The Telegraph
Pro‑trans mob made me the most hated student at my university
The ordeal I suffered at UCL taught me a painful lesson: the price of freedom can be loss of popularity.
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The Telegraph
Pro‑trans mob made me the most hated student at my university
The ordeal I suffered at UCL taught me a painful lesson: the price of freedom can be loss of popularity.
The Independent
The economy is rigged against students like me
Youth unemployment is climbing and entry‑level jobs are disappearing. So why is policy making it harder?
City A.M.
I'm a teetotaller — banning alcohol‑free beer shows Labour's contempt for young people like me
Why proposed restrictions on alcohol‑free beer reveal deeper issues about youth autonomy.
Comment Central
The graduate success tax is killing aspiration
A look at how the graduate success tax discourages ambition and punishes young people striving for upward mobility, and how to reform the student loan system.
RealClearWorld
The UK’s Free Speech Act is a Paper Tiger — And America is Next
For years, the threat to free speech on American campuses was an inside job — a crisis defined by rows of administrators better suited to a daycare than a university, and crowds of activist students holding up placards, eager to police “wrongthink” and silence dissent...
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