All the worst people like the ‘anti-Muslim hostility’ definition
Not worried enough yet by the government’s new definition of ‘anti-Muslim hostility’? Here’s another red flag: the mild, nuanced, or…
This ‘anti-Muslim hostility’ definition is truly sinister
The government’s new official definition of ‘anti-Muslim hostility’ is 144 words long. But in a sign that even ministers now…
The good and bad news about Labour’s leaked social cohesion strategy
Some things in the government’s leaked social cohesion strategy will be deeply neuralgic to many. There is the creation of…
Revealed: David Lammy’s curious relationship with Guyanese Big Oil
Better not tell Ed Miliband, but in spring 2022 his then shadow cabinet colleague, David Lammy, appears to have struck…
The real Alaa Abd el-Fattah scandal
The real scandal of Alaa Abd el-Fattah is that it is nothing new, and that not enough has changed. For…
It’s time to admit that high-speed rail is a dead end
For those who think there could never be a worse disaster than HS2, or hope that governments can learn from…
Miqdaad Versi and the troubling war on ‘Islamophobia’
Readers of progressive newspapers have occasionally been invited to admire a man called Miqdaad Versi. He was the subject of…
Why won’t TfL staff stop fare dodgers?
In Robert Jenrick’s fare-dodging video, it felt a little unfair for the Tories’ checked-shirt crusader to include that shot of…
The danger of the ‘Islamophobic’ label
Sadiq Khan is an Islamophobe. Not just any old Islamophobe, and not just in the woollier parts of the web.…
Sadiq Khan is a lousy London Mayor. Why hasn’t anyone noticed?
According to people at City Hall, Sadiq Khan writes some of his own press releases. I can believe it: they’ve…
No Khan do
Let’s try a thought experiment, shall we? If a senior adviser to my old boss, Boris Johnson, had celebrated John…
Robocop returns
Military-style policing is creeping into everyday life
