Why is the EU trying to censor Elon Musk?
It must be exhausting being Elon Musk. Alongside sending rockets into space, working on brain implants and running one of…
Nadine Dorries’s warning to Starmer about ‘slick’ Sue Gray
It’s not been the best start to the week for Sue Gray. Reports that there are divisions among Sir Keir…
What the Church of England should say to its conservative rebels
The evangelicals really are revolting. After a lot of talk of the need to break away from a tainted, liberal,…
Labour have already made a massive mistake on defence
It is possible to have some sympathy for the Defence Secretary John Healey, despite the irritating self-serving mantra of Rachel…
The ‘real’ Kamala
I write at the end of July, just on the threshold of the “silly season,” “the months of August and…
Hong Kong’s justice system is an insult to democracy
Lord David Neuberger of Abbotsbury, the British lawyer who sits on Hong Kong’s highest court, needs to take a long…
Can we really teach children to spot fake news?
As part of the ongoing review into the primary and secondary school curriculum, Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson has announced that…
Now Scotland’s First Minister hits out at Musk
Elon Musk’s war on the SNP was on no one’s bingo card this year – but the animosity has ramped…
Public sector pay rises are hurting the economy
Today’s labour market figures ought to bring good news: they show that growth on earnings has moderated to 5.4 per…
Macron’s Olympic truce is well and truly over
Emmanuel Macron believes that the Paris Olympics have shown the world the ‘true face of France’. The Games were indeed…
Do the Sussexes have a staffing problem?
The Sussexes never seem to keep out of the news for too long, and this time they’re back in the…
Is justice turning into vengeance against some of the rioters?
Am I getting soft in my middle age, or are some of the sentences being handed down to the rioters…
The tyranny of twee
The horrific murders in Southport earlier this month were followed by horrific riots and horrific counter-riots. But fear not. Because…
A glitchy X/Twitter conversation between Donald Trump and Elon Musk
The great Dr. Johnson was once asked what he thought about John Milton’s famous work, Paradise Lost. His reply, “None…
In defence of Douglas Murray
Even by its own standards, Twitter has been an asylum of late, with a lynch mob going after our associate…
Cleverly lays down the law on dirty tricks
Blue is the colour, winning is the game. The Premier League returns this week and it seems that one Tory…
Why the police have lost the public’s trust
The Home Secretary has admitted a thing that has long been known to those of us without close protection officers: that…
Gavin Newsom decides to tackle California homeless crisis… now it’s an election year
Watch out California: Gavin Newsom is wearing a T-shirt. You know what that means: the Golden State governor means business!…
Why was Tom Cruise’s Olympics appearance so weird?
After the bizarre, weather-beaten and at times purely controversial Olympics opening ceremony, the finale to a largely successful event was…
Israel is fighting a war for the survival of the West
The Americans, the Europeans, Penny Wong, and everyone else is outraged. Again. Those pesky – sorry – genocidal Jews have…
How does Spain solve a problem like Carles Puigdemont?
Last week saw dramatic events in Catalonia as Carles Puigdemont, wanted for almost seven years by Spanish justice for spearheading the region’s…
Did the conservatives lose on purpose?
The right have to rekindle their political soul without losing their minds
The West stands at a crossroads
July marked the 110th Anniversary of the start of the first world war, although few noticed it. The West is…
Starmer’s plan to ‘smash the gangs’ won’t work
We are approaching the fifth anniversary of British prime ministers promising to stem the tide of illegal migration across the…
The problem with clamping down on ‘fake news’
In the aftermath of misinformation spread via tech platforms during the recent riots, there is talk of the government requiring…
