Prepare for the greatest Brexit betrayal yet
Few people will be surprised to hear that Andy Burnham has indicated that the forthcoming deals with the European Union…
Let James Orr teach at Cambridge
If the recent convulsions in France have reminded us of anything, it’s that the radical, post-literate left seems far more…
Andy Burnham’s fatal show of weakness on slavery reparations
It is commonly understood that when dealing with those who wish to harm or exploit you, that you never show…
Nietzsche was the first self-help guru
Since the 1990s it has been acknowledged that our culture has become unduly concerned with risk and obsessed with the…
Andy Burnham is a people-pleaser and that’s a problem
Prime Ministers in the modern era have invariably tried to prove that they are men of the people. It’s one…
The Palestine flag has become the symbol of anti-western hate
Given that the French-speaking world gave us the science of semiotics, they would be the first to recognise that the…
Why the left are so threatened by the countryside
Whenever a left-wing politician wants to besmirch working-class populists or middle-class types who hold conservative opinions, they inevitably choose one…
What kind of man abandons a child in the Channel?
For as long as humanity has existed, there have always been those who would view our species as either essentially…
Forget Piddington, here are the real micronations
While last week’s majority vote by the inhabitants of Piddington in Oxfordshire to seek independence from Britain was a stunt…
That Mitchell and Webb Look isn’t racist
For an ideology which proudly pronounces its ethos of respect, compassion and inclusion, hyperliberalism can be decidedly judgmental and supercilious…
Why the Civil Service are revolting – again
Many people who work in the Civil Service are revolting. Quite literally in the verbal meaning of the word, and,…
My issue with Trafalgar Square’s ‘Lady in Blue’
Ever since the fourth plinth in Trafalgar Square became the location in 1999 for a succession of temporary artworks, many…
The paradox of Ealing Broadway’s ‘Calm Space’
When it emerged a fortnight ago that Transport for London (TfL) had unveiled a ‘Calm Space’ at one of its…
What The Uprising gets wrong about the Peasants’ Revolt
Hollywood has a nasty habit of distorting history and telling falsehoods about the past in order to pander to the…
The lesson Cambridge should – but won’t – learn from Jason Arday
With the Jason Arday episode set to become one of the most important and symbolic stories of the year, and…
Why the ‘Be Kind’ brigade are so horrible
The Green Party came to prominence earlier this year by forever promising ‘hope not hate’. Indeed, that dreamy yearning played…
Jason Arday wasn’t the victim of a ‘racist witch hunt’
For decades, voices on the liberal and progressive left have invariably rolled out the terror-inducing accusation of ‘racism’ in order…
Sociology is about much more than fools like Jason Arday
One of the unfortunate consequences of the Jason Arday debacle is that it has thrown the entire discipline of sociology…
Do liberal Londoners know how much they are detested?
For decades now Trevor Phillips has been one of the most astute and unusually self-aware members of the liberal establishment,…
The tragedy of Live at the Apollo
One of the lamentable side effects of the ultra-progressive wave that swept the western world in the mid-2010s was that…
Is Elon Musk wrong about Britain and civil war?
Do you think that Britain is heading towards civil war? If you spend too much time in certain nooks on…
Andy Burnham is much more nostalgic than Nigel Farage
The strange thing about our new Prime Minister Andy Burnham’s professed wish to return to the 1970s, to a prelapsarian…
The surprising truth about men and multitasking
One of the most popular and common beliefs of our times is that women are better than men at performing…
Tone policing Nigel Farage will only backfire
There will always be a certain class of people who sigh that Nigel Farage only reaps what he sows. Ever…
Ken Bates, Chelsea, and the bad old days of football
The timing of the death this weekend of Ken Bates, the former owner of Chelsea and Leeds United, will have…
