Why Britons can’t stop stealing
We were once known as a nation of shopkeepers. We are now a nation of shoplifters. As the Times reported last week,…
Jeremy Corbyn and the curse of the eternal 1968ers
Help the aged. Really, someone should help the aged. By this I don’t mean the poor pensioners who’ve been hit…
The triumph and tragedy of Tony Slattery
Tony Slattery was outrageously funny. And he was funny because he was outrageous. The actor and comedian, who died yesterday…
What Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg owe to the mainstream media
Censorship and the silencing of dissenting voices has been a defining feature of the 21st century. It’s curious, because it wasn’t…
Facebook is no place for politics
There was much jubilation yesterday among advocates of free speech following the news that Mark Zuckerberg is to relax restrictions on free…
Why we should be worried about Labour’s ‘Islamophobia’ plans
Is there a problem with Islamophobia? The problem is the word ‘Islamophobia’ itself. What does it actually mean, and what…
Forgive Stephen Fry for supporting Stonewall
There has been much indignation at the roll-call of those ennobled in the New Year Honours. There’s been bewilderment that…
Chocolat doesn’t need a trigger warning
Trigger warnings have become a totemic feature of our times, symptomatic of an age that is both hopelessly fragile and…
There’s no such thing as a neutral centrist
Does religion matter in politics today? It certainly does, at least if you pose as someone who is neutral, as…
Why men join the manosphere
The obsession with ‘toxic masculinity’ shows no sign of abating. As reported this weekend, Bridget Phillipson, the education secretary, has…
No, Keir Starmer: Brits don’t want ‘change’
Change. If one word can embody the political philosophy of Keir Starmer, it’s this one. The Prime Minister is ever…
Vegans aren’t saints or sinners
Vegans are a people both widely admired and hated. That is the conclusion of a report earlier this week, one…
Is DEI dead?
The triumph of Donald Trump and the defeat of a Democratic party beholden to identity politics has prompted many to…
The trouble with Labour’s ‘respect orders’
As the Allison Pearson debacle begins to settle down, the lesson being drawn by many is that the police have…
Gary Lineker isn’t that bad
It’s a crying shame that we will no longer hear the insightful and original opinions of Gary Lineker. No more…
What the Boots Christmas advert backlash is really about
Christmas television adverts are meant to be comforting, homely, and traditional. While some find these offerings, especially John Lewis’s, overly…
The strange death of English literature
The interest in reading books and the appreciation of English literature is at a nadir. This week it was revealed…
What Iain Duncan Smith gets right about freedom
One of Kemi Badenoch’s much-touted strengths is that she cares about British culture, society and our country’s values. She is…
Labour will regret its war on bus passengers
Aside from debates as to what actually constitutes a ‘working person’, the Labour government does ostensibly seem clear as to…
The trouble with protest mask chic
We in Britain have become used to the hallmarks of anti-Israeli protests. There are the slogans decrying ‘genocide’. There are…
A remake of Cheers won’t work
One of the most popular sitcoms of the 1980s, Cheers, is set to return to our television screens. The show…
The quest for diversity could finish off University Challenge
Universities today are well-known as places where progressive, hyper-liberal politics predominate. It’s only logical, therefore, that the cry for equality…
Starmer’s freebies and the truth about Labour’s double-standards
The Labour government’s u-turn on freebies, its disclosure last night that it will no longer accept donations for clothes, is…
McDonald’s did not make Kemi Badenoch working class
Is it possible to change your class? Not just superficially – in moving up and down the hierarchy of social…
Robert Jenrick is wrong about the culture wars
To some people, the culture wars don’t matter. They are an irrelevance, an indulgence. A distraction from the material, bread-and-butter…
