Can progressives handle Christian politicians?
The SNP leadership contest should not be about Kate Forbes’ religious faith but that issue has quickly come to dominate.…
Revealed: Aberdeen’s ‘curriculum decolonising’ plans
Revealed: Aberdeen’s ‘curriculum decolonising’ plans
Why is Nicola Sturgeon resigning?
Nicola Sturgeon is resigning as First Minister of Scotland. We don’t yet know when — or why. After eight years…
A modest proposal for the death penalty
Lee Anderson has changed my mind. I’ve always been an opponent of capital punishment but the Tory deputy chairman makes an irrefutable point: ‘Nobody has ever…
Women prisoners are being let down
The safety of women in prisons cannot be allowed to plummet back down the news agenda after the latest Sturgeon…
Why won’t the Palestinian ambassador condemn the Jerusalem massacre?
Husam Zomlot is head of the Palestinian mission to London and an adviser to the country’s president Mahmoud Abbas, currently…
Israel is trapped in a cycle of national self-sabotage
Jerusalem, 13 May 1998. Khairi Alkam, a 51-year-old Palestinian labourer, left home early in the morning to pray at al-Aqsa…
Why do young people fall for Holocaust conspiracies?
Millennials and Generation Z pride themselves on being ‘anti-racist’. We might, then, expect that remembering the Holocaust properly would be…
The problem with Britain’s benefits debate
A report claiming a majority of us receive more in benefits than we stump up in tax made headlines yesterday. The analysis produced by…
Is it time to replace Scotland’s sporting anthem?
‘Flower of Scotland’ is the unofficial national anthem north of the border but soon enough we may never hear its…
Scotland’s gender bill mess was made in Westminster
Nicola Sturgeon is angry. The UK government has confirmed it will block her party’s controversial gender Bill, which removes key…
Sturgeon’s gender bill poses a problem for the Tories
Ministers will come under increased pressure to block Nicola Sturgeon’s gender legislation with the publication of a new Policy Exchange paper…
Challenging anti-Semitism is a moral imperative for non-Jews
One of the functions of the honours system is to articulate our principles and priorities. Amid the cringe cronyism and…
The 2024 election will be cataclysmic for the Conservatives
I spend a lot of my time fantasising about the death of the Conservative Party. I like to picture election…
Gordon Brown is deluding himself about the SNP
Gordon Brown needs a hobby. Golf, perhaps, or jazzercise. Anything but meddling in the constitution. He means well but his…
What now for Scottish nationalists?
The Scottish parliament does not have the power to legislate for a referendum on independence. The Supreme Court has made…
Britain is no country for young men
If I had to give one piece of advice to Britons under 30 it would be this: go. Leave. Skedaddle.…
Does Westminster even care about the Union?
The Supreme Court will hand down its judgment in the Scottish independence referendum case next Wednesday. This is the reference…
Sunak should acknowledge Jerusalem as Israel’s capital
When Liz Truss’s premiership came to an abrupt end, it appeared to spell doom for a historic policy shift raised…
Tory troubles are a reflection of the crisis facing Britain
One of the quaint superstitions of the moment is a belief that our political dysfunction has a ready solution. The…
The problem with Mordaunt’s trans conversion
Penny Mordaunt’s entry into the Tory leadership race was widely predicted and she has now become the first to throw…
How Truss can secure her legacy
Liz Truss needs an exit strategy. Unless she can eke past Canning’s 119 days, the Prime Minister will go down…
How to stop Just Stop Oil
The National Gallery is home to Van Gogh’s still life Sunflowers. It’s an oil on canvas that, according to the…
Kanye West is not OK
Ye is the rapper formerly known as Kanye West. Even more formerly, he was known as Yeezus, back when he…
Liz Truss is a liberal. So how will she approach immigration?
Should Tories already be feeling buyer’s remorse over their new leader? It has been only 20 days since Boris Johnson,…
