Where’s the campaign for our right to free speech and against 18c, not just ‘our right to know’?
Just two months, The Spectator published my explanation of the distinction between the right to know and the right to…
This is bullying with help from a professional media manipulator, not news
Philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer once said, “compassion is the basis of morality.” Perhaps the Australian blue-tick warriors could learn something from…
Tomorrow will be the make-or-break day for Boris Johnson’s Brexit
The important vote on Tuesday will be on the timetable, or programme motion, for the Withdrawal Agreement Bill, the law…
Two years of #MeToo disaster
It began in a whirlwind of fury in October 2017. Blazing flames burst from the mouths of feminists insisting powerful…
Will MPs block the government’s mad dash to get the Withdrawal Agreement Bill through?
Appropriately, given the length of time it has taken politicians of all colours to continue putting off taking any sort…
Tulsi Gabbard: a Gandhi in Lycra
Andrew Yang claimed to be surprised that the media dubbed Tulsi Gabbard the first Asian American to run for the…
Why the EU should listen to Boris Johnson – not Parliament
Boris Johnson has been criticised for sending the European Union a letter conveying his real opinion about a Brexit extension…
The age of invective
A healthy democracy requires free speech and free assembly, tolerance for different views, and peaceful transfers of power among contending parties. It requires…
EXCLUSIVE: The Brumbies’ former chaplain tells how Raelene Castle’s letter should have read
Following Raelene Castle’s letter to Wallabies fans yesterday, where she failed to show any appreciation to the Australian side, this…
How Boris can beat the remoaners (and wipe the smile off Bercow’s face)
Brexit is an unholy mess for Boris but if he were to take advice from downstairs, or Down Under, he…
Sorry to sound like some kind of weirdo, but I believe in the sensible centre
Recently I made a startling discovery. Somewhere in the middle on most policy issues, I’m also firmly committed to values…
Kristina Keneally: the new Senator Sea Patrol?
When Green Sarah Hanson-Young seemed to suggest she thought Sea Patrol was real, many of us thought we had achieved…
Ignore the spin. Boris surrendered to the Surrender Act
What happened in Brexit this weekend? Here is the story in one sentence. Boris Johnson asked the EU to extend…
Why the DUP should reconsider their opposition to Boris Johnson’s Brexit deal
For the third time, the UK government finds itself at odds with its allies, Northern Ireland’s Democratic Unionist Party. The…
Will John Bercow break his promise to resign?
I recently heard the alarming rumour that Mr Speaker Bercow still has it in his power (a power he used…
It’s not Churchill you should follow, Boris, but Washington
Well, Boris flopped. Last night, the House of Commons was manoeuvred by a Remainer MP to delay consideration of his…
If Trump says two plus two equals four, it must be wrong (and evil, too)
Blind hatred makes people irrational. When you suffer from Trump Derangement Syndrome, you are likely to take the opposite view…
Boris sends three letters to the EU – and says he does NOT want a Brexit extension
The Prime Minister will today send, but not sign, a letter requesting a Brexit delay till January 31 2020, and will…
Twelve Brexit lessons from today’s drama in the Commons
Here are the important points about today’s emergency vote on Boris Johnson’s Brexit deal – which turned into a vote on…
Boris Johnson has 72 hours to win over a dozen MPs
Today was meant to be the day that parliament decided on Brexit. But this parliament will always choose to postpone…
The question for wavering MPs: do they really trust Boris Johnson?
Boris Johnson is still pursuing today’s vote as a decisive moment for the Brexit deal, rather than the start of…
Boris, this is Brexit in name only
The Bow Group has been described by the veteran Eurosceptic Sir Bill Cash MP as “where Brexit began”. It is…
The vindication of Boris Johnson’s Brexit strategy
Before the referendum, David Davis thought that the Brexit process would be straightforward. ‘The first calling point of the UK’s…
Portrait of the week: Brexit uncertainty, Turkey in Syria and a Chinese threat
Home Brexit teetered from uncertainty to uncertainty. Parliament had been summoned to sit on Saturday 19 October to debate what…
Helena Morrissey: my manifesto for the next govenor of the Bank of England
The start of term at Oxford University is bittersweet for the close-knit Morrisseys; we have just ‘lost’ three offspring to…
