The N-Word
One special word has been trending heavily in the British media over the past week, but you are unlikely to have seen it spelled out in print or on screen. Like the character Lord Voldemort from the...
View ArticleThe Road To Rotherham – When Political Correctness Trumps Child Welfare
Professor Alexis Jay’s report on child sexual abuse in the town of Rotherham contains truths and revelations so shocking and awful, and on such a scale that it is scarcely possible to believe them....
View ArticleTime For A Woman To Lead The Labour Party? Yes, But Not Like This
– Andy Burnham’s Labour leadership campaign has its flaws, but these grasping allegations of sexism are cynical, shameful and unfounded I dearly hope that one Andy Burnham rally was not all it took...
View ArticleIn Defence Of Andrew Neil’s Anti-ISIS Rant – Political Journalism At Its Best
– No, Andrew Neil’s magnificent anti-Islamist rant was not a violation of the BBC’s commitment to impartiality It’s a strange world where I find myself writing in support of Andrew Neil twice in the...
View ArticleGay or Straight, The Robert Dyas Christmas TV Ad Is Cheap and Cynical
– Don’t praise Robert Dyas for their awkward, virtue-signalling Christmas television commercial. Condemn them for exploiting the hard-won civil rights accomplishments of others for monetary gain If...
View ArticleRotherham & Cologne: A Tale Of Two Cities Betrayed By Political Correctness
– High-handed elites with their fear and contempt for ordinary people are the greatest internal threat now facing our society If Western civilisation does ever collapse in upon itself, it will not be...
View ArticleModern Safe Space Culture Will Never Produce Anyone Like David Bowie
– Something more than David Bowie died this week Why has David Bowie’s death affected so many people so deeply? It goes much deeper than the pro-forma grief athleticism which the internet does so much...
View ArticleWe Are All Cats Now
– No, you are not a cat simply because you “identify” as one. And we should all be wary of where the rise of the Politics of Identity is leading us When future aliens discover the ruins of human...
View ArticleNow Even Peter Tatchell Is A “Racist”
– In the accusatory minds of the new PC Left, a lifetime spent fighting for LGBT and racial equality counts for nothing if one also supports the free speech rights of those who disagree Ask anyone to...
View ArticleTales From The Safe Space, Part 6 – California State’s Civility Cafe
– For an increasing number of universities, re-education (or indoctrination) of students into the cult of Identity Politics is becoming a central part of the induction process When the young,...
View ArticleJonathan Haidt On The Social Justice Self-Destruction Of Our Universities
– Jonathan Haidt discusses the madness which has taken hold of our colleges and universities Social psychologist and author Jonathan Haidt has an excellent interview on The Rubin Report, talking about...
View ArticleWho Is To Blame For Donald Trump?
– A problem of American conservatism’s own making In a recent show, Bill Maher took American conservatives to task for daring to suggest that responsibility for the rise Donald Trump rests with...
View ArticleLionel Shriver Makes A Bold Defence of Cultural Appropriation
– The purpose of literature and fiction writing is not to serve the grand design of the social justice and identity politics movement – and Lionel Shriver should be commended for standing up for...
View ArticleLatest Front In The Social Justice War: Censoring Beloved Children’s Books
– We must resist the insidious rewriting of beloved classics to make them retroactively conform to today’s social attitudes and dogmas This blog has been (justifiably) quite hard on Ariane Sherine,...
View ArticleJonah Goldberg On Conservatism In The Age of Donald Trump
– Jonah Goldberg says it best when describing the existential danger facing American conservatism in the Age of Trump. On Trump’s unearned reputation as a happy warrior against political correctness:...
View ArticleMeet Donald Trump, Special Snowflake
– Donald Trump’s reputation as a brave warrior against political correctness is a big fat lie – he has always been happy to use free speech-busting, SJW tactics to attack and silence his critics In a...
View ArticleDonald Trump Victory Reaction: Jessica Valenti’s Insults and Self-Righteous...
– Hating on Trump supporters may feel good, but it comes at a high price Guardian columnist Jessica Valenti prefers to wrap the comforting blanket of moral outrage tight around her and hunker down for...
View ArticleDonald Trump Victory Reaction: Bill Maher’s War On Political Correctness Is...
– At a time when many stunned Democrats still seem inclined to respond to Donald Trump’s election victory by doubling down and giving the electorate more of the same (i.e. petulant, finger-wagging...
View ArticleAnn Widdecombe Is Right To Encourage Rebellion Against Political Correctness
18-year-old Sam would be horrified to hear 33-year-old Sam admit it*, but Ann Widdecombe is actually right more often than she is wrong – and never more right than when she recently gave an interview...
View ArticleTales From The Safe Space, Part 53 – Enforcing Social Justice Dogma, From...
– “Linguistic intervention” is the polite term for coercing students into adopting certain language, phrases and social justice codewords on pain of academic penalty The Cult of Social Justice and...
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