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…
Can you tell a good guy from a bad guy in the Middle East?
Please excuse the tone of jubilation, but I have been dancing around my kitchen for the past couple of days,…
How can we complain about the 2034 Saudi World Cup?
I suppose it is a mild surprise that Fifa didn’t choose Yemen to host the 2034 World Cup, as the…
The BBC vs Gregg Wallace
The last time I took my wife to watch Millwall play a home game, a gentleman a few rows in…
The absurdity of ‘buffer zones’
The evangelical preacher Stephen Green has had his conviction upheld – for standing quite near an abortion clinic in Ealing with…
I hope you didn’t sign that petition
Did you sign it, then? And if so, what were your expectations? That Sir Keir Starmer would look at the…
Can you win the Booker Prize without being able to write?
I mentioned a couple of days ago being underwhelmed by Orbital, Samantha Harvey’s Booker Prize-winning novel. But I am a…
I made the mistake of reading a book that won the Booker Prize
I’ve just broken one of my own golden rules – never buy a book that has won the Booker Prize,…
Is swimming racist?
I think we can all be delighted that, at last, the University of Leicester has taken action to end one…
Labour’s Chinese takeaway
I was thrilled to learn that our government intends to enjoy an ‘open’ relationship with China – one of my…
Europe’s blind spot over anti-Semitism
You would think that we Europeans might have learned a thing or two about anti-Semitism over the past century or…
Goodbye to MC5, the holiest of rock’s holy cows
Grade: D+ Ah, the original Linkin Park, except even more spavined. MC5 came outta Detroit in the mid 1960s and…
I have no time for Radio Four’s dross
I switched the radio on in my car today and it went straight to the BBC World at One on…
Why Farage should – and shouldn’t – be UK ambassador to Trump
It is very kind of Nigel Farage to offer his services as a kind of intermediary between our government and…
Does being right-wing make you violent?
I notice that the police are not treating the killings of those children in Southport as a terrorist attack. While…
Farewell, Quincy Jones – I’ll always remember you
There are many reasons to remember Quincy Jones, who has died aged 91 in Los Angeles. Let me deal with…
Why does ITV hate Trump?
It would be consoling to think that the BBC, alone among our supposedly unpartisan TV news providers, is guilty of…
The reparations racket
I have been trying to interest MPs of all parties in joining my call to persuade Barbados to say ‘thank…
