Brendan O'Neill

Brendan O'Neill is the editor of Spiked and a columnist for The Australian and The Big Issue.

The scandal of the Maccabi ban must not be allowed to fade

3 December 2025 3:54 am

The scandal of the Maccabi Tel Aviv ban keeps getting worse. Now we discover that West Midlands Police (WMP), in…

Ireland wants you to forget Chaim Herzog

30 November 2025 6:20 am

Now Ireland is erasing its Jewish history. This week Dublin City Council voted to change the name of Herzog Park…

The Jewish blood libel is back. Its return should trouble us all

15 November 2025 1:43 am

It’s back. The lie that led to the slaughter of so many Jews has returned to public life. The calumny…

When the oldest hatred came to Villa Park

8 November 2025 12:11 am

‘Scum’ barked at a Jewish man for the crime of taking a small Israel flag from his bag. ‘Get the…

Why do white men’s feelings matter more than black lesbians’?

5 November 2025 5:37 pm

So there you have it: the feelings of white men matter more than the rights of black lesbians. That’s the…

The Uxbridge killing is the final straw

30 October 2025 12:20 am

His name was Wayne Broadhurst. He was 49 years old. He reportedly worked as a refuse collector. He was by…

The ‘anti-racism’ march are the real extremists

26 October 2025 11:30 pm

What’s more scary? A gaggle of old UKIP voters gathering to vent their spleen about mass immigration? Or a march…

All politics is now about stopping Farage

24 October 2025 11:55 pm

Who really won the by-election in Caerphilly? I know officially it was Plaid Cymru, and I wouldn’t want to diminish…

The shameless attempt to cover up the Amsterdam Jew hunt

21 October 2025 5:00 pm

I often wonder – we all do – how human beings can be made to forget terrible events. Like the…

The farce of the Maccabi ban

18 October 2025 4:31 am

Tel Aviv Bemusement seems to be the main emotion in Tel Aviv following the UK’s mad ban on Maccabi fans.…

Donald Trump is the real anti-fascist hero

13 October 2025 10:43 pm

Tell me: who has done more for the cause of anti-fascism? Real anti-fascism? Those masked mummy’s boys of the Antifa…

What will the Israel haters do now?

10 October 2025 4:45 pm

Normal people are cheering the prospect of peace in Gaza. Some might even raise a glass to Donald Trump for…

Greta and the flotilla fools have no self-awareness

8 October 2025 12:03 am

I knew the modern left had its fair share of narcissists who can rarely see beyond their own navels. But…

The barbarism of the Manchester synagogue attack

2 October 2025 11:42 pm

It is not often that the news gives you a sick feeling in the pit of your stomach. Today’s news…

Emma Watson won’t recover from JK Rowling’s takedown

30 September 2025 8:08 pm

JK Rowling has broken her silence on Emma Watson. And if I were the Harry Potter actress, I would lie…

Who were the real bigots in Epping?

25 September 2025 2:42 am

Imagine if, following the rape charges against Harvey Weinstein, a mob of angry people had rallied to his defence. Imagine…

Forget Palestine – when will Starmer recognise Britain?

23 September 2025 1:55 am

Who does Keir Starmer think he’s kidding? There he is in that glossy video imperiously decreeing there should be a…

Led By Donkeys’s Trump stunt is their lamest yet

18 September 2025 10:02 pm

Has there ever been a lamer protest group than Led By Donkeys? I’m old enough to remember when protest was…

The killing of Charlie Kirk is an assault on America itself

11 September 2025 6:05 pm

He was wearing a t-shirt that said ‘Freedom’. A one-word rallying cry emblazoned in black across his chest. It was…

The usual suspects were curiously quiet about Iryna Zarutska’s brutal murder

11 September 2025 3:30 pm

Did Iryna Zarutska’s life matter? Judging by the delayed, sheepish media coverage of her killing in North Carolina last month,…

The persecution of Graham Linehan

3 September 2025 2:36 am

I have been lamenting Britain’s authoritarian turn for years. Yet even I was taken aback, physically repulsed in fact, by…

Migrant protests and the twilight of luxury beliefs

27 August 2025 3:45 pm

There are dark whispers on the internet about Britain’s coming ‘race war’. The protests outside migrant hotels prove the ‘native…

It feels good to see the return of the St George’s Cross

19 August 2025 10:27 pm

There you have it: in certain parts of England it’s easier to fly the Palestine flag than the English flag.…

Uefa’s ‘Stop killing children’ banner isn’t fooling anyone

15 August 2025 2:48 am

Who does Uefa think it’s kidding? It says the huge banner saying ‘Stop killing children’ unfurled at a Super Cup…

I’m embracing my inner Karen

11 August 2025 4:00 pm

I told off four strangers last week. The first was a foreign gentleman lounging on a side lawn at Marble…