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
The Midas touch
The kind of skill that makes the breath catch in thousands of throats at once
The spectre of the past
The “Great English Ghost Story” offers a form of comfort and is rooted in the ache of nostalgia for a more elegant era
Too much disinformation
Mariana Spring is back, with another series to set the songbirds a-twitter
Left and right hooks
Keir Starmer and Rishi Sunak exchanged sloppy blows as Lee Anderson found a warm welcome in the stands
There is a lushness to this expanded Letters
There is frequent reporting of local news, often betraying a hobbit-like
preoccupation with the availability of beer
Dylan Mulvaney did not share our girlhood
His bizarre parody of the female experience is grossly offensive
The court of hot air
We do not need human rights law to protect human rights or to maintain the rule of law
Parents are being hypocritical about smartphones
Yes, kids use their phones too much, but what about adults?
What does the Scottish Hate Crime and Public Order Act really say?
Misunderstandings are the fault of Police Scotland and government ministers
Silence speaks volumes
Lee Anderson speaks out — or, at least, gets someone else to do it for him
Rishi goes a-wooin’
The Prime Minister was an extremely nervous suitor trying to impress some very sceptical rural in-laws