Columnists
Growth is not enough — the Tories must show they're not the party of the rich
The mood was grim when David Cameron, George Osborne and their advisers convened for a crunch meeting on 4 February…
Charles Moore: Nelson has lost the battle to a fat, stupid blue cockerel
I do not know whether the Greek gypsy couple accused of abducting a girl called Maria are guilty, but I…
Rod Liddle: What do you call travellers when they are no longer travelling?
How should we describe the people who allegedly abducted that little girl in Greece, after a neighbour claimed that they…
James Delingpole: Why can't the BBC be impartial in the climate change debate?
‘Well, you’re arguing facts against opinions. OK, I mean, the fact that the amount of carbon dioxide in the air…
Hugo Rifkind: What is Facebook?
I’d never noticed that there aren’t any tits on Facebook. The place always seems brimming with right tits to me.…
Martin Vander Weyer: The BBC should replace Robert Peston with Grayson Perry
Prediction, as Mervyn King once observed, is ‘a stab in the dark’. Who can say with confidence where the wholesale…
What is Facebook? That’s the problem – nobody really knows
I’d never noticed that there aren’t any tits on Facebook. The place always seems brimming with right tits to me.…
Why can’t the BBC be impartial in the climate change debate?
‘Well, you’re arguing facts against opinions. OK, I mean, the fact that the amount of carbon dioxide in the air…
What must Cameron give to Clegg for the Lib Dems to stay loyal?
Ten days before polling day in 2010, it was clear that a hung parliament was the most likely result of…
Rod Liddle: If we don't stigmatise fat people, there'll be lots more of them
Trying to get good, healthy, nutritious food down the ungrateful throats of the lower orders, especially northerners, has become a…
Matthew Parris: Atheists deserve better opposition
I wish I were a religious conservative: the field’s wide open. It must be dispiriting for believers to encounter so…
Charles Moore: I'm on Twitter! But what do I say?
AS THE WHOLE Leveson wrangle approaches its climax (or anti-climax), one collateral, innocent victim of it all is the Queen.…
Martin Vander Weyer: Cut it out, America. This is not Hollywood
Some say it’s natural optimism that makes the Americans so different from the British, and some say it’s a lack…
Religious sceptics deserve better enemies
I wish I were a religious conservative: the field’s wide open. It must be dispiriting for believers to encounter so…
James Forsyth: Why hung parliaments are here to stay
Reshuffles are meant to demonstrate the power of a leader, to show that they are in command of their party.…
Charles Moore's notes: People want revenge on energy companies
Friends of mine called Georgiana and Mouse Campbell recently bought a new house. In the period between completion and moving…
Rod Liddle: Is Hugh Grant a pawn of the mad metropolitan left?
It is a peculiar alliance, when you think of it, which wishes to bring to an end 300 years of…
James Delingpole: I don't automatically support Piers Morgan. So why should women automatically support Julia Gillard?
I’ve been racking my brains to think what I might have in common with Kim Jong Un and Piers Morgan.…
Hugo Rifkind: For now, I’m choosing to believe in Tommy Robinson’s conversion
I’ve often thought it might be interesting to meet Tommy Robinson, or Stephen Lennon, or whatever one is supposed to…
Martin Vander Weyer: Bad news for pawnbrokers. Is that good news for the rest of us?
While attention has focused on the sudden ubiquity and alleged iniquity of payday lenders, boom and impending bust has infected…
For the time being, I am choosing to believe this far-right conversion story
I’ve often thought it might be interesting to meet Tommy Robinson, or Stephen Lennon, or whatever one is supposed to…
Feminists, you are betraying yourselves
I’ve been racking my brains to think what I might have in common with Kim Jong Un and Piers Morgan.…
James Forsyth: Two men have united the Tories – Ed Miliband and Nigel Farage
Manchester The Tory party has been at peace with itself this week. Eurosceptic backbenchers have given Nigel Farage a verbal…
Charles Moore's notes: At last! Reds under the beds again
Manchester For those of us of a certain age, Ed Miliband’s speech last week was exhilaratingly nostalgic. His promise to…
Rod Liddle: Ever since I criticised a leftist icon, the Beeb hasn't stopped calling me
Ring, ring goes the telephone every minute God sends. Sometimes I pick it up and say hello, sometimes I don’t.…
