We have ceased to be a parliamentary democracy. There was no military putsch. Nobody passed an Enabling Act allowing rule by decree. But the House of Lords and the House of Commons are now the Dead Parrot Parliament. They are dead because they do nothing to hold the Government to account. The most shocking instance … Read more
Why are arguments about the love of country always held between BBC-type Britain-hating pinkoes, embarrassed by their own nation, and shouty jingoes, who never think about what patriotism really means? Here we all are in a state of rage about whether the words of Rule, Britannia should be sung at the Last Night Of The … Read more
Why are arguments about the love of country always held between BBC-type Britain-hating pinkoes, embarrassed by their own nation, and shouty jingoes, who never think about what patriotism really means? Here we all are in a state of rage about whether the words of Rule, Britannia should be sung at the Last Night Of The … Read more
As the Government wrecks another few thousand holidays with sudden quarantine, you might assume that it takes this sort of thing seriously, and keeps close track of it. After all, you don’t force people to abandon holidays they have saved up for all year, and stampede them into dashing for the nearest port or airport, or … Read more
As the Government wrecks another few thousand holidays with sudden quarantine, you might assume that it takes this sort of thing seriously, and keeps close track of it. After all, you don’t force people to abandon holidays they have saved up for all year, and stampede them into dashing for the nearest port or airport, or … Read more
This is my third beard. I grew my first in the late 1970s to see what would happen, and was astonished at the effect. Among many other results, people feel quite free to make personal remarks about you in a way they otherwise wouldn’t. Many of my more old-fashioned colleagues were more or less horrified, … Read more
This is my third beard. I grew my first in the late 1970s to see what would happen, and was astonished at the effect. Among many other results, people feel quite free to make personal remarks about you in a way they otherwise wouldn’t. Many of my more old-fashioned colleagues were more or less horrified, … Read more
Drug clue: Khairi Saadallah with what appears to be a joint If I ever feel the need to have several nice cold buckets of slime tipped over my head, I point out that most of the supposed terrorist attacks in this country are, in fact, the work of solitary drug-crazed losers. The drug involved is most … Read more
What we now face is regime change. That is why these strange crowds have begun to gather round ancient and forgotten monuments, demanding their removal and destruction. They do not know what they want, or understand what they are destroying. But that no longer matters. They think their moment has come, and they may well be … Read more
I can’t stand Dominic Cummings. It was loathing at first sight when I first came across him in 2001 and nothing I have heard or seen since has changed my mind. And I hope that anyone who reads this column knows that I am not a defender of the Johnson Government, which I regard as … Read more