Labour, Question Time and the cult of youth
When’s the Question Time for over-60s, then? Or maybe even over-75s? After all, elderly people face specific social problems: pension…
Boris Johnson and the ‘piccaninny’ smear
Boris Johnson likes to call black people ‘piccaninnies’. Everyone’s saying it. Even Stormzy said it this week in his endorsement…
Channel 4’s climate change debate was a sham
I’ve seen some mad political debates in my time, but none as bonkers as last night’s climate debate on Channel…
Coldplay’s sanctimonious politics is as boring as their music
Everyone, use as much plastic as you can. Drive your diesel cars everywhere. Refuse to recycle. Fly long-haul. Do everything…
Prince Andrew is a creep but he’s innocent until proven guilty
Prince Andrew is a creep. But he’s not the only one. There is also something creepy about the public shaming…
What Hillary Clinton doesn’t understand about Brexit
Is anyone else watching Hillary Clinton’s whirlwind trip to the UK and thinking to themselves: ‘Thank God she didn’t become…
Jean-Claude Juncker’s staggering hypocrisy
Jean-Claude Juncker has got some front. Today, to the glee of Boris-bashers and hardcore Remainers, he has accused Boris of…
The joy of the People’s Vote meltdown
Anyone else enjoying the falling apart of the People’s Vote campaign? It’s one of the funniest news stories I’ve read…
Why David Lammy should join the Brexit camp
For three-and-a-half years Brexiteers have been told that we didn’t know what we were voting for. I think that might…
Let’s be honest about what a second referendum means
A second referendum would be a political abomination. And it’s about time more of us said so. We need to…
Lewis Hamilton and the unbearable climate change hypocrites
By now we’re all used to being lectured by woke hypocritical celebs. But Lewis Hamilton’s suggestion that we all turn…
Sadiq Khan’s selective concern about ‘voter suppression’
Sadiq Khan has got some front. He is complaining about the government’s voter ID plans, claiming it will lead to…
Extinction Rebellion is a menace
It’s tempting to laugh at Extinction Rebellion. I do it myself frequently. Those yoga sessions on Westminster Bridge. The amateur…
Yes, Trump’s tweet was racist. But BBC rules stop presenters saying so
All of the following things are true. Naga Munchetty, co-host of BBC Breakfast, is a very good TV journalist, one…
Brexit voters do feel betrayed. So why can’t Boris say so?
Rarely has there been such a flagrant display of hypocrisy and cant as there was in the House of Commons…
Emily Thornberry’s political wardrobe malfunction
These days everyone in politics is obsessed with ‘optics’, with making sure they never do or say anything that might…
Justin Trudeau is a fool but we should still forgive him
If you live by the sword of wokeness, you might die by it too. Justin Trudeau is about to find…
Lib Dems are the real Brexit extremists
The Lib Dems are now the most extremist party in the UK. They might not look like extremists, being made…
John Bercow’s seething contempt for Brexiteers
Anyone who doubted that John Bercow is an arrogant blowhard who harbours a seething contempt for Brexiteers will surely have…
There’s nothing brave about the so-called ‘Tory rebels’
I have a real problem with the term ‘Tory rebels’. Because it’s questionable, to put it gently, that either of…
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