If Brexit is abandoned, will it ever be worth voting again?
Earlier this year I was approached at a party by a prominent and slightly oiled ‘Remainer’. Amid other pleasantries she…
The ‘Islamophobia’ problem
This is a good time to bury bad news. And sure enough it turns out that a cross-party group of…
Does America oppose female genital mutilation – or not?
Twenty years ago almost no one in the West had heard of Female Genital Mutilation. Then in the 2000s, thanks…
Asia Bibi and the case that makes a mockery of Britain’s asylum laws
In between the small amount of other news this week there has been a certain amount of attention on the…
The ignorant hounding of Roger Scruton
There are times when you wonder whether our culture is too stupid to survive. The thought has kept occurring over…
Should it be illegal to insult Mohammed?
Should you be allowed to say that the founder of one of the world’s largest religions was a paedophile? According…
Is Julian Assange the world’s worst tenant?
Before taking up residence at the Ecuadorian Embassy in London, Assange lived at Ellingham Hall in Norfolk. This was at…
How three pranksters exposed the insanity of the social sciences
One of the most beautiful things to happen in recent years was ‘the conceptual penis as a social construct.’ This…
What does an illegal migrant have to do to get deported from Sweden?
There is an old paradox/joke about the law of averages. If the likelihood of getting on a plane with a…
What happens when Steve Bannon is given a platform?
I wrote a couple of weeks ago about the interesting question of whether or not the former chief strategist to…
Watch: Douglas Murray live with Jordan Peterson and Sam Harris
In July I did two live events in Dublin and London with Jordan Peterson and Sam Harris. At each of…
The Swedish Prime Minister has gambled with his country’s future
The Swedes are going to the polls in one of the most significant bellwether-elections in Europe this year. The international…
The real lesson of a Swedish deportation protest
A few weeks ago I wrote in this space about the case of Elin Ersson. She is the young Swedish…
What’s the truth about the Manchester bomber’s mosque?
The BBC seems to be getting it from all sides these days. So it should also be praised when it…
Jeremy Corbyn and the cynical tactics of the left
It is August, so perhaps it is inevitable that parts of the left are getting somewhat over-heated. But it can’t…
Elin Ersson’s ‘citizen-activism’ comes at a heavy price
Last week, a 22-year old Swede called Elin Ersson made headlines around the world for her ‘citizen-activism’. Learning that a…
Does Teen Vogue understand what it means to be ‘literally a communist’?
If anyone wanted an encapsulation of the screwiness of our times just consider the following straight question being asked of…
Why I won’t appear on the Guardian’s anti-Trump panel
Should I help the Guardian to make money? The question arises because the paper’s emissaries have been badgering me to…
The true cost of the Stepford Students
It has become abundantly clear in recent years that becoming a Social Justice Warrior (SJW) is bad for your health.…
Meghan Markle and the myth of ‘racist’ Britain
In recent years the British public have been bombarded with allegations about our alleged bigotry. When we failed to follow…
London’s knife crime problem is the talk of the town in New York
New York is as boiling as Naples. Yet walking by Central Park after dinner with friends on Fifth, several couples…
Hectoring Trump on Iran has done Britain and France no favours
Three years ago when the Iran nuclear agreement was signed there was massive political resistance in Washington. Notably – but…
How many fourth-rate academics are first-rate bigots?
A couple of weeks ago I wrote two pieces about a very rum collection of ‘academics’ who had written to The…
The Guardian letter defending Jeremy Corbyn is a sham
Yesterday I wrote about a letter that was in the Guardian on Monday defending Jeremy Corbyn from accusations of anti-Semitism.…
The truth about the ‘senior academics’ defending Corbyn
The Guardian has published a letter headlined ‘Stop Jeremy Corbyn’s trial by media over antisemitism.’ The paper explains: ‘More than…
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