The Brexit bounce making a mockery of George Osborne’s Project Fear
We are now just two months away from the second anniversary of the Brexit vote and therefore in a position…
The disturbing reaction to the Hither Green ‘burglar’ stabbing
A black youth living in London might be forgiven for a bit of confusion this morning. All week we have…
Gender pay gap hysteria could make things worse for women
Next time I hear a government minister on radio or television bemoaning Britain’s poor record on productivity I request that…
Are you a winner or a loser from Trump’s trade war?
China’s imposition today of tariffs on 128 imports from the US was inevitable – and is no doubt exactly the…
UK investment is at a record high. So why has almost no one reported it?
Why is it that whenever some organisation comes up with some half-baked prediction of doom for the UK economy post-Brexit…
The EU’s petulance is turning its Galileo satellite into a white elephant
Moves by the EU to try to stop British armed forces from accessing the Galileo satellite system, and to prevent…
The left’s prophet of doom is still wrong
The Left has found something to raise its cheer. Needless to say, it is someone predicting that mankind is doomed. The…
Let’s hear more of the moral case for Brexit
How many times over the past few months have some remain supporters tried to tell us that tariffs on imported…
The Russian spy row could help Corbyn
It seems obvious, doesn’t it? Jeremy Corbyn, in a comment piece in the Guardian, continues to insist that Putin might…
Thanks to the anti-fracking lobby, Britain can’t avoid Russian gas
Who stands between the government and a proper, effective sanctions regime against Russia? Not Jeremy Corbyn, though he might wish…
Gavin Williamson was right to be paranoid about Russia
In responding to the Salisbury attack, Theresa May was in little danger of over-reacting. Her challenge was more to come…
Don’t pinch the penny!
It always takes a few hours for the nasties in a Budget to become clear. That is as true with…
Will Philip Hammond drop the Eeyore act in his Spring Statement?
A spring without a Budget is a bit like one without the Grand National or the Boat Race. It doesn’t…
Does the BBC think northerners starved under the Tories?
Why does almost every BBC programme have to turn into lefty propaganda? For the past few Tuesday nights, there has…
Did Munroe Bergdorf not expect the digital inquisition?
But for Toby Young, it is possible that few of us would have noticed the appointment of a transgender model…
How Theresa May can take advantage of Trump’s trade wars
It speaks volumes about protectionism that while the share prices of steel and aluminium makers rose on the news that…
What are Jeremy Corbyn and Michel Barnier up to?
The Commons Select Committee on Culture, Media and Sport recently investigated claims of Russian interference in the UK electoral process.…
Corbynites are right: bin bullies must be stopped
It is another case of Corbynite militants overthrowing a moderate Labour politician. Or so I thought when I read this…
White heat: How is tech changing politics?
Jeremy Corbyn began the 2017 election campaign 20 points behind the Conservatives in the polls; he ended it just two…
Sod the Second Amendment
I just wonder how many more school massacres it will take before four words, which I am sure are already…
Why are animals more important than unborn children?
Most of the time I feel perfectly at ease in my own country, and that would be the case had…
Bermuda’s gay marriage row shows the liberal-left’s disdain for democracy
The Labour benches and the pages of the Guardian are not normally places one would go for a defence of…
Is Carney’s growth forecast anything to get excited about?
It is really worth bothering with Mark Carney’s upgrading of the Bank of England’s growth forecast for 2018 from 1.5…
The Tesco equal pay claim sets a dangerous precedent
I have decided that my work is of equal value to that of Claudia Schiffer and that therefore in future…
The Today programme has become Woman’s Hour
Anniversaries are very interesting, of course, but all the same I think a news programme ought to revolve around, well,…
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