Who’s in charge here?
I heard the self-important whine of a police siren so pulled back the curtains a little to see what was…
The BBC isn’t even pretending to be impartial about Trump
If, for some unfathomable reason, you missed Newsnight last night, do make sure you see, somehow, the interview between presenter…
Americans are right to hate us
In an Appalachian high school, the kids were set the task of writing about Europeans as part of their history…
Is Keir Starmer a closet Tory?
Cindy Yu (CY): Slashing winter fuel allowance, keeping the two-child benefit cap, cutting foreign aid, cutting the civil service, axing…
The shape-shifting Labour party
It is difficult to gauge who is the more discombobulated by the Labour government’s recent Damascene conversion to a political…
How to reform Reform
In early June last year I had a reasonably agreeable meal with a bunch of Reform UK activists at a…
The weakness of Donald Trump
Forgive the mordant tone, but this article was written in a desolate post-industrial nightmare girdled by diversionary roads going nowhere…
Why was there so little fanfare after David Johansen’s death?
We were twice transported back to the early 1970s this weekend, our memories snagged on the deaths of Roberta Flack…
The reformation of the Labour party
The world order has shifted on its axis, having been given a peremptory boot by the US President. What is…
J.D. Vance didn’t go far enough on Europe
In January last year the European Union revealed that it had dreamed up a ‘secret plan’ to sabotage the economy…
Trump’s Ukraine posturing is odious and immoral
As happens with every issue, the world is now neatly polarised about Mr Trump. There are those who refer to…
Je suis Andrew Gwynne
How do you like your members of parliament? Do you prefer them to be vacuous automatons devoid of wit, humour…
Well done to the Channel 4 halfwits
The number of people arriving here in small boats has increased since Sir Keir Starmer was elected Prime Minister on…
FKA Twigs is the most interesting pop musician we have right now
Grade: A Hell, there’s a lot not to like, or even to be a little suspicious of, with this young…
The BBC always knew that Russell Brand was a lout
Several women who worked with Russell Brand at the BBC have revealed that they were too scared to make official…
My money-saving tips for Rachel Reeves
It is always upsetting to watch a woman enmired in distress and so I thought I might ride on my…
The truth about Southport
When I first saw the headline I was highly optimistic. Sir Keir Starmer had identified the threat to society posed…
My guide to liberals
Last Saturday I was making my way across the road from St Pancras to King’s Cross when I noticed a…
Trump 2.0 is more than a ‘vibe shift’
People don’t like to use the term ‘vibe shift’, but I suspect it will turn out to be rather more…
Who’ll join my war against liberalism?
I can see one possible benefit of having a full inquiry into the almost exclusively Muslim grooming gangs who raped…
What has the BBC got against Tommy Robinson?
Do you know, I have noticed a certain thawing in the BBC’s attitude to the American entrepreneur, Elon Musk. I…
Is Reform unstoppable?
Lying in bed pissed on Boxing Day night, I was visited by the ghost of Christmas Future, dressed in a…
The real best album of last year
Grade: A+ In a desperate wish to avoid the appellation of a derided genre, this young man from Asheville, North…
Who is the worst political commentator?
We are approaching the deadline for the prestigious ‘Most Odious Political Commentator of the Year’ award. Alastair Campbell and Rory…
