I know the BBC is a big organisation, employing thousands, and editorial consistency isn’t always easy. But what on earth possessed anyone there to put quotation marks around “massacre”, as if the murder and rape of hundreds of Israelis was somehow a contested fact. Unpardonable.

This is absolutely right. Stamp duty is killing the housing market. And ruining lives along the way.

The Critic Liam Deacon Very good Liam Deacon. Agree democracy itself now central political issue

Nukes are said to deter war since nobody would launch a strike given they’d die in the counterattack. This logic doesn’t apply to fanatics - like the Iranian mullahs - who embrace martyrdom. Ask the 20,000 cruelly indoctrinated Iranian child martyrs thetimes.com/article/56bc38…

There is a playbook. This has happened before. It’s called paying American citizens more money.

Host Nick Ferrari tells her: ‘Minister, is there much point continuing this conversation, because you don’t know where the bridge starts, you don’t know where it ends and you don’t know how much it costs?’

Reform must speak, increasingly, of democracy itself, writes Liam Deacon thecritic.co.uk/winning-electi…

He’s right - I hope Labour MPs take what he says seriously

The grooming gang scandal is something that has cast shame on this country. Some of the most vulnerable girls raped - abused - beaten - and then let down again by the institutions that they should have been able to trust. Ignored, dismissed, or worst of all, treated like THEY

Casey's report the latest in a growing line of evidence that all the people routinely referred to as a bit thick have a much clearer sight of how things are, whilst the capacity of the educated to deceive themselves is beyond compare

Thanks to the ECHR, child rapists and killers are being harbored in the UK, living happily amongst us, and avoiding justice. This is indefensible. It is evil. We don’t need a policy commission to tell us the UK needs to leave this distorted and corrupted institution.

Reform must speak, increasingly, of democracy itself, writes Liam Deacon thecritic.co.uk/winning-electi…

I wrote about how Bluesky is Dying, and how we normal people must try and save it - otherwise the dreadful people over there might come back here spectator.co.uk/article/bluesk…

RIP. I had the great pleasure of working with him. A true believer. A man who didn’t just believe in political change, but agitated for it. And, according to my cousin, who works in the building trade (and is still in his 20s), is STILL recognised for revolutionising buying

ECHR hasn’t been a fringe issue in politics!!!! Theresa May called for withdrawal! David Cameron hinted at withdrawal! He sacked Dominic Grieve over ECHR! May started row about whether a criminal was allowed to stay because of their pet cat! Mahmood’s policy is literally Sadiq

This is an invitation to sabotage critical infrastructure and cause criminal damage Yvette Cooper . What are you doing about it?

“He behaves not as the attorney to the Government but as a robed inquisitor, as a champion of international law in its most unrooted, abstract, and often contradictory form. “This is not just about his conflicts with Cabinet colleagues. We’re now in the territory of deliberate

Great piece from Liam Deacon on why winning elections is not enough for Reform. The establishment will turn on RFM UK as they grow closer to taking power. RFM must be prepared to rebuttal. We all know what happens when the establishment don't like your agenda. Just ask

"The most important thing, I think, for Israel is to isolate Iran, the head of the snake, and if they got a nuclear weapon, it is likely they would use it." - Matthew Syed Watch the full episode with author and journalist Matthew Syed now on YouTube.

Sir Keir argued that while the actions were against the law, they were justified because they were trying to stop the planes from committing war crimes. telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/06/2…