If only Britain was as important as Iran thinks we are
The Prime Minister speaks as though he is a man of far greater significance than he is.
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Unlike past presidents, Trump kept and delivered his promise to eliminate our enemies
Perhaps we forgot what it’s like when politicians act on their promises.
The real affordability crisis is in the cities where Democrats rule
The Marist poll reveals that one in three New Yorkers are planning to leave the State in the next five years.
Do we really want our politicians to be uneducated?
The interesting thing about political pendulums is that they always over-swing. In the campaign for this week’s Gorton and Denton by-election, one of the main lines of attack on the Reform candidate is that he used to be an academic and is therefore ill-suited to being the area’s parliamentary representative.
How Apple News and other tech giants change the narrative for Democrats
The New York Post revealed this week that Apple News has set up a sneaky little system of its own to make sure that its customers get indoctrinated in one political direction.
Britain’s right is falling into the same trap as the left
As I have suggested here before, there are few joys in life equal to that of watching the left fall out among itself. Whatever your political views, the whole Judean People’s Front vibe of the parties to the left of the Labour party brings a special type of comedy.
Following the law is the only sensible way to address the illegal immigration mess
If you think way back to 2023 you may remember that this city was suffering a crisis of illegal immigration.
British politics has become a Devil’s Wheel
There is a moment in Evelyn Waugh’s Decline and Fall which has been much on my mind lately. It is the bit towards the very end of the novel when our hero, Paul Pennyfeather, re-encounters the sinister modernist architect Professor Otto Silenus. By this point Pennyfeather has undergone all manner of travails.
Kamala Harris returning to the political landscape can be best described by Gen Z as ‘cringe’
I admit, I miss Kamala Harris, as life in this country hasn’t been the same without her presence.
The British should have their holy places
I think by now most of us can spot a double standard when we see one. So let me try two out on you. In what situation is it acceptable to denounce an MP or parliamentary candidate as ‘not very British’ or even someone who ‘doesn’t get our values, our culture, or our history’.
Stop thinking like it’s 2003 — toppling Iran’s mullahs does not risk mistakes of Iraq War
There are a lot of differences between 2003 and today.
The censors are winning
They say you should never meet your heroes, a rule that is not always correct. But I did have a salutary session some years ago when a friend in New York asked me if I wanted to meet a comedian I really do admire.