Sadiq Khan should be ashamed of his attack on the Chief Rabbi
A while back, Lee Anderson got himself into trouble for claiming Islamists had ‘got control’ of Sadiq Khan. Levelling said…
Could this be the Scottish Greens’ tuition fees moment?
Questions of power bedevil radical politics. Is entry into government the only way to force change? Do the opportunities of…
Thwarting Iran’s attack was not a ‘win’ for Israel
‘You got a win. Take the win.’ This is reportedly what US President Joe Biden told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin…
The West must stand behind Israel after Iran’s attack
Iran’s drone and missile attack on Israel is an escalation from the fiery but ultimately empty rhetoric we are used…
Have Scottish politicians read the Cass Review?
The Cass Review may prove to be a tipping point in radical gender ideology’s march through mainstream politics, institutions and…
Don’t feel too encouraged by police leniency with JK Rowling
Police Scotland, who are responsible for enforcing Humza Yousaf’s Hate Crime Act, have found no criminality in a series of tweets posted…
JK Rowling has exposed the absurdity of Scotland’s Hate Crime Act
Humza Yousaf’s illiberal Hate Crime Act is now in force and its first day has been a doozy. The SNP’s…
Why did the SNP make allowances for Spain during Covid?
The Covid Inquiry’s recent Scottish sojourn brought several weeks of bad headlines for the SNP. One revelation got less attention…
Cameron is wrong to threaten Israel with an arms embargo
Britain’s Foreign Secretary David Cameron is threatening to suspend arms sales to Israel. The Telegraph reports that the former prime…
The hubris of Scotland’s lofty Net Zero targets
Scotland’s climate goals are ‘no longer credible’ and there is ‘no comprehensive strategy’ to move away from carbon to Net…
How to fix the elites
Few things get the British quite as worked up as private schools. To the left, they are factories of inequality…
Israel’s ‘allies’ should reckon with reality
Everyone wants an end to the fighting in Gaza. The United States backs ‘an immediate and sustained ceasefire’. The European…
The revolution has devoured AOC
Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez, the super-progressive congresswoman, was leaving the Alamo Drafthouse in Brooklyn with her fiancé when she was confronted by…
Vulnerable children don’t belong in jail
Britain’s prisons brim with vulnerable people but perhaps the most vulnerable are children. At 30 September 2023, there were 301…
Something the Tories can learn from Canada’s conservatives
When contemplating the scale of the Tories’ expected drubbing in the coming general election, some commentators reach for the example…
Defacing Amy Winehouse’s statue is anti-Semitic
It’s not about Jews, it’s about Zionism. It’s not anti-Semitism, it’s pro-Palestinianism. It’s not racism, it’s social justice. These are…
Britain’s Jews aren’t safe
The explosion of hatred and extremism prompted by the October 7 massacre was never going to limit itself to the…
Javier Milei is no populist
When Javier Milei visited Israel and announced that he would be moving Argentina’s embassy to Jerusalem, I suppose that was terribly ‘populist’…
Nothing will change after Mike Freer stands down
Nothing will change in the wake of Mike Freer’s decision to stand down. That a Member of Parliament says he…
Spain and the mystery of Scotland’s Covid travel list
Nicola Sturgeon had a very rough time at the UK Covid-19 inquiry in Edinburgh yesterday. A sticky moment in particular…
David Cameron is in a muddle over Palestine
The definition of madness, commonly attributed to Albert Einstein, is doing the same thing over and over and expecting a…
John Fetterman’s noble support for Israel should be no surprise
Politicians are like bad boys: never fall in love with them, they’ll always hurt you in the end. But try…
Replacing Sunak won’t rescue the Tories
Sir Simon Clarke’s call to replace Rishi Sunak leans heavily on Tory MPs being in denial about the scale of defeat that…
Rishi Sunak’s Rwanda Bill is a sham
In voting through the government’s Rwanda Bill, Conservative MPs have made a declaration: they want to reduce illegal immigration but…
Could a 1997-style wipeout spell the end of the Tories?
There is not a crumb of comfort for the Conservatives in the YouGov poll splashed across the front of this…
