Why are the police wasting time arresting Twitter transphobes when they could be tackling knife crime?

If you have wondered what it takes to get arrested these days then let me tell you about the fate of Kate Scottow, 38, a mother of two from Hitchin in...

Is this June election talk a ploy to scare MPs into backing Theresa May's appalling deal?

​ Going to the polls now is every Tory politician's worst nightmare​ I don’t know if there really is some genius in Tory HQ who wants to...

If the PM is ready to fight back against Brussels then her deal could yet be fixed

Always beware over-optimism. Always fight that instinct, especially when it comes to the UK’s negotiations with Brussels. But just sometimes we can...

We must be brave and vote down a deal that represents the worst of both worlds

Tomorrow night, MPs must make a historic choice. They can either vote for the present Withdrawal Agreement, with all its appalling defects – or they...

The British people won't be scared into backing a woeful Brexit deal nobody voted for

As the Government's warnings grow ever more hysterical, support for no-deal rises Time and again the Brexit debate turns into a tribute to the...

Why is there not more outrage about Japan's barbaric practice of whaling?

It is days now since the Japanese announced that they were once again going to be allowing commercial whaling – and I must say that I have been...

Cheer up! 20 reasons to raise your glass and feel good about the world 

The world is getting richer, healthier and less violent What is the single worst feature of Christmas? I think it is probably the constant...

Are we really going to abandon Brexit because of a Mars bar shortage?

The nice French doctor looked beadily at the screen. There were the results of my tests, in irrefutable detail. They had taken my blood; they had...

Boris Johnson: What a visit to my doctor taught me about Brexit

The nice French doctor looked beadily at the screen. There were the results of my tests, in irrefutable detail. They had taken my blood; they had...

We must take on Brussels with steel and unity when the PM's deal is voted down

With determination and common cause, MPs can finally slay Brexit's biggest obstacle I have now heard much of the parliamentary debate on the...

We must vote down the PM's Brexit vision - and prepare for a No Deal Brexit

When I talk to my friends and colleagues about why they might vote for this humiliating deal with the EU, they offer a groan of despair - as they're...

The Government's can't-do attitude to Brexit has got us into this mess. But there is a way out

If you want proof that this deal is a disaster for this country, look at the eagerness of the other countries to sign it. For the last two and a half...

Sell-out protects barbaric trade of sending live animals abroad for slaughter

Our hopes of ending the suffering will almost certainly be dashed by the appalling sell-out that we are about to sign

The EU will turn us into captives if we sign up to this appalling sell-out of a deal

Well, it seems my predictions of last week were, if anything, too optimistic. If MPs vote for this deal, we are bowing our neck to the yoke. We are...

My brother is right – Mrs May's deal is the biggest statecraft failure since Suez

The PM’s plan to make us the “punk” of Brussels is a recipe for continued Brexit strife I really can’t believe it but this Government seems...

The PM's £40billion Brexit divorce bill means we'll become an EU colony

Our country is preparing to hand over a huge amount of money for absolutely nothing in return

We need a new campaign for free speech to take on the professionally-offended

The internet has created a bruise-easy generation that is intolerant of people speaking out of turn Where is the spirit of Charlie Hebdo? You...

No wonder Dyson's off to Singapore - Britain is currently doomed to humiliation

The Chequers deal will stifle British industry and innovation I don’t know what it is about the Japanese – a lot of raw fish in the diet...

The murder of Jamal Khashoggi was a barbaric act. We mustn't let Saudi Arabia off the hook

The murder of Jamal Khashoggi was so sick and so bizarre that in the last few days I have heard a peculiar defence of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The...

Why I am backing the Telegraph's Campaign for Capitalism

Risk-taking is vital to Britain's economy At the heart of the capitalist system is a simple piece of human psychology. It is an instinct that is...

Put a sock in it men: it's time to end the global injustices and bigotry towards women 

When a mighty dam is about to burst it does not just collapse in one explosive roar; it first springs a leak. A jet of water shoots from the crack,...

Let's spend our foreign aid budget on the British people's priorities and save the elephants

If you are going to have any hope of winning an argument, you have to see the other person’s point of view. You can believe passionately in your...

We must ditch Chequers or be condemned to a crazed Corbynista takeover

Labour's leader is the biggest threat to freedom we face But why won’t he just say it? Spit it out, man, I feel like shouting, as I watch Jeremy...

We are heading for a car crash Brexit under Theresa May's Chequers plan

The Irish backstop is a monstrosity that wipes out our sovereignty If the Brexit negotiations continue on this path they will end, I am afraid,...

Don't put up taxes. Cut them to reward the strivers and give the economy the jolt of energy it needs