Can't say I'm impressed by GB News's decision to switch to AI weather and sports reports. Show signs of corner-cutting and disregard for the audience

My latest for The Spectator: why television viewers should be grateful at Nish Kumar's move to niche activist politics, and hope that he stays there spectator.co.uk/article/nish-k…

Interview with David Goodhart in 'Le Figaro' on Thursday

Do you think we could have some stories and features related specifically to events in Britain this week? #freespeechnation

My latest for The Spectator: how enshrining 'Islamophobia' could aggravate further a fear among the police of being tarnished as racist spectator.co.uk/article/the-da…

Khan: Trump is racist, sexist, misogynistic and Islamophobic spectator.co.uk/article/khan-t… ⬅️ Someone had better invent new categories of victimhood for the London mayor to appeal to

My latest for The Spectator: The Prime Minister's crusade to reclaim symbols of patriotism won't convince those conservatives who cherish these symbols or persuade those on the left who hate them spectator.co.uk/article/starme…

Yet more proof this is a terrible idea

My latest spiked column: on the damage done by activist judges, lawyers and charities; why you can't change reality by changing words; and beware the word 'but' spiked-online.com/2025/09/26/how…

Just seen on TV Angela Epstein defend ID cards on the grounds of the 'nothing to hide, nothing to fear' principle. That argument stems from the principle of positive liberty, ie, it is the state, not the people, which decides what we are free to do

spiked-online.com/2025/09/26/dig… Tom Slater on how Blairite authoritarians have sought for years to find a pretext for ID cards

'Le Figaro' today calls the proposal for ID cards in Britain a small cultural revolution for a country that's never had a taste for measures that hinder freedom

“Despite being interrelated, the conflation of the two categories of ‘Islam’ and ‘Muslims’ could have disastrous outcomes. Should such an ambiguous definition become binding, henceforth any criticism of a Muslim could be interpreted as criticism of Islam, and any criticism of or

My latest for the Spectator: on why ID cards are wrong in principle, because they work on the assumption that freedom is something imposed and guaranteed by the state, rather than it being a given spectator.co.uk/article/how-id…

My latest for the Spectator: our Prime Minister is resorting to alarmist words because he's incapable of meaningful actions spectator.co.uk/article/no-kei…

I agree. Well worth a read, ideally and appropriately in print

The Bar Council’s black internship scheme is racist spectator.co.uk/article/the-ba… < My latest for The Spectator, on the destructive consequences of diversity schemes

spiked-online.com/2025/10/02/lab… Joanna Williams on how this year's Labour conference resembled a university campus, mixing authoritarianism and concern for delicate souls

WOW‼️Gary Neville (Gary Neville) blames the Manchester synagogue attack on "middle-aged, angry WHITE MEN" and those flying Union Jack flags. 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧