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I’ll vote Lib Dem – but I can’t join them
I don’t believe that before last week I’ve ever quit any organisation on an issue of principle. I tend to…
Dear Nigel: Don’t become the man who reversed the referendum result
Dear Nigel Believe it or not, I’ve been your defender. I’ve often told Americans, ‘Sure, he comes across as a…
Drill down and it’s obvious: the fracking debate was lost long ago
Five years ago this week, George Osborne as chancellor announced a scheme to place tax revenues from shale gas fracking…
The Tories are Boris Johnson’s Conservatives now
How much does Boris Johnson’s move to an early election resemble Mrs May’s disastrous one in 2017? In two important…
If you do one thing this election, stop your kids voting
As I write this, MPs are arguing about whether a general election should be on 9 December or 12 December.…
Are you tingle-minded? The rapid rise of ASMR
I once had a flatmate called Tom, who behaved very oddly when our cleaner came round. On mornings when she…
I’m taking inspiration from an ancient Athenian
How sorry I felt for the poor man who died this week stuck up a 290ft chimney in Carlisle despite…
Sajid Javid has become the doormat Chancellor
Mario Draghi, who retired as president of the European Central Bank this week, was arguably the first holder of that…
Nigel Farage had better hurry up and settle for a peerage
Last week, an angry Telegraph reader asked me why I had got through a whole column on Brexit without mentioning…
The Brexit deal gives Northern Ireland an extraordinary opportunity
Ulster says No. So went the Unionist slogan against the Anglo-Irish Agreement which paved the way to ending the Troubles…
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Don’t be such a chicken about Chick-fil-A
While never having felt any previous urge to dine in Reading, I now find myself trying to secure a table…
The question a second referendum must ask
Mostly I stay confident the Prime Minister’s team are playing a weak hand badly, but my confidence does occasionally falter.…
Even in New York they’re going nuts over Brexit
At the New Yorker Festival party in mid-October, my astute colleague hardly needed the caution. But you know how at…
Is living at sea the best way to escape this Brexit nightmare?
The first time I was ever commissioned by the Daily Mail, the voice on the phone said: ‘You used to…
Donald Trump is key to Boris Johnson’s survival
There are so many problems confronting our polity this week that it is almost impossible to write about any of…
A Brexit deal will completely change the electoral landscape
Expect the unexpected has been the rule in British politics these last few years. But even so, few would have…
How I plan to win a Bafta
I’ve nearly finished my latest screenplay, Drift. It’s a reimagining of a British imperial atrocity which took place in Natal…
John McDonnell is taking back control
Over the past few weeks, rumours have swirled in Westminster that the Labour party has acquired a new leader —…
Why I welcome the collapse of Facebook’s currency
When Facebook announced details earlier this year of a global digital currency called Libra — backed by a roll call…
We selfish gits must wear the name with pride
I walked down Villiers Street to Embankment Tube station. In front of me were two Extinction Rebels, a mother and…
How the BBC can achieve real diversity
Exciting news from the BBC, where every employee has just received a flyer from the Director-General, Lord Hall, informing them…
Asians are doing too well – they must be stopped
Riddle: when is discrimination against a historically disadvantaged racial minority perfectly legal? Answer: when they do too well. The first…
All ages are gullible – including our own
In the great days of the Daily Telegraph’s Peter Simple column, when I was a youth, that acid but hilarious…
Are Boris’s hedge-fund pals conspiring to ‘short the UK’? I doubt it
Minding my own business at 67 Pall Mall — the private members’ club favoured by oenophile West End hedge-fund managers…
If Boris snogged Nick Robinson, would he be forgiven?
Manchester It could be caused by desperation, but this Tory conference is very jolly. At last there is something to…
