Devolution is shortchanging England
The English taxpayer is not the primary audience for the Scottish government’s annual Budget, but one wonders what they might…
The slippery slope to the return of the death penalty
Parliament has voted to proceed with Kim Leadbeater’s assisted suicide bill, which will see the NHS offer terminally ill people…
Britain has a blasphemy law in all but name
Anyone outraged by Labour MP Tahir Ali calling on the government to introduce blasphemy laws has clearly not been paying…
Why Scots are less angry than the English
The Scots have long been stereotyped as dour, miserable whingers, and we finally have proof that this is pure slander.…
The International Criminal Court must fall
The arrest warrants for Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former defence minister Yoav Gallant should be the last the…
Democrats don’t need their own Joe Rogan
One of the new cliches of American politics is that progressives need their own Joe Rogan. The comedian turned podcaster…
How will progressives explain Amsterdam’s latest anti-semitic violence?
Since the scenes of Jews being hunted, beaten and kicked as they lay on the ground pleading for mercy in…
Amsterdam shows the limits of liberalism
Whenever Jews are killed or beaten, on 7 October or last night in Amsterdam, well-meaning sorts solemnly intone that this…
Will Democrats blame Israel for Kamala Harris’s defeat?
One of the few western nations where public opinion was in favour of Donald Trump returning to the White House…
My unsolicited advice to Kemi Badenoch
If there are two things new leaders of political parties dread, it’s unsolicited advice and Scotland. The advice because, even…
Is Russell Findlay the Kemi Badenoch of Scotland?
When Russell Findlay stood to be Scottish Conservative leader, he talked the familiar language of ‘change’. I predicted that this…
What Fight Club got right
There are three great makers of popular man-art working in Hollywood today – Michael Mann, Christopher Nolan and David Fincher…
Murray Foote’s departure is yet another blow to the SNP
The SNP just can’t catch a break. The party is still reeling from a catastrophic general election result, a backlash…
The SNP will regret expelling John Mason
You might have missed the news that the SNP has expelled one of its MSPs, announced as it was following…
Salmond’s critics can’t ignore his lasting legacy
When he lost his Gordon seat in the 2017 general election, Alex Salmond told his count and those watching –…
The SNP is in a donations row of its own
The thing about being holier than thou is that you actually have to be holier. Stephen Flynn, the SNP’s leader…
What the West could learn from Israel
A brief update from Agence France Presse underscores the shift in power in the Middle East. The report, citing a…
Britain should just join the United States
Ruth Cadbury is hard at work campaigning for Kamala Harris ahead of November’s presidential election. It’s what you might expect…
Iran launches a missile attack on Israel
Iranian missiles are slicing through the evening sky over Tel Aviv as Tehran responds to the killing of Hezbollah leader…
This is Israel’s greatest victory since the Six-Day War
There is a satirical Israeli song from the Second Lebanon War, ‘Yalla Ya Nasrallah’, with the chorus: ‘Come on, oh…
Israel goes for Hezbollah’s leadership
Israel has carried out a daring air strike against Hezbollah’s headquarters. The Islamist terror group’s underground command centre, located below…
You reap what you sow, Sir Keir
The public response to Sir Keir Starmer and his ministers accepting gifts from Labour donors and others has been what…
Why is Labour so puritanical?
Can you be a progressive without being po-faced? I wonder sometimes, especially when I read that public health minister Andrew…
Is Scottish Labour really back?
Labour’s first conference from government in 14 years might not be taking place against an ideal backdrop, with the Prime…
No, Rich Lowry didn’t say the N-word
Rich Lowry, editor-in-chief of National Review, is being cancelled for calling Haitian immigrants the N-word. One problem: he didn’t. Lowry…
