The Clarkson ruling puts Ipso in violation of its own charter
At 10pm last night, the BBC sent out a ‘breaking news’ notification informing millions that a joke made by Jeremy…
Is Gary Neville following in the footsteps of Thatcher – or Trump?
A video loop on the homepage of Gary Neville’s new website shows the ex-Man Utd captain turned businessman, broadcaster and…
Affirmative action was hurting black students
Harvard may have a slightly more difficult time poaching black students from Boston College, Miami University of Ohio, or other…
Has the Bank of England’s net zero obsession fuelled inflation?
The Bank of England was made independent to take monetary policy away from flighty politicians who are slaves to expediency…
Why America needs regime change
No sensible reader of the news could look at America and think it is flourishing. Massive economic inequality and the breakdown of…
Project drear: Starmer’s plan to bore his way to power
The very modest poll ‘bounce’ that Rishi Sunak delivered for the Tories after the farcical Liz Truss premiership has proved…
Putin’s secret weapon is fragility
As the dust settles on Yevgeny Prigozhin’s mutiny that wasn’t, the consensus is clear: Vladimir Putin has been left weakened…
The Transmaid’s Tale
It’s generally agreed that sex-selection is a Bad Thing. In India and China, sons are favoured over daughters – but…
Ireland’s deeply sinister hate crime bill
These are certainly interesting times in Ireland. Like every other European country, there’s a cost of living crisis. Mortgages are going…
Is it safe for France to host the Rugby World Cup?
The Rugby World Cup kicks off in just under ten weeks with hosts France playing New Zealand in the Stade…
Being nasty to Nigel
The UK’s born-to-rule class of hedge fund managers, politicians, bureaucrats, CEOs, and old-money have never forgiven the former Member of…
Climate cringe
The famed ‘cultural cringe’ of the Sixties and Seventies was exacerbated by the realisation that most artistic and fashionable trends…
Pardon my perplexity, but why the excessive Pride?
There is nothing heroic about sexualising children
The enduring Orwell
One of the things I most enjoy about George Orwell is his love of tobacco. It was essential to him…
An icy restraint
The world has seemed like a procession of deaths lately. Generally, of those in old age. Of all of them,…
Aussie life
Amanda Stoker’s willingness to talk about her bottom has given David Van the distinction of becoming Australia’s first real subject…
Language
I have written here in the past about the expression ‘weaponised words.’ There are many examples: ‘fascist’, ‘Nazi’ and ‘hard-right’…
