Archive for the ‘Politics’ Category
Trump and Clinton: how low can they go?

This is the lamest, sleaziest presidential contest in living memory. Read my spiked article in full here.
Hillary or Trump? Pick your poison

The debate showed why both candidates are so unpopular. Read my spiked article in full here.
Trashing the white trash: Hillary and the new bigotry

Clinton’s attack on “deplorables” reveals an ugly prejudice. Read my spiked article in full here.
America against itself: My interview with Charles Murray

Charles Murray talks to me about the new class war cleaving the US in two. You can read the interview, in the Spiked Review, here.
Note to Democrats: being anti-Trump is not enough

Obsessively bashing Trump could backfire on Hillary. Read my spiked article in full here.
The GOP is the Trump Party now

Republican disarray has allowed for a total Donald takeover. Read my spiked article in full here.
After Dallas: let’s move beyond grief and fear

The US needs to rediscover its universalist outlook. Read my spiked article in full here.
Why it’s been such a slog for Hillary

Her troubles expose the disarray of the Democratic elites. Read my Spiked article in full here.
The end of the Grand Old Party

Trump’s rise confirms the alarming decay of the Republicans. Read my Spiked article in full here.
Unsafe Space

I’m excited to see that Unsafe Space, a new book of essays on free speech on campus, has just been published in the US. I’m one of the contributors, with a chapter on the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement: “BDS: Demonizing Israel, Destroying Free Speech.” The book is edited by Tom Slater, deputy editor of Spiked. The […]