There’s no such thing as a neutral centrist
Does religion matter in politics today? It certainly does, at least if you pose as someone who is neutral, as…
Why men join the manosphere
The obsession with ‘toxic masculinity’ shows no sign of abating. As reported this weekend, Bridget Phillipson, the education secretary, has…
No, Keir Starmer: Brits don’t want ‘change’
Change. If one word can embody the political philosophy of Keir Starmer, it’s this one. The Prime Minister is ever…
Vegans aren’t saints or sinners
Vegans are a people both widely admired and hated. That is the conclusion of a report earlier this week, one…
Is DEI dead?
The triumph of Donald Trump and the defeat of a Democratic party beholden to identity politics has prompted many to…
The trouble with Labour’s ‘respect orders’
As the Allison Pearson debacle begins to settle down, the lesson being drawn by many is that the police have…
Gary Lineker isn’t that bad
It’s a crying shame that we will no longer hear the insightful and original opinions of Gary Lineker. No more…
What the Boots Christmas advert backlash is really about
Christmas television adverts are meant to be comforting, homely, and traditional. While some find these offerings, especially John Lewis’s, overly…
The strange death of English literature
The interest in reading books and the appreciation of English literature is at a nadir. This week it was revealed…
What Iain Duncan Smith gets right about freedom
One of Kemi Badenoch’s much-touted strengths is that she cares about British culture, society and our country’s values. She is…
Labour will regret its war on bus passengers
Aside from debates as to what actually constitutes a ‘working person’, the Labour government does ostensibly seem clear as to…
The trouble with protest mask chic
We in Britain have become used to the hallmarks of anti-Israeli protests. There are the slogans decrying ‘genocide’. There are…
A remake of Cheers won’t work
One of the most popular sitcoms of the 1980s, Cheers, is set to return to our television screens. The show…
The quest for diversity could finish off University Challenge
Universities today are well-known as places where progressive, hyper-liberal politics predominate. It’s only logical, therefore, that the cry for equality…
Starmer’s freebies and the truth about Labour’s double-standards
The Labour government’s u-turn on freebies, its disclosure last night that it will no longer accept donations for clothes, is…
McDonald’s did not make Kemi Badenoch working class
Is it possible to change your class? Not just superficially – in moving up and down the hierarchy of social…
Robert Jenrick is wrong about the culture wars
To some people, the culture wars don’t matter. They are an irrelevance, an indulgence. A distraction from the material, bread-and-butter…
Labour’s puritanical attack on vaping
On Times Radio this morning Lucy Powell, Leader of the House of Commons, said that she wanted the government to…
The culture wars are far from over
It’s only been a month since the new Culture Secretary, Lisa Nandy, declared that the ‘era of culture wars is…
We’ve forgotten how to say ‘no’
It has been widely observed that we live in a society marked by cancellation, censorship and cowardice in the face…
How to tell the difference between Slovakia and Slovenia
With England playing Slovakia in the Euros later today, there’s absolutely no excuse this time for Anglophones to confuse this…
Let’s take no lectures from Emma Thompson on the climate
The actors are out in force again, speaking politics. Only days after Brian Cox appeared on the BBC bemoaning that…
How a dead French poet helped the Allies to victory on D-Day
D Day, 6 June, 1944, saw put into action one of the most unlikely alliances in the history of warfare:…
Gary Lineker and the problem with celebrity boycotts
One of the country’s most cherished footballers, and one of its most irritating right-on social media commentators, Gary Lineker, has…
Why we need the word ‘woke’
Has the word ‘woke’ become a lazy, all-too-common cliché? The novelist and Spectator columnist Lionel Shriver thinks so. During an appearance at…
