Hamza Yousaf
Off the Wales
The Conservatives are struggling to find any way to make themselves look good
The canary in the coal mine
The UK is at a dangerous junction when it comes to free speech
Mind your language – even in your own home
Scotland’s Hate Crime Bill criminalises insulting language – even if nobody heard it outside your own living room
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
Fair vs free elections
The grey zone between interference and counter-interference is becoming Europe’s new political frontier
Antisemitism and the Islamic connection
Antisemitic sentiments in Islamic theology cannot be overlooked or obscured
Anyone could have predicted
Left-leaning commentators should not pretend to be surprised by the consequences of multiculturalism
Hard rain in Spain
Domestic scandal has rocketed back to the forefront of Spanish politics
Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
The problem with price freezes
Freezing prices is not half as simple (or cheap) as politicians often think
Smart but ill-suited
Michael Anton was too good for the administrations that he helped to create
The sleep of reason
Sir Mark Rowley’s forgotten police thriller reveals the assumptions, anxieties and moral universe of Britain’s managerial elite.
Tedious transgression
The mainstreaming of porn is dangerous, hypocritical and very, very boring
Sing for victory
The days when recording a novelty single was a pre-tour duty are long gone
