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…
Why can’t we speak plainly about migrant crime?
On Wednesday, two striking events happened in France. The first was that the President of the Republic led the nation’s…
Why do politicians refuse to tell it how it is on immigration?
One of the presumptions of democracy is that leaders listen to the public. But as poll after poll in Europe…
Britain’s flawed definition of extremism is storing up trouble
Is Allah gay? The eventuality – as Jeeves might say – would seem to be a remote one. If such…
My Rod Liddle nightmare
I do the overnight from Washington in order to be back for Jewish Book Week. Some months ago the organisers…
The BBC’s shameful silence on the Telford sex scandal
Last month, I wrote here about the BBC and ‘grooming gangs’. In particular, I speculated that it was unlikely that having…
What the suspected poisoning of Sergei Skripal tells us about Russia
We live in a strange era when it comes to Russia. On the one hand there are people who seem…
The BBC’s coverage of Ben Bradley’s apology to Corbyn is fascinating
The story about Jeremy Corbyn’s contacts with a member of Czech intelligence in the 1980s has not been treated with…
Is it really homophobic to ask whether two men can make a baby?
When I saw the photo of Tom Daley and Dustin Lance Black holding a photo of an ultrasound, and all…
Will the BBC go back to ignoring grooming gangs?
The future of modern Britain looks set to be an unusually complicated affair. Take just one piece of news that…
It’s easy to predict where the Cathy Newman backlash will lead
Last week I wrote in this space about Cathy Newman’s catastrophic interview with the Canadian academic Jordan Peterson. Since then…
Watch: Cathy Newman’s catastrophic interview with Jordan Peterson
In the magazine this week I have written a piece about the Canadian Professor Jordan Peterson. He has been in…
If Dawn Butler can’t forgive Toby Young, can she forgive herself?
I am fascinated as well as appalled by the new morality being created in our country. Last night, Dawn Butler…
My ‘person of the year’? Theresa May
The newspapers are full of end-of-year round ups, photographic highlights of the year and so on. And I thought I…
The consequence of this new sexual counter-revolution? No sex at all
We’re closing 2017 by republishing our twelve most-read articles of the year. Here’s No. 7: Douglas Murray on the sexual counter-revolution:…
Sadiq Khan should tell Trump the truth about multicultural London
The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, likes to make a stand. Specifically he likes to present himself (and the city…
Are racist chants now acceptable on the British left?
On Friday the Guardian columnist and Corbyn-supporter Owen Jones sent out this Tweet to his followers: https://twitter.com/OwenJones84/status/939123128374046720 As a video…
In praise of Trevor Phillips, the Islamic Human Rights Commission’s latest target
One of the nicest things in life is the discovery that one-time enemies are in fact terrific, brave people who…
Beware the modern-day heretic hunters
One of the most sinister noises in the world is that of dumb officialdom groping around to find some reason…
Where is the outrage at the ‘racist’ campaign against Priti Patel?
Among the many things that have been puzzling me since Priti Patel’s resignation last week, one stands out. So far as…
Sharia law and the relative mercies of French justice
For many years, the grandson of the founder of the Muslim Brotherhood, Tariq Ramadan, has been one of my closest…
A beginner’s guide to the AfD
The German public have, as predicted, kept ahold of nurse. But it is the breakthrough of the AfD into the…
Are refugees welcome to plant bombs on our trains?
It’s all a long time ago now isn’t it? All of three days since someone put a bomb on a London…