April 2017
Stop treating pregnant women like children
Why shouldn’t expectant mothers enjoy a glass of wine?
Putting Brexit back in its box
The brutal attack on a refugee in Croydon is being used to undermine Brexit.
Darcus Howe: fearless in thought and deed
He fought against racial injustice and the left’s lazy thinking.
Two sides of our moral malaise
A charming play about the SDP and a vacuous cabaret show both speak to these confused times.
It’s time us left‑wingers stood up to PC
The left has made itself ridiculous. Let’s get our act together.
Sorry, Juncker, the EU is nothing like the US
The difference between the two unions? Democracy.
Behind the phoney war over Gibraltar
The biggest Brexit battle is still at home.
Not all vegans are annoying
Carnage pokes fun at both meat-eaters and meat-dodgers.
The decay of the French political class
As the election approaches, the two main parties are becoming irrelevant.
Turkey: a dangerous place to dissent
Erdogan’s crackdown on free expression should worry us all.
Enough with the legal coups against Brexit
Now elite Remainers are trying to sabotage the Brexit negotiations.
Why it’s always ‘Russia wot dunnit’
Blaming Russia is a ‘get out of jail free’ card for struggling political elites.
The rage against Moyes
No, the Sunderland manager is not a dangerous misogynist.
Ken’s an idiot, but the witch-hunt against him is worse
This is about fighting Corbyn, not anti-Semitism.
Why gaywashing is worse than whitewashing
Hollywood is churning out semi-gay characters to promote naff films.
Brexitphobic comedians are the real populists
Sneering at the ‘enemy within’, stand-ups today are bien pensant demagogues.
Bias Response Teams: campus censorship at its most sinister
US colleges now want students to snitch on their peers and professors.
Using Gibraltar to batter Brexit
Mick Hume on elite Remainers' war on democracy.
Building the Communist dream
Imagine Moscow, an exhibition at London’s Design Museum, captures an architectural future that never was.
Assisted suicide: for all or for none at all
Legalising assisted suicide for the terminally ill would set us on a slippery slope.
Trump v Syria: the deadly infantilism of the moral warmongers
Why ‘humanitarian interventionists’ never learn from their errors.
Living wage? This is bargain-basement socialism
How working people’s pay became a lifeless academic question.
Why Turkey must say No to Erdogan
A Yes vote in next week’s constitutional referendum would destroy Turkish democracy.
‘Fake news’ flags won’t get to the truth
Let's trust people to be critical news consumers.
The smiling Brummie girl is no radical icon
This is a cynical media image, not a revolution.
The myth of Trumpism
From foreign policy to economics, Trump is mellowing.
Who’s afraid of Neil Gorsuch?
The new Supreme Court justice might not be as bad as you think.
Blundering into a new Cold War
The West’s nostalgic warmongers should be careful what they wish for.
The dangers of equating words with actions
The idea that words cause harm is being used to justify censorship and violence.
We need to do right by old people
The crisis in adult social care is punishing those to whom we owe so much.
No, Remainers are not an oppressed minority
Elitists claim they’ve been ‘silenced’ – they mean we won’t do as they say.
Mauling an MGM classic
A new adaptation of An American in Paris is an infernal mess.
Withnail and I and the meaning of life
Thirty years on, this film’s tragedy and comedy speak to us still.
The press isn’t to blame for the slow death of Labour
Conspiratorial Corbynistas blame everyone but themselves.
‘This Cold War is even crazier than the last’
Podcast: Brendan O'Neill on the reckless new interventionism.
Spice Zombies: another moral panic about drugs
It’s government crackdowns we should worry about, not Spiceheads.
Dave Chappelle in a humourless age
The revered comic’s Netflix specials have rankled the speech police.
Turkey needs some Brexit spirit to defeat Erdogan’s tyranny
From Brussels to Istanbul, elites are in revolt against democracy.
A mockery of democracy
The Turkish referendum was undemocratic from the start.
No, mothers are not making their daughters mentally ill
The obsession with girls’ mental health is enough to drive anyone round the bend.
There are worse things than a Kelvin MacKenzie column...
...like allowing Labour and the police to boss about the free press.
Charging Bull v Fearless Girl
The public should decide what becomes of public art.
Mélenchon: the best chance for Frexit?
The left-wing presidential candidate has some good ideas.
Let the people speak: why spiked welcomes the snap election
This is a great opportunity to deepen the democratic spirit of Brexit.
How Prince Harry is failing the mentally ill
Treating everyday strife as mental illness does a disservice to the truly ill.
Who should decide the fate of children?
A High Court ruling on a sick baby's life raises troubling questions.
So what if Tim Farron thinks homosexuality is a sin?
The media’s interrogation of Farron’s soul is a despicable spectacle.
Labour doesn’t speak for the people
Brexit was people power in action – and Labour is terrified of it.
Rebel: Tory vs the establishment
Douglas Carswell’s book gives a refreshing take on the new elitism.
In defence of the stiff upper lip
The cult of introspection is the bane of modern life.
Brexit and the spirit of innovation
Ignore the Remoaners – Brexit lets us reimagine the future.
‘Brexiteers cannot afford to sit this one out’
Brendan O'Neill on what is really at stake in the snap election.
Why we opened a nanny-state store in Shoreditch
If the finger-waggers get their way, all shops will be as mad as ours.
Cressida Dick is no hero
So what if she’s the first female Met boss? Judge her record.
Macron-Le Pen and the death of left and right
The old politics no longer holds. So what now?
How Bill O’Reilly lived off outrage
He's gone, but his shallow style lives on.
Call off this mad War on Sugar
Fizzy drinks v diet drinks: the health bores lose the plot.
Why this election matters
This is a fight for democracy. Get involved.
Five reasons the March for Science was a dumb idea
Smug, illogical, censorious – why did they do this?
Now give us a referendum on the House of Lords
We ditched the EU, now let’s train our sights on the upper chamber.
The Brexit election: time to back principles, not parties
None of them can be trusted to stand up to the 'Anything But Brexit' lobby.
Who’s afraid of Edward Albee?
Two new London productions confirm Albee's greatness.
Donald Trump is bad, not mad
Experts who diagnose The Donald as sick let him off the hook.
General Election: spare us the braindead memes
Social-media activism is the preserve of shallow thinkers.
