When it comes to the coronavirus vaccine, it’s funny how many otherwise intelligent people I know have become borderline deranged about it. Endless paranoid WhatsApps and links to bonkers Facebook posts. ‘You won’t catch me putting that poison in my arm,’ they say. ‘I’m not stupid. I don’t want to be part of the evil … Read more
One of the good things about the BBC is that it is prepared publicly to investigate its own mistakes, though admittedly it usually does so late in the day, and rather grudgingly. So a development last November was heartening. The Corporation’s Director-General, Tim Davie, asked the distinguished retired senior judge Lord Dyson to lead an … Read more
There wasn’t a single spare seat on the first flight out from Heathrow to Lisbon on Monday. But it didn’t feel like a stampede as some 140 passengers quietly, and a little nervously, boarded BA flight 500. They were clutching their hand luggage, cradling coffees – and praying they had not only the right paperwork to … Read more
An Islamic State-style convoy sweeps across North London, waving Palestinian flags and screaming anti-Semitic hatred through a megaphone. ‘F*** the Jews, rape their daughters.’ For the best part of three hours, 4x4s full of anti-Israel fanatics cruise the streets of Finchley, Hendon, Hampstead, Golders Green, St John’s Wood and Swiss Cottage, home to a sizeable … Read more
Keep calm and carry on vaccinating – that is the best advice for ministers and the public alike as another Covid panic appears to be taking hold. Today the country takes a giant step towards normality, with the reopening of restaurants, pubs, cinemas and much else. But we also face news that the so-called Indian … Read more
Under intense pressure to get a grip after his party’s abysmal performance in the Hartlepool by-election and local elections, Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer is seeking tried-and-tested talent. A new key appointee is Deborah Mattinson as director of strategy. Supporters point to her work as pollster and strategist for former Labour leaders including Neil Kinnock, … Read more
Is an elephant a person? Most people would give you a straightforward no to that question. But New York’s highest court will soon hear arguments from campaigners that Happy, a 50-year- old female Asian elephant at Bronx Zoo, should be given some of the rights of a legal person. The campaigners don’t think that Happy … Read more
Common sense has now been defeated in this country. There is really nowhere to turn if you still believe in it. For years, many have assumed that a reasonable, conservative, Christian view of life was still upheld in several important places. But they have been wrong. The Long March of the Left through the institutions … Read more
Just two weeks ago the European Parliament finally ratified our agreement with the EU. Now we can start to make it work. This agreement gives us full control over our own laws, courts, borders and money. It ends alignment with the EU and thereby gives us freedom to reach trade agreements with the rest of the … Read more
MAIL ON SUNDAY COMMENT: It’s time to save us from this plague of wokery, Boris By Mail on Sunday Comment for the Daily Mail Published: 23:11 BST, 15 May 2021 | Updated: 23:12 BST, 15 May 2021 What is the point of the Most Reverend Justin Welby, Archbishop of Canterbury? When one of his clergy, … Read more