The case for banning the burqa

Kemi Badenoch — Conservative Party leader, survivor of the 2024 electoral rout, and arguably the sharpest political mind left in British conservatism — is considering a ban on the burqa as part of a broader review of Islamist extremism.She should stop considering and start legislating.'Freedom' that produces permanent public anonymity for one group, in spaces where no one else enjoys it, is not freedom’s finest hour.The case does not begin with Badenoch, and it does not end in Westminster. Acros...