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‘Whitelisting’ banned in Whitehall
Brexit, coronavirus and an upcoming Whitehall shake-up is enough to keep the Cabinet Office busy – but it seems some civil…
Is Prince Harry really prepared to face up to the Commonwealth’s past?
When people such as Prince Harry say they want us to face up to the past, do they really mean it?…
When Ann Coulter met Jeffrey Epstein…
In an interview last week with Breitbart News Tonight, Ann Coulter revealed a curious episode from her past in which…
Halle Berry and the death of acting
Quick bit of movie trivia: what do actors Felicity Huffman, Eddie Redmayne, Hillary Swank, Phillip Seymour Hoffman, Glenn Close, Jeffrey…
Don’t panic about the UK’s high debt
Last week the Prime Minister focused on ‘build, build, build’. For the Chancellor, it was ‘jobs, jobs, jobs’ on Wednesday…
Are whistleblowers being silenced at the NHS gender clinic?
The Gender Identity Development Service (GIDS) at the Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust carries out some of the most…
Why are NFL players silent on DeSean Jackson?
In early June, Drew Brees of the New Orleans Saints refused to take a knee because he didn’t want to…
Rishi Sunak’s two big fears for the future
The summer economic statement made clear the government’s two big coming worries. First, the whole emphasis on jobs highlighted how…
Boohoo, BLM and the price of virtue signalling
If companies were judged on what they said rather than what they did, business would be booming for Boohoo. In the…
Will Western economies be ‘turning Japanese’ after Covid-19?
Japan has announced a colossal stimulus package (£1.75 trillion) as it attempts to breathe life into its Covid-19 damaged economy.…
It’s time to speak out against cancel culture
Our cultural institutions are facing a moment of trial. Powerful protests for racial and social justice are leading to overdue…
Meet Macron’s politically incorrect justice minister
Picture the greatest French criminal barrister of his generation with the physique and cantankerousness of Rumpole-of-the-Bailey and the media-strutting ‘blokishness’…
Uncle Tom shows another side of the African-American story
Although it finished production months before George Floyd was killed, the documentary Uncle Tom, produced by Larry Elder, has been released…
Kanye West and the uncancellables
For better or worse, the rapper, producer and sneaker salesman Kanye West is almost certainly not running for president, as…
An environmentalist’s apology: ‘I was guilty of alarmism’
This article was originally published on Forbes website, but subsequently taken down. On behalf of environmentalists everywhere, I would like…
The polling revolution
It’s a difficult time to be a pollster. For roughly 40 years, phone surveys have been the go-to polling method.…
Britain’s Magnitsky sanctions will hit Putin where it hurts
It’s rare for a Government minister to make an announcement that is universally welcomed in the House of Commons. But…
Unplugging Huawei will be harder than it looks
There is nothing some Conservatives like talking about more than Huawei. Each new development in global politics is a new…
Starmer has exposed Corbyn the coward
Being a radical feels nice. You get to think you’re a morally superior being in a society full of evil-doers…
Don’t erase Jesus’s Jewish identity
‘So when did your family convert to Christianity?’ asked an American General early on in the occupation of Iraq. ‘About…
The gentrification of revolt
Does anyone actually remember George Floyd? What started out as a noble cause to curb police brutality in urban and…
‘Defund the police’ just means ‘I’m rich’
Walk along the leafy streets of any neighborhood in so-called ‘brownstone Brooklyn’, Park Slope, Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn Heights, and you’ll…
Biden’s half-baked celebrity world
Remember how all those celebrity endorsements worked out for Hillary Clinton in 2016? In the end, it seems, even a…
Keir Starmer’s bizarre Black Lives Matter re-education
So now we know what happens if you criticise Black Lives Matter. You’ll be packed off for re-education. You will…
Labour’s wealth tax proposal is deeply flawed
Will Labour ever stop pushing for punitive taxation? Not content with gifting the Conservatives an 80 seat majority in December,…
