Time for me to be more assertive
I thought Boris Johnson was crap long before Toby Young and Fraser Nelson did
J.K. Rowling’s fundamental mistake
As the protests grew, Rowling decided — long after the series was finished — that maybe Hermione was black
Falsehoods are running amok
We have been lied to too often
Why I will wear a face mask
This is where the crux of the COVID debate rests: the individual vs society
Neil Young keeps mining his past
Not the legend’s best work
Britain’s government can’t handle COVID or Black Lives Matter, either
There has been flip-flopping on policy almost every day of the week
In defense of the lockdown
If you think we are right to abandon or dilute lockdown now, then you should not have been in favor of it in the first place
The politics of bookshelves
You can’t say that, you can’t read that, you can’t think that — a mantra which closes down discussion
Corona Derangement Syndrome
The virus has driven everyone mad
We crave certainty over COVID-19. There isn’t any
There is no scientific truth to COVID-19, as yet — and perhaps never will be
Would Churchill have worn a face mask?
There is something smug and averse about people in masks — but better smug and averse than dead, I suppose
There’s nothing equal about this virus
I can self-isolate fairly comfortably, but how easy is it if you are on the 15th floor of a tower block?
If anything is ‘essential’ right now, it’s cigarettes
Nothing about this small and unpleasant virus thing is ‘abundantly clear’
The corona curtain-twitchers are watching
A few weeks sitting on the sofa guzzling packets of crisps does not equate to life in East Germany
Will you guys take Harry and Meghan to your hearts?
California, here one comes...
Wanting to kill us all is madness, not religion
If we are serious that these attacks have nothing to do with Islam then let us apply some consistency to this apparent conviction
How it all went right: the great Brexit wound has almost healed
It didn’t take a generation – it took about two weeks
In Britain, we want one thing from our royals: patriotism
The working-class north resents their hard-earned money being spent on the royals only when the royals don’t keep up their side of the bargain
World War Three? No, this was about Trump’s second term
Most people do not share the leftish view that Iran and the US are equivalent as nation states in their capacity to do bad things
It’s down to the wire – and Boris only has one chance to survive
Even if the British PM gets a deal, electoral success is not guaranteed
Please America, take Meghan Markle back
She has dragged across the Atlantic a garbage truck full of the most emetic US wokeness
Much as I admire Morrissey’s refusal to conform, I don’t much like his music
California Son reviewed
How to save the Tory party
What should the Conservatives do? Become Conservative is the obvious answer
Tunneling my way into Gaza
The food has improved in Israel since I was last here
On milkshakes
The milkshake business has become a bit of a thing for bedraggled losers on the left
