As Britain at last begins to emerge from the pandemic, our country desperately needs a spirit of unity and solidarity. But the inflammatory row at Batley Grammar over a teacher’s use of the Prophet Muhammad’s image in a religious studies class threatens to undermine social cohesion – not just in Yorkshire but across Britain. Unless … Read more
On the pleasant promenade of Hythe, Kent, two young male migrants on bicycles weave their way through family groups, dog walkers, pensioner couples and mothers with prams, all trying to stay two metres apart from each other. The men are from a migrant camp, Napier Barracks, on a hillside not far from the town’s seafront. … Read more
Selena Gomez and her BFF Taylor Swift have had a hard time seeing each other due to their busy schedules and a full year of the COVID-19 pandemic. On Monday, the 28-year-old Revelacion singer shared a few throwback snaps with Swift, 31, as she wrote ‘kinda missin this one.’ The singing pals have been friends … Read more
Authority is so absent from our streets that bad people are worryingly unafraid, so the rest of us have to be afraid instead If you really wanted to make women safer on the streets of this country’s cities, after dark or during the day, there is a very simple, logical thing that you would do. We … Read more
Alp Mehmet is chairman of Migration Watch UK There is only one way to stop the boats, end the trade in people-smuggling, and save lives. That is by making it clear that those attempting to get to Britain in small vessels across the Channel will not be allowed to remain here unless, and until, they … Read more
With a dash of Countryfile, a smattering of The Choir and more than a hint of 3pm on Christmas Day, this was not so much ‘A Celebration for Commonwealth Day’ – as BBC1 called it – as a genuine royal variety performance. We saw the Queen striding happily through Windsor Castle – talking about ‘selfless … Read more
When Boris Johnson and Carrie Symonds decided it was time to administer a shot in the arm to their personal finances, they explored a couple of options. One, revealed by the Mail this week, was to create a new prime ministerial charity, which would help cover some costs that have left many modern occupants of … Read more
When Jason Knauf left the Treasury to go and work for RBS — the bank that had been bailed out with £45 billion of taxpayers’ money following the 2008 financial crisis — he was dubbed ‘gamekeeper turned poacher’. But his silky skills in crisis management were never tested there as they were in his next … Read more
The removal van should be called to Bute House now that Sturgeon’s political career and reputation are no longer intact, Scottish Tory leader DOUGLAS ROSS writes By Douglas Ross For The Scottish Daily Mail Published: 00:22 GMT, 3 March 2021 | Updated: 02:23 GMT, 3 March 2021 Last night, a political bombshell landed. Shortly afterwards, … Read more
When Boris Johnson was in charge of The Spectator, he ran an article accusing Roy Greenslade of being part of a secret ‘Republican cell at the heart of The Guardian’, whose members were conspiring to make it publish ‘editorials that lean alarmingly towards the IRA’. There followed an almighty stink. First, Mr Greenslade’s editor Alan … Read more