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Grammar Schools: The Left Closed the Door to Social Mobility and Called It Equality
Crime & Justice

Grammar Schools: The Left Closed the Door to Social Mobility and Called It Equality

Britain's progressive consensus against selective education has systematically destroyed opportunities for bright working-class children while protecting middle-class privilege. The evidence from high-performing selective systems worldwide shows grammar schools remain our best hope for genuine social mobility.

The Two-Child Benefit Cap: The One Welfare Reform Worth Keeping — and Why Labour Scrapping It Would Be a Catastrophic Mistake
Media & Politics

The Two-Child Benefit Cap: The One Welfare Reform Worth Keeping — and Why Labour Scrapping It Would Be a Catastrophic Mistake

Labour faces mounting pressure to scrap the two-child benefit limit, but this rare Conservative welfare reform represents a vital principle: the state cannot be an unlimited underwriter of personal choices. Abolishing it would signal a return to the failed policies that created Britain's welfare dependency crisis.

Small Boats, Big Lies: Why Every 'New Plan' to Stop Channel Crossings Has Failed — and What Would Actually Work
Crime & Justice

Small Boats, Big Lies: Why Every 'New Plan' to Stop Channel Crossings Has Failed — and What Would Actually Work

Despite years of government pledges and headline-grabbing schemes, illegal Channel crossings remain stubbornly high. Without genuine offshore processing, swift deportation agreements, and treaty renegotiation with France, Britain's border remains fiction rather than fact.

The BBC Licence Fee Is a Victorian Tax on a Streaming Age — It's Time to Pull the Plug
Media & Politics

The BBC Licence Fee Is a Victorian Tax on a Streaming Age — It's Time to Pull the Plug

Forcing every British household to pay £169.50 annually to fund a broadcaster that increasingly reflects the values of a narrow metropolitan elite is indefensible in 2024. The BBC's founding Reithian mission has been replaced by editorial drift that alienates the very taxpayers forced to fund it.

The Net Zero Delusion: How Britain's Green Obsession Is Bankrupting Families and Crippling Our Industry
Environment & Energy

The Net Zero Delusion: How Britain's Green Obsession Is Bankrupting Families and Crippling Our Industry

Britain's legally binding net zero targets are destroying working-class livelihoods whilst enriching green technocrats. The time has come to prioritise energy security and affordability over virtue signalling to international elites.

Stop and Search Works — So Why Does the Establishment Keep Trying to Kill It?
Crime & Justice

Stop and Search Works — So Why Does the Establishment Keep Trying to Kill It?

Despite overwhelming evidence of its effectiveness in reducing knife crime, stop and search faces relentless attack from progressive activists. The real victims of this campaign are the young lives lost to violence in Britain's cities.