Keir Starmer is a worse PM than Neville Chamberlain
The last Prime Minister to resign over national security was Neville Chamberlain in 1940. Eighty six years later, Sir Keir…
Why Iran attacked Israel – and why Israel hit back
If you follow what’s been going on in recent days in the Middle East from only the BBC and Sky,…
Zia Yusuf’s attack on Kemi Badenoch shows he is a hypocrite
I’m usually resistant to the sentiment behind one of the oldest political jokes: How can you tell when a politician…
Soho’s Nimbys are the worst in Britain
I am aware that there is limited interest in my domestic arrangements, but there is a reason why I’m telling…
The British Museum has let Jew hate win
Interviewed earlier this month at the Cannes film festival, Hungarian filmmaker László Nemes spoke of the ‘shameless orgy of anti-Semitism…
Labour’s supermarket socialism will end in trouble
Here’s your starter for ten. When did this report appear on the BBC’s website? “The government is discussing plans for…
Who is the real Andy Burnham?
There’s an old joke about Andy Burnham that has been recycled since he started making eyes at No. 10. A…
Wes Streeting would be a disastrous PM – but not for the reason you think
The joke doing the rounds over the past couple of days has been that the choice of Sir Keir Starmer’s…
Starmer should stay
Sir Keir Starmer remains dug in as Prime Minister, having told the cabinet: ‘Bring it on if you think you’re…
How to stop rising Jew hate in Britain
It’s now been two days since the Golders Green terror attack, so if the response to previous such incidents is…
Why doesn’t the Royal Academy of Music like private school kids?
It’s always the newspeak that lacerates. The Royal Academy of Music (RAM) has, admirably, set up a new foundation year…
Nothing prepares you for the death of a pet
My companion – my friend – Louie died suddenly on Tuesday. He was nine (his tenth birthday was due next…
What the Guardian should have asked Francesca Albanese
There are times when even the Guardian is beyond parody. The newspaper which recently published an article by Iran’s foreign…
What David Attenborough gets wrong about cats
Here we go again. Last February I wrote about the latest wave of ‘catphobia’ – my new word, do use…
How could Wireless festival book Kanye West?
Here’s a surprise. For over two years the Mayor of London has maintained a Trappist vow over the regular hate…
Tucker Carlson’s troubling drift from the mainstream
Tucker Carlson is one of the most influential and popular podcasters in the world. He is, not to put too…
Campus anti-Semitism is dragging Britain to a dark place
Would you share a house with someone black? Even to pose the question, let alone to say no, is to…
Iran isn’t only a threat in the Middle East
It must be a comforting thought to those who oppose the military action against the Iranian regime that it is,…
The Tories aren’t dead yet
In 1997 the doyen of Democrat political columnists in the US, E.J. Dionne, published They Only Look Dead. He argued…
Why Jew hate is spiralling out of control
The latest set of antisemitism figures from the Community Security Trust covering 2025 are depressingly predictable. Last year, saw 3,700…
Watch out for Kemi Badenoch
The political focus is, quite rightly, now on Sir Keir Starmer. You hardly need me to point out how tenuous…
Davos’s Iran invite is a new low
It’s the fag end of January, so that means it’s time for Davos – the annual World Economic Forum (WEF)…
Is Robert Jenrick really welcome in Reform?
Robert Jenrick isn’t often compared to Groucho Marx, but there’s something apposite about the latter’s line, ‘I don’t want to…
Sacking Jenrick has made Badenoch stronger
The most important thing about Robert Jenrick’s sacking isn’t Robert Jenrick. It’s that it is yet another demonstration of Kemi…
Why won’t Britain proscribe the Muslim Brotherhood?
What is it going to take for the British government – any British government, of any party – to proscribe…
