I almost wept with relief when Kemi Badenoch spoke out against the ‘epidemic’ of gay children being encouraged to change gender, writes author HELEN JOYCE

I almost wept with relief when Kemi Badenoch spoke out against the ‘epidemic’ of gay children being encouraged to change gender, writes author HELEN JOYCE

Recently I received a panicked call from a father who had been arrested and held overnight in a police cell. His ‘crime‘? His teenage daughter had told her parents she was attracted to girls and now identified as a boy – and when her parents questioned this, pointing out that being a girl was no bar … Read more

LUCY FRAZER: Why I’ve capped the TV licence fee rise… There is no legitimate case for increasing it in the current climate

LUCY FRAZER: Why I’ve capped the TV licence fee rise… There is no legitimate case for increasing it in the current climate

By Lucy Frazer Culture Secretary Published: 22:39 GMT, 7 December 2023 | Updated: 23:11 GMT, 7 December 2023 The past few years have been tough. The unprecedented horror and disruption of the Covid pandemic and the war in Ukraine have meant households have been buffeted by harsh economic headwinds caused by steep inflation and global … Read more

EPHRAIM HARDCASTLE: Robert Jenrick once encouraged hundreds of foreign artists, dancers and writers to come to Britain… But now clarions his passion for immigration curbs

EPHRAIM HARDCASTLE: Robert Jenrick once encouraged hundreds of foreign artists, dancers and writers to come to Britain… But now clarions his passion for immigration curbs

By Ephraim Hardcastle for the Daily Mail Published: 23:19 GMT, 7 December 2023 | Updated: 23:43 GMT, 7 December 2023 Now-you-see-him-now-you-don’t immigration minister Robert Jenrick clarions his passion for immigration curbs.  Could this be the same Tory politician who wrote in The Art Newspaper encouraging hundreds of foreign artists, dancers and writers to come to … Read more

QUENTIN LETTS: Biffy Rishi was angrier than Oliver Cromwell’s wart as he addressed the latest Tory infighting at an emergency news conference

QUENTIN LETTS: Biffy Rishi was angrier than Oliver Cromwell’s wart as he addressed the latest Tory infighting at an emergency news conference

There is something rather liberating when a polite technocrat loses his rag. Boy, Rishi Sunak was cross. Normally tolerant to a fault, the Prime Minister called an emergency Downing Street news conference to address the latest Tory infighting. He. Was. Seething. The intention this week had been to follow Monday’s impressive legal migration crackdown with … Read more

ANDREW PIERCE: The Tory party’s mood right now is as fractious as it was when Liz Truss was toppled.. It’s not inconceivable Rishi Sunak could face a leadership challenge next year

ANDREW PIERCE: The Tory party’s mood right now is as fractious as it was when Liz Truss was toppled.. It’s not inconceivable Rishi Sunak could face a leadership challenge next year

After the PM’s bravura performance in front of the 1922 Committee of backbenchers, conducted behind closed doors on Wednesday, dozens of Tory MPs enthusiastically banged their desks to show their support for the embattled Rishi Sunak. Even long-standing critics of the Prime Minister agreed he gave a strong speech and conceded that he had won … Read more

JANET STREET-PORTER: Is it REALLY racist to wonder what colour a child might be? After Scobie’s ludicrous claims, now Beyonce has fallen victim to the hate mob – but why can’t we judge people by their talent, not their skin?

JANET STREET-PORTER: Is it REALLY racist to wonder what colour a child might be? After Scobie’s ludicrous claims, now Beyonce has fallen victim to the hate mob – but why can’t we judge people by their talent, not their skin?

Is nothing sacred? Nit picking fans have had the cheek to complain that Beyonce has disrespected her culture by turning herself white at the Los Angeles premiere of her new film Renaissance. Skin colour is the hot topic this week. While Omid Scobie tries to whip up interest in his lack lustre book Endgame by … Read more

RICHARD LITTLEJOHN: My old man’s a dustman – and he’s NOT working from home

RICHARD LITTLEJOHN: My old man’s a dustman – and he’s NOT working from home

Travelling home from Central London Wednesday night, our car came to a grinding halt on one of the back doubles between the BBC and the Post Office Tower. A Westminster Council dustcart was blocking the road, a narrow one-way street. There was no way past, nor any point trying to reverse. The traffic behind was … Read more

QUENTIN LETTS: In six hours of Matt Hancock’s evidence at the Covid Inquiry all we really found out was that he loathes the The Man He Would Not Name… Dominic Cummings

QUENTIN LETTS: In six hours of Matt Hancock’s evidence at the Covid Inquiry all we really found out was that he loathes the The Man He Would Not Name… Dominic Cummings

Just as actors will not say ‘Macbeth’ for fear it will bring a hex upon their heads, Matt Hancock would not utter the name ‘Dominic Cummings‘. Lip curling like a brandy snap, he spoke of ‘that witness’ or ‘some people’ or ‘an adviser’ but never once resorted to the C word. Salty-tongued Mr Cummings could … Read more

EPHRAIM HARDCASTLE: The naming of two royals allegedly accused of racism could make King Charles’s task of holding on to overseas thrones more difficult

EPHRAIM HARDCASTLE: The naming of two royals allegedly accused of racism could make King Charles’s task of holding on to overseas thrones more difficult

By Ephraim Hardcastle for the Daily Mail Published: 01:11 GMT, 1 December 2023 | Updated: 01:38 GMT, 1 December 2023 The random naming of two royals allegedly accused of racism could make King Charles’s task of holding on to overseas thrones more difficult.  With Barbados no longer a kingdom, other Commonwealth countries Jamaica, Grenada, and … Read more