‘The post-1989 temptation in Prague has been two-fold. The first has been to legislate the totalitarian past out of existence, the second has been to copy the liberal West blindly at a lag of 20 years’

If ‘localism’ is to succeed, more power should be given to the people, not local government

Political parties are being held to ransom by older voters. And it's the young who are paying the price

Samuel Brittan and Edward Hadas, both distinguished economic commentators, discuss where to place the blame for the current global crisis with Standpoint editor Daniel Johnson

This month's small organisation making a big difference

‘The one education reform no government has tried is putting parents firmly in control’

Family courts are putting parents on trial for their children. Instead of helping to keep families together, these secretive tribunals are breaking them apart—often for trivial reasons