What has the New York Times got against Ayaan Hirsi Ali?
Ayaan Hirsi Ali is not an easy person to cancel. She has survived the brutal murder of her colleague Theo…
The disconnect of Davos Man
You may have missed Ursula von der Leyen’s big speech at Davos last week. Most people did. Perhaps because Davos…
Where will the American right turn now?
Here’s a trick question: who said the following, and when? ‘Serious questions have arisen about the accuracy and reliability of…
History shouldn’t be used against us
Can you feel the fascism yet? You ought to by now, more than a week after Britain leaving the EU.…
Only Trump is to blame for the Capitol chaos
On a recent visit to Central Europe I heard a joke that was going around in those parts, as well…
Liz Truss is right to take on the ‘equalities’ cartel
Yesterday the equalities minister, Liz Truss, gave a speech in which she attempted to lay-out a new direction for the…
The never-ending smugness of the NeverTrumpers
In March 2016 as Donald Trump looked likely to be the Republican party’s nominee to run for president, more than 100 foreign…
The case for Chinese reparations
It is time we started to talk about reparations. I am not of course referring to the demands made by…
Carole Cadwalladr should now return her Orwell Prize
A small but significant event has just occurred. This morning the legal case between Arron Banks and the journalist Carole…
Donald Trump won’t leave me alone
Ever since I saw him in Pensacola, Florida the other week, Donald J. Trump will not leave me alone. Each…
Macron alone: where are France’s allies in the fight against Islamism?
Where is the support for his fight against Islamism?
America sails into the unknown
Washington, DC On election day in the capital there is no thrill in the air, but there is a sound:…
Trump’s humour is his weakness – and his strength
Earlier this summer left-wing activists announced a ‘semi-autonomous zone’ in the Capitol Hill area of Seattle. Denuded of law enforcement…
My week with the baying Antifa mob
Portland, Oregon In the days when you could still watch a nature documentary without feeling as if you were sitting…
The transatlantic mask divide
Should we wear our masks? The question has been on my mind as I have been battered that way and…
Is this the start of a conservative comeback?
Will the Moore and Dacre appointments be a turning point?
All protests are not equal in the eyes of the police
I’ve never been a great fan of public demonstrations. When I was at university, one of the great causes du…
Who would risk being a government adviser?
Poor Tony Abbott. It would seem being prime minister of Australia doesn’t bring you to the attention of the British…
In defence of Tony Abbott
You sometimes wonder whether we live in an adult country anymore. For the last two days the broadcast media has…
Protestors are clearing a path for Trump
‘This city is not going to stop burning itself down until they [the protestors] know that this officer has been…
Protesters are clearing a path for Trump
‘This city is not going to stop burning itself down until they [the protesters] know that this officer has been…
The Foreign Office has lost the plot in the Middle East
The Foreign Office has lost the plot
When everything is ‘racist’, nothing is
Hearing that Dawn Butler MP had been pulled over by the Metropolitan police, I briefly hoped the taxpayer might get…
No one emerges from a court fight looking clean
The case of Johnny Depp vs the Sun, heard over recent weeks at the High Court in London, certainly gives…
Good memoir-writing should also be self-critical
A book about breaking confidences, not to mention friendships, rather begs the same in return. Reading Anne Applebaum’s brief memoir…
