In defence of smacking children
Scotland is fast becoming the most strident, unforgiving nanny state in the West. A world leader in the policing of…
The Football Lads Alliance is a working-class movement – and the political class wants to ignore it
Politicians are always going on about ‘the voiceless’. By which they usually mean poor and working-class people. People who have…
Boris Johnson’s ‘dead bodies’ critics should take a look in the mirror
In what kind of moral universe would it be considered acceptable for the authors of a war, the people who…
The great Brexit bus delusion
I know many Leave voters. Most of my family. Around half of my friends. Lots of the people in the…
The EU Withdrawal Bill is a victory for British parliamentary democracy
Everyone needs to calm down about the EU Withdrawal Bill. The way anti-Brexiteers are talking about it you’d think Henry…
Shame on the eco-ghouls exploiting Hurricane Harvey
Here they come, the eco-ghouls, feasting on another natural disaster. This time it’s the floods in Houston. No sooner had…
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…
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