Relatedly - as I've had cause to say before, if you "don't know" what your sex is because you haven't seen your own chromosomes, how do you know you have a brain? (relevant question in several senses at this point).

Thank you so much Kathleen Stock for speaking out publicly on my behalf. For what it's worth, it means a lot!

Devastating takedown of the Yale Philosophy Department's self-beclowning over gender ideology. They appear absolutely befuddled with it. (Can't quite believe Tim WIlliamson signed the Amici Curiae - he must have read it very quickly) philosophersmag.com/philosophical-…

Wrote for UnHerd about signs of collapse in gender ideology, and how some philosophers are attempting to hold back the tide. unherd.com/2025/07/is-thi…

Sending my deepest & most heartfelt sympathies to Jessica Ahlberg on the death of her beloved father, the magnificent Allan Ahlberg. Along with his late wife, Janet, he's left us a legacy of innumerable classic picture books and joyous poetry collections for young children.

Mr Benn entered the shop one last time. Suddenly the Shopkeeper appeared. "It's time to go" he said. Remembering Ray Brooks, accomplished actor and Mr Benn narrator who has died aged 86.

Dear British Police, You just played straight into the hands of the populist right in the middle of the worst hard right radicalisation we have seen since the 70s, You fucking wankers.

While we’re talking about the police state…

“Non-binary is the gender identity you end up claiming if you’re a feminist who’s made the category “woman” uninhabitable for any female human with an ounce of self-respect.”

I'll always remember Robert Redford fondly for giving us the film with the most unintentionally funny name for a British audience ever...

In the coming term, the Supreme Court will be considering a pair of cases about state laws which exclude male athletes from female sports. Such laws, which have now been enacted by 27 states, are conceived by their proponents as protecting the integrity of female sports and by

I will keep coming here and saying that the two-child limit is cruel, unjustifiable, and counter-productive even on its own terms. And I’ll keep saying it until that grotesque policy is thrown into the dustbin of history, where it belongs. Fairness Foundation fairnessfoundation.com/two-child-limit

Hard to see how Josh Simons could possibly remain as an MP after this revelation. An absolute disgrace. A police investigation is urgently needed. Simons has brought the Labour Party into even further disrepute. theguardian.com/politics/2026/…

I wasn’t convinced by the reply I received from Josh Simons.

Today's High Court judgement, which found that Yvette Cooper acted unlawfully in proscribing Palestine Action, cited the work of the philosopher John Rawls. Rawls's ideas can help us to see how Cooper's actions were such a violation of democratic values. martinoneillyork.substack.com/p/on-john-rawl…

The Josh Simons story isn't just about one minister commissioning smears on journalists. It's about a toxic political culture that was built to destroy Corbyn — and then walked straight into government. My piece for Tribune 🧵 1/4

I first posted on X about the Labour Together smear campaign on 6 Feb. Exhibit 1: the (barely coherent) response I received from Josh Simons late that night, denying any wrongdoing. Exhibit 2: the *actual content* of the deal made with the private investigators at APCO 🧵1/3

I wrote about responses to the poll showing "normies" aren't supporting trans activism in the way their betters would like glosswitch.substack.com/p/maybe-youre-…

Here’s Harold Wilson’s holiday home on St Mary’s in the Scilly Isles. The kind of modest place that a committed public servant might go to relax with his family. Compare this to the insatiable avarice of many politicians today. Something has gone deeply wrong in our politics.

I wish this didn't need to be said, but obviously it does - and it needs to be said across the world clearly and loudly - making “a whole civilisation die tonight" would be a crime, for which there can be no excuse.