Does Paloma Faith know what ‘far right’ means?
The fash must be bricking it. Paloma Faith, Fontaines D.C. and Lenny Henry are among the musicians, comedians and celebs…
No, Shabana Mahmood isn’t far right
We’ve become grimly accustomed to people throwing around the phrase ‘far right’. But seeing it flung at Labour home secretary…
The cowardly publishing world betrayed Kate Clanchy
Has the vibe shift finally hit the publishing world? There might just be some hope that one of the industries…
The fall of Jess Phillips
Is Jess Phillips okay? I can’t be the only one wondering. The safeguarding minister’s increasingly erratic, shirty performances at the…
Britain is having its own gilets jaunes moment
‘I heard you want your country back. Ha, shut the fuck up!’ So yelped rap-punk duo Bob Vylan on stage…
Will Donald Trump meet Lucy Connolly?
‘Mass deportation now, set fire to all the fucking hotels full of the bastards for all I care, while you’re…
The Bell Hotel’s closure is not the end of the story
Protest works. That will be the take-home message to activists across the country, now that Epping Forest District Council has…
Labour must confront the uncomfortable causes of immigration protests
That sound you hear is the penny finally dropping in Downing Street. Having spent the year since the horrific post-Southport…
‘Climate denial’ shouldn’t be illegal
You can tell the environmentalists are on the back foot. Energy Secretary Ed Miliband is issuing doomsday proclamations in parliament, branding…
Finally, a Harry Potter star has backed JK Rowling
Fair play to Draco Malfoy. (Now there are five words I never thought I’d write.) Tom Felton, who played Harry…
Thom Yorke has exposed the intolerance of the ‘pro-Palestine’ set
Thom Yorke has done us all a great service by exposing how unhinged, intolerant and, frankly, bigoted much of the…
Comparing a colleague to Darth Vader isn’t offensive
Calling someone Darth Vader. If that’s as bad as your workplace banter gets, I’d suggest you find a more entertaining…
Farewell Just Stop Oil, you won’t be missed
So it’s a not-so-fond farewell to Just Stop Oil, the soup-throwing, hand-gluing environmentalist troupe. According to JSO activist Hannah Hunt, who…
The British police are deeply hostile to free speech
Are you angry about bin collections? Potty about potholes? Incandescent about the behaviour of your local council or councillors? Well…
Is even Disney moving away from trigger warnings?
The bonfire of DEI cobblers continues. Disney is reportedly removing its patronising trigger warnings from many of the films on its…
Don’t cancel Andrew Gwynne
The police are coming for your WhatsApp groups. And if that doesn’t strike terror into your heart, you’re not using…
The dumbing down of Oxbridge
For years now, higher education has been convulsed by a never-ending hunt for racism. A certain type of academic or…
Charles Darwin and the zealotry of Just Stop Oil
Just when you thought it was safe to go to a museum, art gallery or World Heritage Site, Just Stop…
Is this the end of the Big Tech industrial censorship complex?
The vibe shift is real. Yes, all the chatter about the re-election of Donald Trump causing a cultural sea change…
Elon Musk is wrong to slam Farage
Elon Musk is a man of tremendous gifts, to put it mildly. He recently caught a rocket between some chopsticks,…
The dystopian police investigation into Allison Pearson
Here’s a tip. If you’re having trouble getting the police to promptly attend after a burglary, tell them the scumbag…
Braverman’s Cambridge cancellation exposes the campus free speech crisis
Anti-fascism ain’t what it used to be. It used to mean signing up to go to fight Franco’s fascists in…
Surprise, surprise, Dale Vince wants vegan schools
Socialism, wrote George Orwell, has often had a habit of attracting posh cranks. He witheringly described the ‘sandal-wearers and bearded…
Windsor doesn’t deserve to be subjected to Extinction Rebellion
Pray for Windsor. From today, Extinction Rebellion is descending on Windsor Home Park for ‘three days of creative, peaceful action to propose…
Ofcom can’t be trusted to censor social media
It’s boom time at Ofcom. In the past few years, what was until recently the government-backed regulator for broadcasting, telecoms…
