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Trans offenders are skewing crime statistics
Tonia Antoniazzi’s speech in the House of Commons this week was remarkable, not because of what she said – the…
Why are the Greens so opposed to the hydrogen economy?
As the COP26 Climate Summit in Glasgow approaches, it is only to be expected that charities, lobbyists, special interest groups…
Jacinda Ardern's immigration clampdown
For several years now New Zealand Jacinda Ardern has enjoyed the status of being one of the world’s leading liberal icons.…
What's the real reason so many people hate Israel?
Did you know that for the past three weeks Turkey has been engaged in a military assault on Iraqi Kurdistan?…
Biden tells Coast Guard graduates: ‘You’re a really dull class’
President Joe Biden insulted a class of Coast Guard Academy graduates during his commencement address on Wednesday, declaring to the…
Sturgeon’s new cabinet reveals a dearth of talent
Nicola Sturgeon’s cabinet reshuffle is an object lesson in making a very limited talent pool go a long way. John…
Stonewall and the silencing of feminist voices at universities
This week a game-changer of a report released by Essex university led to its Vice Chancellor abjectly apologising for the…
The insanity of Britain's housing market
On the day the Office for National Statistics announced a sharp rise in consumer price inflation, albeit to a still…
Sir Keir was defeated by his own strategy at PMQs
The great thing about being trashed in the polls is that the tiniest improvement looks like a triumphant comeback. At…
Pimlico Academy and the politicisation of the playground
The strange tale of Pimlico Academy, the central London school roiled by ‘anti-racist’ protests, shows us that the culture war…
Hamas, not Israel, is to blame for the latest bloodshed
I was born in the Jordanian-occupied Old City in Jerusalem and lived in a UN refugee camp from 1966 until…
Inflation is the biggest threat to Boris
The vaccines are rolling out. Lockdown is easing, the EU has been forgotten about, and the Labour party has returned…
London Labour youth wing calls for the abolition of Israel
Pro-Palestine rallies were held across the country at the weekend amid the deteriorating situation in the Middle East. Onetime Labour leader…
The Australian trade deal is about more than just trade
What happens with an Australia trade deal won’t just reveal how serious this country is about free trade but also…
Does getting Covid-19 protect you against reinfection?
How well does prior exposure to the SARS-CoV-2 virus protect you against reinfection? It has been a hotly-debated subject since…
Shame on the 'free Palestine' police officer
Picture the scene. A female police officer — hi-viz police jacket, regulation black hat, facemask slipping from her nose —…
What Greenpeace's 'Wasteminster' stunt won't tell you
Greenpeace has been responsible for many a fatuous stunt over the years, but its latest video has a point. It…
Neil Ferguson's Indian variant optimism: 'the curves are flattening'
Amid much gloom in Westminster over the threat posed by the new Covid Indian variant, Mr S was intrigued to…
Germany's growing extremism problem
On 2 June 2019, a German politician was found lying in a pool of blood outside his home in Hesse.…
Andy Burnham is Labour's king over the water
There are few things so perilous for an under-performing opposition leader as the emergence of a ‘king over the water’.…
Biden’s bogey
President Joe Biden hit the golf course for the second time since taking office on Sunday, continuing something of an…
The fatal flaw in the Covid travel restrictions
Here are two Covid questions, thrown up by the rate at which the Indian variant is infecting parts of the…
Through the Keirhole: Starmer plots TV drama
Pitch: a struggling politician eager to make his mark. He’s 10 points behind in the polls, leading a fractitious party and struggling…
British MPs are finally engaging with the gender identity debate
I used to write a lot about sex and gender here. I don’t do so quite as much these days…
Boris must stand up to farmers – and back the Australia trade deal
Farms will be devastated. The countryside will be ruined. And we will all be forced to eat weird food that…
