Long-reads

You got a licence for that?

12th April 2025
Labour’s ‘respect orders’ are a boon for curtain-twitchers UK

Labour’s ‘respect orders’ are a boon for curtain-twitchers

26th November 2024
The hollow authoritarianism of Labour’s ‘respect orders’ Politics

The hollow authoritarianism of Labour’s ‘respect orders’

18th September 2024
Feeding the birds is not ‘anti-social behaviour’ UK

Feeding the birds is not ‘anti-social behaviour’

1st December 2023
The creeping criminalisation of everyday life UK

The creeping criminalisation of everyday life

26th September 2023
Sunak’s cruel crackdown on the homeless Politics

Sunak’s cruel crackdown on the homeless

29th March 2023
The neo-feudal takeover of local councils Politics

The neo-feudal takeover of local councils

1st February 2023
France is sliding into medical authoritarianism World

France is sliding into medical authoritarianism

15th July 2021
How councils became parallel police forces Politics

How councils became parallel police forces

5th July 2021
Why we must oppose vaccine passports Politics

Why we must oppose vaccine passports

7th April 2021

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Lockdown has destroyed France’s spirit of resistance World

Lockdown has destroyed France’s spirit of resistance

5th November 2020
Now they want to ban smoking at home Politics

Now they want to ban smoking at home

30th September 2020
Covid marshals and the rise of the busybody state Politics

Covid marshals and the rise of the busybody state

17th September 2020
In France, it’s now a crime to talk to your neighbour World

In France, it’s now a crime to talk to your neighbour

18th March 2020
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