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It's too late to save comedy from 'cancel culture'
Will comedy become the latest victim of ‘cancel culture’? Dame Maureen Lipman fears as much. ‘Cancel culture, this cancelling, this…
One man's campaign to protect free speech
Almost three years ago, I spoke on the phone to a man called Harry Miller. A Lincolnshire businessman, he’d just…
Are we living in the Matrix?
With the release of the fourth Matrix film this Christmas, the idea behind the original movie is once again being…
Mean Girls of the White House
President Joe Biden’s message to the unvaccinated is clear: you can’t sit with us! Biden claimed he was ushering in…
Bad boy: Bidens dump dog week before Christmas
They say a dog is for life, not just for Christmas. Clearly that’s another old adage Joe Biden no longer…
What happened to China's missing tennis star?
Did a senior Chinese politician rape one of the country’s leading tennis stars? That certainly seemed to be the allegation…
SPI-M modellers: a response to our critics
In late November, scientists in South Africa and Botswana identified a new variant of the virus that causes Covid. This…
Should businesses receive more Covid support?
As government considers whether to lock us down once again, should it put economic support for businesses affected back on…
It’s time to end the era of forced lockdown restrictions
Monday’s Cabinet meeting held over Zoom was a fraught affair by the sounds of it. Michael Gove and Sajid Javid…
Foreign honours for Hunt and May
Not many people here in Westminster have a good word to say about the Theresa May years. But down in tiny…
Boris Johnson’s betrayal of conservative values
Two years ago this week I wrote a piece for Coffee House entitled ‘Corbyn may be a goner but his…
Boris Johnson holds off on new restrictions – for now
When Boris Johnson held a Cabinet call this afternoon, the expectation was that an announcement on new restrictions would be…
Harry Miller's 'transphobic tweets' victory is a win for free speech
Court decisions don’t often call for three cheers, but today’s Court of Appeal determination in the Harry Miller case is…
Is Omicron now falling in South Africa?
Man makes Covid predictionsand God laughs. Yet with the stakes this high in Britain, every bit of real-world data is…
Welby, Israel and the meaning of persecution
I arrived in Colombo the morning after the attack and went straight to the morgue to identify some of the…
Inside the Omicron fear factory
In March 2020, a profile of the typical Covid victim emerged from Italy. The average decedent was eighty years old, with approximately three comorbidities such as heart disease, obesity or…
Four times Boris said this Christmas would be better than last
‘It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas…’ Or it certainly was until Omicron intervened. For the latest Covid variant has…
Why is Quidditch snitching on JK Rowling over trans rights?
To those of us who know Quidditch from the fantasy world of the Harry Potter books, the idea of grown-ups…
Five lockdown questions the cabinet must ask
The cabinet will meet this afternoon, with more restrictions and even a new lockdown on the agenda. But have ministers…
Build Back Better was doomed from the start
Joe Manchin was never going to vote for Build Back Better. Now that he’s declared himself a “no” and all…
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…
Sajid Javid: More restrictions cannot be ruled out before Christmas
Sajid Javid – More restrictions cannot be ruled out before Christmas With Sunday’s interview shows enjoying their last outing of…
Eastern Europe is paying for the EU’s climate revolution
Europe’s energy crisis shows little sign of abating. After Germany this week withheld approval for the Nord Stream 2 gas…
How the BBC lost its way on Covid
I have been a BBC journalist for many years, and in that time I have been committed to impartiality and…
Can Kim Jong-un survive for another ten years?
Ten years ago today, at noon on 19 December 2011, the veteran newsreader and ‘Pink Lady’ Ri Chun-hee, donned an…
