The common good demands you wear a mask | Ojel L. Rodriguez Burgos
The debate on how to deal with the Coronavirus after the lockdown restrictions have been gradually lifted across the United Kingdom continues to be front and centre in the newsroom. One debate has been particularly spirited and recurrent; whether the government should force people to wear masks in public.
Compulsory masks - for the common good or an impractical policy? | Sam Hall
A very convincing argument can be made that we should instead be focusing on regular hand washing and proper social-distancing and not giving the police more excuses to infringe upon individual freedoms. Only time will tell if this will be effective, or draconian laziness from our legislators.
‘Defund the Police’? | Sam Hall
So let’s spell it out: poor people can’t afford private security like rich people can. Rich private security companies will profit where the police fall. Eventually, the left will demand private security for all. Otherwise known as the Police. In the meantime, it will be the poorest in society who suffer as social workers and psychologists are left to pick up the pieces. This is just another case of leftist intellectual elitism.
Time for Britain to double down on law enforcement | Dan Mikhaylov
The previous weeks’ newsworthy events signalled pessimism. The heinous antisocial behaviour, vandalism and destruction under the name of Black Lives Matter provides yet another example of how an opulent, orderly society easily descends into endogenous chaos. However, recently we might have just hit a new low… Our solutions to such problems cannot merely be of harsher sentences, but must address sicknesses at the centre of our society.
The “no-fault” divorce legislation is contrary to the nature of marriage | Sam George
Yet, one should ask: Why does this theological perspective have any consequence to the non-Christian conservative? Quite simply because it sets the precedent of a higher standard which produces not only the smallest contingent of a healthy, functioning and self-sustaining society, but also typically provides the best surety against individual shortcomings as well as ensuring successful inheritance.
New abortion legislation spells dark days for the UK | Jason Plessas
There is a lot to be said for being ‘an arrow’ - that is, choosing one issue to concentrate on and gathering support around it. In the case of England & Wales, non-fatal disability would seem a logical focal point. The concerns have genuine appeal that can cross ideological divides: while we conservatives should maintain our healthy scepticism of the far-left sect that have infiltrated the Black Live Matters movement, we must remember that many of those repeating its slogan do so earnestly and without extremist agenda, and thus for whom the phrase “Disabled Lives Matter” would be uttered in the same breath.
A conservative approach to state intervention in the world of COVID-19 | Ojel L. Rodriguez Burgos
The actions undertaken by many countries have given more fuel to the great debate present in our politics; to what extent state intervention is morally permissible... On one side, you have the supporters of the minimalist state, which have reacted with horror to these actions. Followers of the modern philosophy of liberalism are being torn by its commitment to liberal freedom and their egalitarian concerns. Naturally, the question that also arises is how conservatism determines what is morally permissible, through the use of normative standards.
Britain’s role in the new Cold War | Dominic Lawson
If there was ever any hope that the pandemic would have put a pause to the Chinese state’s ambitions, that has been dashed in spectacular fashion by the full absorption of Hong Kong into the jurisdiction of mainland China. The newly introduced security bill, which focuses on disrupting succession movements and opposition to Beijing’s CCP, means that Hong Kong will be subjected to the same strict security-intelligence regime as exists on mainland China.
A tale of two parliaments and an assembly: how the present devolution settlement holds the UK back | Sam Hall
Devolution is also systematically dysfunctional. The Welsh Parliament is too small, the Scottish Parliament is dominated by a single party, and in Northern Ireland the First Minister does not even get to pick his or her top team. Sixty MSs are elected to the Welsh Parliament (Senedd) which some have claimed is insufficient to adequately scrutinize the work of the Welsh government because some MSs need to be on multiple committees and therefore cannot build up enough expertise.