Was I too right-wing for MI6?
Like many people, I’ve been bemoaning the woke capture of our security services for some time. In 2024, Sir Richard…
Why does Farage care if he’s on Desert Island Discs?
The big revelation in Lord Ashcroft’s forthcoming biography of Nigel Farage is that he’s been banned from Desert Island Discs.…
Labour is secretly desperate to keep children on social media
I’ve spent the last few days composing a response to the government’s consultation on whether to introduce a statutory minimum…
AI Armageddon has replaced climate change hysteria
How worried should we be about AI? Absolutely petrified, according to a new documentary called Chasing Utopia. Billed as the…
First they came for Mandelson…
At the time of writing, I haven’t seen the King’s Speech, but it’s a safe bet it will include a…
Can our democracy survive the ‘bad chaps’?
What is the greatest threat to British democracy? Zack Polanski’s call for ‘building a society’ that ‘doesn’t include’ people who…
Worried your child is being radicalised? Try this tip
A couple of weeks ago, the Guardian published an article entitled: ‘“I feel like I’m losing her”: the families torn…
The American dream is dying. Good
The American dream is dying, according to the Times. To mark the US’s 250th anniversary, the paper commissioned YouGov to…
Does Jolyon Maugham have any self-doubt?
I was leaving the CNN presidential election night party at dawn in 2016, having celebrated Donald Trump’s victory, when Paul…
London has fallen
I disagree with Sam Leith’s recent piece entitled ‘London hasn’t fallen’. He took at face value Sadiq Khan’s claim in…
The noble work of chairlift diplomacy
In 1956, three British MPs encountered a group of Swiss politicians in the bar of the Hotel Fluela in Davos…
The highs – and low lows – of supporting QPR
At the beginning of the current football season, I thought there was a real chance that QPR would get promoted.…
The pros and cons of a Free Speech Bill
Preston Byrne, the radical American lawyer, says his new Freedom of Speech Bill, which the Adam Smith Institute publishes today,…
White working-class boys are being left behind
This week marks the fifth anniversary of the publication of the report of Lord Sewell’s Commission on Racial and Ethnic…
Louis Theroux needs to make a positive case for masculinity
I’ve always had a soft spot for Louis Theroux. I wouldn’t call him a friend, exactly, but I’ve known him…
Am I an extremist?
On Monday, the Communities Secretary Steve Reed rose in the House of Commons to unveil ‘Protecting What Matters’, the government’s…
Why I’m a proud Zionist
The bomb shelter reserved for ‘volunteers’ at Kibbutz Dafna near the town of Kiryat Shmona in northern Israel was definitely…
Keir Starmer’s selective ageism
If the newspaper reports are correct and Margaret Hodge is about to be named as the next chair of Ofcom,…
Why is Hope Not Hate out to get me?
Hope Not Hate is up to its usual tricks in the Denton and Gorton by-election, keeping Britain safe from fascists.…
When did gyms become so unfriendly?
One of the drawbacks of being on the jabs is that you can lose muscle mass as well as body…
Should I be cancelled for being in the Epstein files?
I was planning to begin this column by saying how relieved I was to be mentioned in the latest Epstein…
Can superintelligent AI be regulated?
In the House of Lords on Monday there was a short discussion, prompted by a question from an ex-Labour minister,…
The rise of toxic femininity
At the end of last year, the government announced a programme designed to tackle the radicalisation of young men in…
Grok is the Botticelli of our time
Liz Kendall, the Technology Secretary, stood up in the Commons on Monday and thundered against Elon Musk, saying the government…
All hail the chickenpox vaccine!
On 1 January, the NHS announced it would be including a chickenpox vaccine in the bundle of inoculations given to…
