Public Service
November 5, 2025
For something which knows so much about me, Facebook seems to know very little about me. It knows where I went to university, but deluges
Politics
Mandelson: More Wizard of Oz Than Prince of Darkness
September 15, 2025
I try to keep out of the “who’s your favourite cannibal?” debate because it always gets too political. If you say Anthony Hopkins then some
Emily Thornberry Is the New Mrs Dutt-Pauker
September 11, 2025
For many years the late Michael Wharton wrote a column for The Daily Telegraph using the pseudonym Peter Simple. He created therein a Swiftian world
The Lunatics Really Are Running the Asylum Now
September 10, 2025
I was only half listening to the news at the end of the week, and over the weekend, preoccupied as I was with a five-hour
Will Starmer Regret Rayner’s Resignation?
September 6, 2025
Let me declare an interest from the outset: I am sad to see Angela Rayner depart the political battlefield. I like the fact that she
Magical Politics
August 28, 2025
I recently spent some happy hours with Noel Edmonds. That he was in New Zealand and I was in the London ‘burbs was perhaps for
We Need to Talk About Angela
August 26, 2025
No one enjoys a healthy pisstake more than I. And there’s certainly no more inveterate snob than the one I glimpse increasingly despairingly in the
Farage U-Turns on Mass Deportations
August 24, 2025
Despite recent by-election successes and a healthy lead in the opinion polls, many die-hard Nigel Farage / Reform UK supporters have lost heart of late.
Less Porn, More Crime?
August 5, 2025
Ofcom – the regulator for communication services – has unveiled new plans to enforce stricter restrictions and new safety measures, in a bid to prevent