Don’t be grateful for gay marriage
Just over 10 years ago I wrote a 45 minute speech for Michael Portillo to a conference of brewers and licensed retailers. The speech contained proposals I had hammered out with Michael and Oliver...
View ArticleGay marriage means equal responsibilities
Not everyone is a fan of the Government’s decision to push forward in allowing gay men and women to get married. Roger Helmer, a Conservative MEP, manages to oppose it – miraculously – on both extreme...
View ArticleThe Legal Recognition Of Gay Marriage Is Absolutely The Right Thing To Do
The Government has announced that it is planning to launch a consultation with the aim of legalising gay marriage. It’s a very welcome announcement indeed. The case for gay marriage is clear and it is...
View ArticleClik here to view.
How to be happy: marry, get a good job, buy a house. Who knew?
Today the ONS released statistics from its project to measure ‘National Wellbeing.’ Future historians are going to have fun with this archive: the narrative of the early 21st century will be peppered...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Feminism: we need to consider the three pillars of life
I was never much of a Cosmo reader and these days mostly read things like the Economist (though I have a guilty penchant for Stylist when I can find a copy) but reading all the tributes to Helen Gurley...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Equal marriage is turning into the 50p tax rate
I wasn’t really intending to return to the issue of equal marriage again; we’ve said a lot on it and it shouldn’t really any longer be something we’re discussing the principles of. Yet somehow, once...
View Article
