UK Politics
Live and Let (the State) Die
How about I do attribution studies for politics? That is actually a magnificent idea. Unfortunately, I have an intellect, I have a conscience, and I have far better things to do. But I swear if I did this there would be editors and peer reviewers willing to bestow publication and celebration on me.
Was It Really Cos He Was Black?
No: it was because he was a shameless DEI grifter who got caught.
The Telegraph and Fascism
The people who shout “fascist” at every challenge to that coalition are not defending liberalism. They are defending their own preferred form of control. And in doing so, they are helping to till the very ground in which real authoritarianism can take root.
What Do You Get When You Cross Smollett With Warren?
Jussie Smollett faked a hate crime. Elizabeth Warren faked being a Native American to be labeled a minority professor at Harvard. Arday said hold my beer and watch this.
Justice Has Lost Its Nerve
The planned early release of PC Andrew Harper's killers is a test of whether the justice system still places victims and public safety ahead of prison management targets, says Paul Birch. It does not.
Is Jason Arday Sacha Baron Cohen’s Greatest Creation?
In 2025, the director of Cambridge’s autism research centre co-authored an open letter furiously accusing Arday’s detractors of being racists. This was the academic equivalent of Ali G’s famous catchphrase whenever anyone challenged him: ‘Is it because I is black?’
Who You Gonna Trust?
Both Badenoch and Taylor were senior cabinet ministers in these governments that sold out their core voters. Neither resigned from cabinet on principle. The entire Tory and coalition teams seemed happy to abandon any sense of fight against the left and now look very much like Labour-lite clones.
How To Make Burnham Appear Corrupt
Nigel Farage's donations row is more about headlines than handcuffs, says Steven Tucker, who shows how the very same media playbook could just as easily be used against Andy Burnham.
What This Says About Free Speech in Britain Today
I’m saying it without my name attached, in a publication built specifically to defend my right to say it with my name attached. If that strikes you as a contradiction, it should.
Why Britain’s New Marxist Leader Suddenly Loves Oil
There’s an old saying credited to a Rothschild about investing when there’s “blood in the streets.” He may be right. But he probably wasn’t picturing London when he said it.
Where Is the Mandate for Burnham?
In all the excitement, the government forgot to ask the people.