Standpoint Magazine
Captive nations and other inmates
The Chinese Communist Party wants to control the diaspora and suppress foreign criticism. Mongolians, Tibetans and Uighurs are not only silenced inside Xi Jinping’s empire, but abroad
Letters: jokes missed; sustainable seas; a Senate for the UK
Andrew Doyle explains why Nick Cohen just doesn’t get his jokes; Rowan Williams and Irene Lancaster on antisemitism; sustainable sea farming; and Frank Field on why the UK needs a Senate
Letters: confronting antisemitism; trans athletes; immigration and the hostile environment
Frederic Raphael on antisemitism; why trans women athletes hardly ever win; legal language and immigration
Letters: David Goodhart is wrong — and so is Peter Hitchens
“It is not just lack of resources which places the burden of proof on migrants, but the law — and that law lies at the basis of Home Office decision-making”
Letters: Misreading Cameron, Farming in the balance, Cathedrals and castles
Did Simon Heffer misread Cameron? Plus: a farmer responds to Lisbet Rausing
Contributors
Contributors for the September/October issue of Standpoint
Letters
‘It is a common trap to believe that under the Prime Minister’s Etonian brio lie liberal convictions. Experience suggests otherwise. The only thing Johnson consistently stands up for is himself, and on that, he has indeed never compromised’
Will the green agenda be killed off by the pandemic?
‘Will the green agenda be killed off by the longer-term coronavirus recovery? Or might the closure of so much business, and the cleaner air that results from planes not flying and factories not working, give us extra years to gain control of our environment?’
Why T.S. Eliot still matters
His contemporaries’ reputations have diminished. But Eliot’s has grown: he is the poet who shows us what can be saved from the ruins
Music’s in the house
Rappers have found a role in lockdown: chronicling coronavirus with topical tunes. Most people, though, are rushing to the safety of the past