Columns
Trans trailblazers leave women bruised
‘Female and male bodies differ in many ways that make the best women uncompetitive with even mediocre men’
Nemesis in Uxbridge
‘If the Brexit Party is strong enough to help unseat Johnson in Uxbridge, then it will do the same to other Tories, meaning a hung Parliament’
Why Westminster needs gossip
‘Gossip is as important as the green benches in the chamber of the House of Commons. Without it, the country would sink’
Criminal justice chaos
‘The problems that plague the criminal justice system are not rooted in an imagined “Leftist” criminal justice culture; they spring directly from the near-obliteration of the justice system by budget cuts of nearly 50 per cent over the past decade’
Offences and defences
‘Standpoint is, as it has always been, a magazine for small-c conservatives and small-l liberals. But it is also for small-s socialists and small-g greens, and for those who resist pigeonholing on principle’
Hate-crime hoaxes
‘I’m reasonably satisfied that the increased hate crime widely reported from June 23, 2016, onwards and seized upon by the Remain camp was a classic example of moral panic, and that most of the reports were false’
The £350 million wasn’t a lie — here’s why
‘Was the £350 million claim really a lie? Has our probable future Prime Minister indulged in tabloid-level mendacity?’
Judaism, literary lust—and ‘fat camp’
‘Discovering Judaism has been a profound and fascinating process, from celebrating festivals to the spiritual joy of synagogue’
The war for memory
‘Anniversaries all too quickly become a substitute for clear thoughts about the present. As the victors of the war, for example, we have written our part in its history in rose-tinted ink’
Who is Pride for?
‘A message of liberation has lost out to the more commercially viable demands for inclusion and recognition of ever-more niche identities’
How Top Boys topple down crime’s ladder
Too many prisoners rejoin society with no education, stable housing or job prospects. No surprise that more than half reoffend within a year
In the bleak midwinter
Christmas can be a bleak time of year. While some feel isolated, others are overwhelmed by the need for a perfect family Yuletide when their reality is different
My warnings to our spy watchdogs
Britain is under attack from Russia. And the government is blocking a Parliamentary report that details it