Silencing debate on grooming gangs is a foul snub to victims
It’s official: people who talk about the problem of Pakistani men abusing white working-class girls have no place in polite…
The violent product of identity politics
Identity politics is turning violent. It’s been brewing for a while. Anyone who’s witnessed mobs of students threatening to silence…
I’m a ‘Brexit extremist’ and proud of it
We used to think it was noble when people made sacrifices for their beliefs, when they were happy to endure…
Justin Trudeau wants the West to worship at his feet
Justin Trudeau, the wokest world leader, has officially achieved rock-star status. This week he appears on the cover of Rolling Stone…
Who cares that the new Doctor is female?
Jodie Whittaker: what an inspired choice for the new Doctor. Not only is she a very fine actress, whether she’s…
If Brexit doesn’t happen, then Britain isn’t a democracy
It’s the casualness with which they’re saying it that is truly disturbing. ‘I’m beginning to think that Brexit may never…
The smoking ban ripped the soul out of this country
It is 10 years since smoking in public places was banned in England. Ten years since officials decreed that we…
Grenfell Tower: a political prop in a morality play
John McDonnell’s use of the M-word in relation to the Grenfell inferno marks a new low in the political milking of this…
The anti-tabloid snobs are the real bigots
So now we know who’s really responsible for the horrible attack at Finsbury Park Mosque: it was the Sun wot…
The Grenfell Tower inferno shames London
It takes a lot to make me feel ashamed of London, my beloved home city. But yesterday’s tower-block inferno did…
Intolerant liberals have a new target: the DUP
Memo to London-based liberals: not everyone shares your point of view. Some people — brace yourself for this — have…
Jeremy Corbyn’s unlikely fans show he is no revolutionary
So now we know: Jeremy Corbyn is a counterrevolutionary. The man who fancies himself as the secret Red of British…
How I lost my Tory-voting virginity in the name of democracy and press freedom
Today, for the first time in my life, I voted Tory. And somewhat disappointingly I haven’t sprouted horns yet. I…
Labour’s desperate crawling to the young is a sad admission of defeat
In this slow-motion car crash of a General Election campaign, there have been few sights more tragic than that of…
Jeremy Paxman has become a national bore
So who came off worse in The Battle for Number 10, last night’s Channel 4 / Sky stand-off between Theresa…
Why is Jeremy Corbyn politicising Islamist murder?
Today, Jeremy Corbyn elevated terrorist attacks from acts of medieval mass murder to the level of a political statement. He…
This election is about just one thing: Brexit
Can we please stop pretending this is a normal election? Everyone’s at it. Gabbing about NHS funding, arguing over energy…
Labour’s plan to ban unpaid internships will do more harm than good
Nothing better sums up middle-class millennials’ sense of entitlement than their demand that they be paid for interning. ‘Paid internships…
Brexiteers are Marine Le Pen’s natural opponents
I’m a Brexiteer and I’m glad Le Pen lost. Those Brexit-bashers who say ‘Brexit-Trump-Le-Pen’ almost as one word, as if…
Marine Le Pen has come out with the best political line of the year
It was the best line of the night. The best line of the campaign, in fact. It might even prove…
Who does Jean-Claude Juncker think he is?
Jean-Claude Juncker: what a nasty piece of work. There aren’t many politicians I’d say that about. Even most of those…
By their own logic, feminists should support Marine Le Pen
Why aren’t feminists lining up behind Le Pen? I thought women had a moral responsibility to back women standing for…
Tony Blair is the messianic Remainer here to save us from ourselves
Here they come, Tony Blair and his tragic chattering-class army. The former PM, whose rictus grin and glottal stops still…
The Hitler analogy has become a symbol of political ignorance
Man, the brass neck of Trump’s media critics. They’ve spent the past 24 hours tearing into Trump’s media man Sean…
Britain’s comics can’t stand Brexit – but the joke is on them
One of the best things about Brexit has been its shattering of anti-establishment pretensions. All the people who for yonks…
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