Who is – and isn't – welcome in Sadiq Khan's London?
Right-wing Frenchman Eric Zemmour, who is expected to run for the presidency of his country next year, has been designated persona…
France is using migrants just like Belarus
It was hard not to laugh, coldly, at the statement from western members of the UN Security Council that condemned…
A troubling tide of anti-Semitism is sweeping Britain and France
A day after the Israeli ambassador to Britain, Tzipi Hotovely, was harassed as she left the London School of Economics,…
Why is Jean-Luc Mélenchon's party trying to disarm the police?
A French police officer was attacked with a knife in Cannes this morning. The victim – whose bullet-proof vest saved him…
Fishing for votes: what’s really behind our trade war with France?
Who has the most to lose from our trade war with France?
France must protect Eric Zemmour’s life
There are several similarities between Eric Zemmour and the Dutch politician Pim Fortuyn, and one distinct difference. The Dutchman was…
Zemmour's xenophobia
The received opinion is that Islam and immigration are Éric Zemmour’s prime targets as his putative presidential campaign gathers pace. But…
The idiotic myth of the ‘lone wolf’ attack
In the summer of 2020 the French Senate published a report on the ‘Development of Islamist Radicalisation and the means…
Macron's Brexit obsession leaves him blind to France's real adversary
Emmanuel Macron’s Europe minister Clément Beaune is fast gaining a reputation for bashing all things British. ‘Stop telling us you do not need…
France's political elite created Eric Zemmour
Love him or loathe him, Eric Zemmour is a breath of fresh air in French politics. Before he appeared as…
Macron's selective defence of free speech
In the early years of his presidency, Emmanuel Macron became known as Monsieur ‘En Meme Temps’. The president of France…
The Bataclan trial is forcing France to confront some difficult questions
It’s a stroke of good fortune for France that Salah Abdeslam is a coward. Had he not been he would…
Should we listen to Shamima Begum's verdict on the hijab?
What should one make of Shamima Begum’s appearance on Good Morning Britain? The London schoolgirl left the UK in 2015 to…
The West's Islamist capitulation
On Monday, Tony Blair addressed a military think tank in London and stated that the West should continue to intervene…
France is nervous about welcoming a wave of Afghan refugees
Emmanuel Macron has once more infuriated many in France, but this time it has nothing to do with Covid passports…
Macron's vaccine passport is uniting French anti-fascists and nationalists
Saturday was what is known in France as the Chassé-croisé, the busiest day of the year on the roads, when…
Macron's war on Covid meets resistance
A manager of an attraction park in France was reportedly assaulted on Sunday after he denied entry to a customer.…
Emmanuel Macron’s dangerous infantilisation of the French
From St Tropez to La Rochelle to Deauville, there is a familiar sight this summer in many of France’s most…
Macron’s vaccine passports are a betrayal of French values
What a celebration of diversity I witnessed in Paris on Saturday as tens of thousands of demonstrators marched through the…
Macron steps up his war on identity politics
The lifestyle magazine Elle is best known for its beauty tips, fashion recommendations and recipe ideas but the latest issue in France contains…
The growing extremism of France's Green party
On Sunday evening I met three left-leaning French friends for a picnic in a Parisian park. We’d hardly begun the…
Boris is in danger of becoming Britain's François Hollande
Last week’s by-election result in Chesham and Amersham was a slap in the face for Boris Johnson. Fortunately it was…
French democracy is in trouble – and the EU is to blame
France’s airwaves have been crackling with indignation this week, as politicians wring their hands at the record abstention in the first…
How Les Bleus united France by not taking the knee
For those who lean to the right and live in France, Tuesday nightwas magnificent. Not only did LesBleus open their…
France is divided on 'taking the knee'
Until this month ‘taking a knee’ has not been a French phenomenon. When the Black Lives Matter movement spilled out of…
