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The worst Tory election campaign ever
We’re closing 2017 by republishing our twelve most-read articles of the year. Here’s No. 8: Rod Liddle on the bungled snap…
Should politics be kept out of the classroom?
I don’t like having a go at a colleague. Especially not one as talented as the Sunday Times‘ Emma Barnett,…
The Premier League is never so easily decided as people think
Away from politics for a few moments. Football. What about Manchester City? The pundits and experts were euphuistic in their…
It’s been a bad year for Blue Labour
Not a good year for my small sector of the political sphere, Blue Labour. I say small because politically, at…
Priti Patel is right: Let’s give our foreign aid money to Israel
So, let me get this right. Priti Patel should resign because, while on a private holiday, she did some work…
Private Eye has become a humour-free zone
Anyone subscribe to Private Eye? I do, and have done for almost forty years. But I am beginning to wonder…
What if someone takes the kisses at the end of my emails seriously?
Very good piece from Giles Coren (as usual) on the intrusive and aggressive act of putting ‘xx’ at the end of…
It’s time to call it a day on this Tory government
Some of you may not like this, but the BBC Ten O’Clock News last night was pretty scrupulous in its…
We’re losing this cat-and-mouse terror game
I wonder how Mohammad Khan is getting on in his legal action against Virgin Atlantic. Mo — a Muslim, the…
Is Islam antithetical to western values?
I just thought you ought to see this article, in case you hadn’t already. Granted, it’s from a journalist who…
Welcome to the green belt: a safe space for lily-livered Londoners
I am thoroughly enjoying Melissa Kite’s latest, justifiable, gripes which have been provoked by her move out of London. Stuff…
A letter to… The Guardian’s sanctimonious letter writer
This one is priceless, believe me. Truly priceless. For a long time now I’ve been buying The Guardian for its…
The funniest video I’ve ever seen
I suppose it says something about me, but I don’t think I’ve ever seen anything funnier than this video –…
Labour should form a coalition with the DUP
So, they limp on, and Corbyn is justified in holding aloft the Queen’s Speech in jubilantly derisive fashion. Some of…
The Labour campaign in Middlesbrough South was a remarkable thing to see
One more quick observation on Labour. I was hanging around polling stations in my constituency on Thursday, somewhat in the…
I called it! Theresa May has been undone by her pointless election
I would direct you to Liddle passim for why we are now in this state of chaos. Even if Theresa…
We must come together – and repeat the mantra ‘hope not hate’
We must all come together. Hope, not hate. Nothing to do with Islam. Nothing to do with Muslims. Just a…
Corbyn’s limited ‘respect’ for press freedom
A stirring defence of press freedom from Jeremy Corbyn at his party’s manifesto launch. Urging the booing Momentum authoritarians to…
No, Britain’s Eurovision flop can’t be blamed on Brexit
I see that the UK’s Lucie Jones has blamed her Eurovision Song Contest failure upon Brexit. Lucie actually came fifteenth,…
Jeremy Corbyn is starting to sound like a decent Labour leader
I didn’t see a ferret, reverse or otherwise, during Labour’s campaign launch or after. I heard some quite silly, grandstanding,…
Diane Abbott, the brain of Labour
I awoke this morning to hear Diane Abbott’s brains leaking out of her ears and all over the carpet during an…
Britain’s election is seriously uninspiring. Can I head to France?
I see that the polls have narrowed a bit, although I can’t see an earthly reason why they would have…
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