Patrick West

The battle against DEI has never been more vital

17 February 2025 6:37 pm

It was only a matter of time before the rollback of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) policies in the workplace…

In defence of The Apprentice’s Jana Denzel

15 February 2025 1:19 am

The front page of the Sun today pronounced that a star on the television show The Apprentice has quit for using ‘racist…

What Gen Z gets wrong about ‘racist’ Britain

12 February 2025 6:05 pm

Nearly half of Generation Z believes that Britain is a racist country, and a similar proportion say that they aren’t…

Why children peddle conspiracy theories

11 February 2025 5:28 pm

Teenagers today are more likely to believe in conspiracy theories, and that is a very bad thing indeed. This was…

Lego isn’t homophobic

7 February 2025 10:07 pm

To the surprise of millions of children today, and to their parents who loved the toy when they were youngsters…

Why Britons can’t stop stealing

22 January 2025 9:19 pm

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

21 January 2025 1:05 am

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

15 January 2025 10:44 pm

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

11 January 2025 5:30 pm

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

8 January 2025 7:53 pm

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

6 January 2025 6:20 pm

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

2 January 2025 4:30 pm

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

29 December 2024 7:46 pm

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

13 December 2024 5:00 pm

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

9 December 2024 5:48 pm

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’

6 December 2024 5:00 pm

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

4 December 2024 4:02 am

Vegans are a people both widely admired and hated. That is the conclusion of a report earlier this week, one…

Is DEI dead?

30 November 2024 4:30 pm

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’

25 November 2024 6:00 pm

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

17 November 2024 4:30 pm

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

14 November 2024 1:44 am

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

10 November 2024 5:00 pm

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

9 November 2024 1:49 am

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

29 October 2024 5:00 pm

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

12 October 2024 5:00 pm

We in Britain have become used to the hallmarks of anti-Israeli protests. There are the slogans decrying ‘genocide’. There are…