Gareth Roberts

The truth about John Lewis’s trans takeover

20 February 2024 4:46 pm

John Lewis is, to most people, a department store that exists to sell toasters, cushions and lamps. But it turns…

Why progressives don’t face real consequences

13 February 2024 5:00 pm

One of the most tedious and repetitive observations made in the often tedious and repetitive discourse around cancel culture is…

Why can’t Peter Tatchell leave Cliff Richard alone?

6 February 2024 4:45 pm

Leave Cliff alone! Peter Tatchell has weighed in on Cliff Richard’s refusal to declare his sexual orientation. Tatchell was spurred…

Why is Michael Gove gaslighting himself about the Tories’ achievements?

30 January 2024 10:05 pm

Michael Gove has written a staunch defence of the government’s 14 years of ‘achievements’ for Conservative Home. ‘Do we really…

Nadia Whittome is deluded about drill music

16 January 2024 4:50 pm

Nadia Whittome, no longer Britain’s youngest MP but still quite possibly its daftest, has a new bee in her bonnet.…

TV trigger warnings are out of control

9 January 2024 5:00 pm

The warnings on what we now call ‘content’ (i.e. what we used to know as films and TV shows) are…

The trouble with Boxing Day

26 December 2023 6:00 pm

You are bloated and binged. Your bloodstream is 35 per cent blood, 60 per cent a mix of Nurofen Plus,…

Bring back schmaltzy songs

19 December 2023 5:30 pm

Christmas pop song lyrics play by different rules. Children, food and family togetherness are never mentioned in pop songs from…

Why Nigel Farage failed on ‘I’m a Celebrity…’

11 December 2023 7:54 pm

The coronation of Sam Thompson, Scrappy Doo in human form, as King of the Jungle in this year’s I’m A…

Make drag innocent again!

9 December 2023 9:00 am

Nella Rose

Why Nella Rose was booted from I’m a Celeb

5 December 2023 11:00 pm

Farewell Nella Rose, second to be voted out of the jungle on the 2023 series of I’m A Celebrity…  As always,…

I’m a Celebrity has revealed the boring truth about Nigel Farage

28 November 2023 5:00 pm

When Nigel Farage entered the jungle on I’m A Celebrity… there was much gnashing of teeth and rending of garments.…

The mad cult of Doctor Who

26 November 2023 4:00 pm

When Doctor Who returned to wild acclaim in 2005, after 16 years off-air and about a generation of being regarded…

David Cameron and the triumph of fence-sitting politicians

21 November 2023 5:45 pm

David Cameron is the king of the wishy-washy compromise. Cameron has never looked happier than when he appeared in the…

Suella Braverman’s downfall is nothing to celebrate

14 November 2023 11:51 pm

Rishi Sunak’s decision to recall David Cameron from his shepherd’s hut has been hailed as a triumph by centrist dads.…

What did we really learn from Dominic Cummings’s leaked WhatsApps?

7 November 2023 6:00 pm

It’ll be years before the Covid inquiry reports back on what we can learn from the pandemic, but already there…

When did we change our minds about Little Britain?

1 November 2023 10:34 pm

Little Britain is ‘explicitly racist and outdated’. That’s the verdict of viewers asked by Ofcom to watch a 2003 sketch…

Israel, Palestine and the troubling silence of Britain’s anti-racists

31 October 2023 5:15 pm

There’s no room for racism in Britain, we’re told. EDI (equality, diversion and inclusion) initiatives and anti-racism strategies are everywhere.…

Israel’s plight exposes the truth about virtue signalling ‘values’

24 October 2023 6:26 pm

Suella Braverman, the Home Secretary, recently took a pop at immigrants who she accused of failing to ‘embrace British values’.…

The return of rational fear

17 October 2023 5:00 pm

‘I don’t feel safe’ is the cry of students the western world over at the prospect of hearing terrifying opinions…

How Big Brother lost touch with reality

9 October 2023 11:10 pm

Big Brother is back – again. The show was axed by Channel 5 in 2018 but ITV has dragged it…

What happened when the Bully XL protesters met the ‘Rejoiners’?

25 September 2023 11:18 pm

London was swamped with protesters this weekend but not all of them saw eye to eye. Bully XL dog owners…

Are we heading for a Sunak and Starmer podcast?

18 September 2023 11:25 pm

Theresa May always had a camp appeal. The clumsiness, the dancing, the incredible squareness. Mrs Thatcher never took that crown – she…

Liz Truss is wrong – the ‘global left’ isn’t to blame for her downfall

12 September 2023 4:00 pm

Liz Truss is back and she’s got a book to plug. ‘It will set out what we must do to counter the disastrous…

How did the ONS get its GDP figures so wrong?

5 September 2023 1:27 am

The Office for National Statistics let a bombshell drop on Friday. Halfway down the first page of their grippingly-titled document…