Israel is facing a new wave of terror
Is Israel in the midst of another wave of terrorist violence? Five Israelis were killed in a terrorist incident on…
A letter won't educate Afghan girls
Well, that’ll show ‘em. Liz Truss has released a joint statement with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken declaring themselves…
Why is Biden copying Obama's mistakes with Iran?
There was a picture taken today that says more than just a thousand words. The photograph was snapped in Sharm…
The uncertain future of the Equality Act
Sir Keir Starmer’s interpretation of the Equality Act has caused something of a stir. The Labour leader cited the Brown-era…
No, Scottish independence is not like the war in Ukraine
Perhaps it’s the absence of any oppression of their own country that compels Scottish nationalists to latch onto the oppression…
What is the point of the UN?
When all this is over, we will have to hold a grown-up and perhaps very difficult conversation about the United…
Putin must look at the West and laugh
Whatever the West’s response to Russia’s attack on Ukraine’s sovereignty, the crisis demonstrates the limitations of western politics and policy…
P.J. O’Rourke: the finest satirist of his generation
P.J. O’Rourke was the finest conservative satirist of his generation and therefore the finest of any political persuasion. Satire, an…
In praise of Deborah Lipstadt
The United States Senate is not a body commonly associated with alacrity but its sluggishness in considering the nomination of…
Lock them up? Not in Sturgeon's Scotland
One of the great disappointments of devolution has been the failure of the Scottish parliament to pursue novel ways of…
Sending a mean tweet about Captain Tom shouldn't be a crime
Captain Tom Moore captured the nation’s hearts during the pandemic. The World War II officer completed 100 lengths of his…
The Tories have abandoned the young
Tories who tried to convince Number 10 and Number 11 to delay the hike in National Insurance have had their…
Asking about male inmates in women’s jails isn’t transphobic
One of the joys of living through a period of cultural revolution is watching all the new moralities arrive and…
No one should celebrate the decline of America
Where is America? Like an old friend who hasn’t been in touch for years, you wonder if its silence is…
Sex, trans rights and the Scottish census
It takes some doing to make a census interesting. So congratulations to the National Records of Scotland (NRS). NRS, which administers…
Why are Tories still loyal to Boris Johnson?
As an outsider looking in, it is curious to note just how loyal some remain to Boris Johnson. Not the…
To save the Union, ignore Gordon Brown
As he blasts his way through the remaining support beams of the UK constitution, Gordon Brown is doing more to…
Marjorie Taylor Greene's Twitter ban is nothing to celebrate
Marjorie Taylor Greene is nuttier than M&M World. Not your garden-variety conservative, or even a conservative at all, but a…
Tony Blair's knighthood is long overdue
Arise Sir Anthony Charles Lynton Blair, Knight Companion of the Most Noble Order of the Garter. Yes, that should give…
No, Steve Baker, voters don’t want Thatcher again
Steve Baker’s decision to boot Nadine Dorries out of a group chat of Conservative MPs has captured the attention of…
Brexiteers will sorely miss Lord Frost
Lord Frost’s resignation is bad news for Boris Johnson, though that’s a side matter. Prime ministers come and go, what…
China is right to laugh at the west
Signs of the enervating weakness of the west’s governing elites aren’t that hard to find but the case of the…
Priti Patel and the progressive language police
There was an exchange in the House of Commons on Thursday afternoon that ought to be a scandal but won’t.…
Kyle Rittenhouse and the collapse of media neutrality
Anyone who thought the jury’s verdict in the Kyle Rittenhouse case might prompt some reflection among the political and media…
Julie Burchill has found a new way to provoke: she’s turned sincere
Stephen Daisley 5 March 2022 9:00 am
The greatest ever social media spat took place before the first tweet was sent, and was conducted via fax, which…