Tag: Paula Zoido-Oses
Jeremy Corbyn’s ‘women only carriages’ proposal shows an alarming lack of understanding of the real causes of harassment
Jeremy Corbyn’s consideration of female-only carriages in public transport shows an ignorance of the causes of sexual harassment and what it may take to solve the issue, argues Paula Zoido-Oses. Similar PostsLabour Party leadership: can Keir Starmer really maintain party unity?Book Review | Other People’s Politics: Populism to Corbynism by J.A. SmithWho is the Leader of the Opposition?What […]
The ‘Je suis Charlie’ movement is indeed polarising and divisive, but the division it creates is necessary for the enjoyment of liberal freedoms
In the wake of the attack in Paris on the satirical magazine, Charlie Hebdo, discussion has centred around freedo of speech and whether Charlie Hebdo had gone too far in offending others. Paula Zoido-Oses writes that being offended is the small and unavoidable fee we all have to pay in order to enjoy liberal freedoms. Far from being […]
It is the state’s duty to make sure that individuals have a choice where liberal and illiberal values clash
Should liberal communities accommodate communities that praise ‘illiberal’ values? After all, a state-driven imposition of a single set of values in the name of liberalism is, if nothing else, a clearly contradictory interpretation of liberalism. Forcing people to be free is just as bad as forcing them to be unfree, argues Paula Zoido-Oses. Similar PostsRepublicans give more to […]
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