Patrick O'Flynn
Patrick O'Flynn is a political commentator. He was a Member of the European Parliament 2014-19 and previously Political Editor of the Daily Express. He tweets at @oflynnsocial
Black lives matter
Knife crime is predominantly black on black, so don’t hold the police back
Knees-up
England footballers don’t own the meaning of their pre-match gesture
Most Read
Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
What is wrong now was wrong before
Julia Gillard should not pretend that the “unintended consequences” of the gender debate were unknowable
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
Thank God for Brexit
The EU is a bureaucratic monster and Britain is better off out
Why must everything move to Manchester?
Northern England is being framed in patronising reductionist terms
Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
The meaning and meaninglessness of Makerfield
Andy Burnham has triumphed — but can he maintain his success?
Any foreigner can have a UK degree — for a fee
Every British university has been chasing the benefits of foreign income with frenzied excitement
Adventures in Soho
All the pleasures of roughing it and very little of the actual rough
The third man
Bridget Phillipson’s “Code of Practice” has clarified nothing on sex and gender
Censors create martyrs
Starmer has stumbled onto the fastest way to increase Hasan Piker’s audience
Andy Burnham’s immigration double game
Andy Burnham might make sceptical noises about mass migration but they mean nothing in practice
Department heads must roll
Apologies for gender dissidents are not enough — there must be consequences too
