The Guardian
The Observer’s unfortunate mix-up
Someone at No. 10 must have had the shock of their lives over the weekend. The new chancellor Sajid Javid…
Fretting over ‘land inequality’ is a waste of time
As if the nation is not already mired in enough scandal, now comes the revelation that half the land in…
Fewer British workers are sick, so why isn’t the Guardian celebrating?
I know the Guardian is desperate to stop Brexit and will dredge up anything to try to back its case…
A very Guardian Christmas: decorate a tree branch
Christmas – the season of goodwill, turkey, tinsel and general over-indulgence. Except that is, if you work at the Guardian. With…
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…
Guardian in a pickle over Seumas Milne’s return
With Seumas Milne on the way out as Jeremy Corbyn’s director of communications, he is widely expected to return to the…
The Guardian declares war on street parties: ‘a front for a middle-class nationalism that celebrates austerity’
Barely a week goes by without the Guardian declaring war on a seemingly harmless food type. According to the paper tea-drinkers…
If atheists do have values, what are they?
There’s an interesting article in the Guardian by Julian Baggini. Now that nearly half of Britons say that they have…
Polly Toynbee forgets to check her privilege on Marr
With the Sunday papers filled with the details of David Cameron’s past tax returns, the subject of his family’s wealth…
Is Seumas Milne’s Guardian ‘leave’ coming to an end?
When Seumas Milne — the Guardian associate editor and columnist — was hired as Jeremy Corbyn’s director of communications, Labour released…
Why is there one rule for badgers, and another for mosquitoes?
It’s unusual for a left-leaning paper to propose wiping out an entire species. Normally they’re proposing doing the exact opposite…
Are Blairites being purged from the Guardian?
During the Labour leadership election, Guardian readers complained that the paper’s Jeremy Corbyn coverage was worse than its coverage of…
Nine days on, why is the left still in denial about the Cologne attacks?
Still in denial, then. The liberal left, having first tried to ignore the massed sex attacks in Cologne (and in…
How FHM readers lost their safe space
‘A victory for feminism,’ came the cries this week, as news broke that FHM was to close after 20 years.…
George Osborne: Corbyn is not the cause of Labour’s problems
George Osborne was interviewed by Kath Viner, editor of The Guardian, this afternoon and offered some interesting thoughts on Jeremy Corbyn.…
That LinkedIn photograph has served Charlotte Proudman very well, hasn’t it?
Gosh, she’s done well out of notoriety, has Charlotte Proudman. After emerging from entire obscurity after outing an older male…
Corbyn wins: a delicious humiliation for the liberal Left
The groans that must be coming from the newsrooms of the Guardian and the BBC right now! With a descant…
Sharing a photo of a dead Syrian child isn’t compassionate, it’s narcissistic
Have you seen the dead Syrian child yet? Look at his lifeless body. His head buried in the sand. His sad, resigned…
Guardian journalist enjoys wild night on David Cameron’s private jet
With the newspapers frequently filled with tales of former public schoolboys misbehaving abroad, Mr S was unsurprised to hear reports that a…