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Paddington syndrome is making children of us all
1+ day, 20+ hour ago (248+ words) Modern Britain infantilises adults and treats kids as founts of wisdom. In the words of Quint aboard the Orca: "He's got lifeless eyes, black eyes, like a doll's eyes. When he comes at ya, he doesn't seem to be livin…...
This is an anti-democratic attack on the independence of juries
1+ day, 19+ hour ago (287+ words) Why a Palestine Action defence barrister was right to encourage jurors to act according to their consciences. In his closing address in January, Menon allegedly told the jurors that they could acquit according to their conscience, relying on Bushell's Case…...
Why young women fear men
1+ day, 18+ hour ago (143+ words) How Gen Z women developed an alarmingly jaundiced view of the opposite sex. "The idea of a boyfriend is a little scary, a female friend told me recently: "Like, its just some random guy you then decided was safe and…...
Kemi Badenoch showed how to deal with "pro-Palestine" hecklers
1+ day, 19+ hour ago (330+ words) Other politicians need to stand up to those downplaying anti-Semitism. Within roughly 48 hours, Kemi Badenoch's video on X had amassed more than 1. 8million views. The video went viral because people recognised something: a politician who meant it. But I keep thinking…...
Reform's victory shows the Brexit spirit is alive and well
1+ day, 17+ hour ago (292+ words) The working-class, populist revolt against elite values shows no signs of slowing down. The results of Thursday's local-council elections not only confirmed the end of the era of the Labour-Tory duopoly; they also showed the consolidation of a significant populist…...
Let this be the final nail in Labour's coffin
1+ day, 20+ hour ago (145+ words) The locals have delivered a richly deserved bloodbath for a party that's determined to betray its base. A bloodbath. A wipeout. A rout. Call it what you want, there is no understating the catastrophe that has befallen the Labour Party…...
Brendan O'Neill " live and in conversation
1+ day, 21+ hour ago (127+ words) spiked is thrilled to announce the first in our series of online Q&A events, exclusively for spiked supporters. Brendan O'Neill " spiked's chief political writer and host of The Brendan O'Neill Show " will be live on Zoom on Tuesday 9 June,…...
The glorious revenge of "the gammon
2+ day, 1+ hour ago (70+ words) spiked-online. com The Reform surge in England is more than a protest vote " it"s an unbloody revolution against cultural tyranny. Pick your side: the matcha Marxism of a keffyeh-smothered activist class that doesn"t know what a woman is,…...
It's not if you'll be cancelled, it's when'
2+ day, 19+ hour ago (199+ words) spiked-online. com It's not if you'll be cancelled, it's when' Rosie Kay on the pressure placed on artists, managers and venues to capitulate to progressives' demands. Rosie Kay " co-director of Freedom in the Arts (FITA) " joins spiked's Georgina Mumford to…...
Islamism's useful idiots
2+ day, 20+ hour ago (522+ words) After Golders Green, we must refuse to ignore the ideology that's terrorising British Jews. Western societies have failed to talk openly about Islamic extremism chiefly because of this taboo. Particularly since the Great Awokening of 10 years ago, being tarnished as…...