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James HansonThe Spectator |
When was the last time you had to be told not to rape someone? Listen to this article Or not to have sex with a child? Or not to beat up your wife?...
Five weeks and around £250,000 of taxpayers' money have been spent on Nigel Farage’s desperate bid to avoid legitimate scrutiny over his...
The Jason Arday story has become a parable of our times. Listen to this article It reveals so much about the gullibility of our institutions, the...
When did local authorities turn into the fun police? Listen to this article Westminster City Council’s ludicrous war against pavement pints is just...
The Jason Arday story is becoming a national scandal. What began as a vaguely amusing parable of our times, a schadenfreude-filled exposé of the...
What is it about Fifa that attracts such greedy charlatans? Listen to this article Brazil’s João Havelange, who ran world football’s governing...
Poor old Gary Stevenson. Not that poor is an adjective usually attributed to the man who calls himself the ‘best fucking trader in the fucking...
As the Commonwealth Games get underway in Glasgow, there’s an uncomfortable question that needs to be asked of both the competition and the...
For all his cosplaying as an outsider, Andy Burnham is an Oxbridge-educated career politician: a creature of Westminster. Listen to this article His...
There aren’t many bigger grudge matches in international football than England versus Argentina. Listen to this article The World Cup semi-final...
Even by the dismally low standards of Gianni Infantino’s FIFA, the decision to suspend USA striker Folarin Balogun’s one-game ban is jaw-dropping....
There’s an old joke in Westminster that goes as follows. Listen to this article A Blairite, a Brownite and a Corbynista walk into a bar. The barman...
In case you hadn’t noticed, it’s a bit hot outside. Listen to this article For most of us, this brings sensible precautions as we carry on with...
To paraphrase Mrs Merton’s legendary question to Debbie McGee, ‘what first attracted Nigel Farage to Thai-based billionaire Christopher...
Where did it all go wrong for Sir Keir Starmer? Listen to this article When he led Labour to a landslide victory at the general election in July 2024,...
Whoever wins today’s Makerfield by-election, an unsettling truth will remain: England is a country ill at ease with itself. Listen to this article...
Proving the old adage that even a broken clock is right twice a day, Sir Sadiq Khan has finally ended up on the right side of a debate. The London...
In less than two years in office, Sir Keir Starmer has suffered many a damaging resignation from his top team. Listen to this article When Angela...
A ball hasn’t even been kicked and already the World Cup is off to a terrible start. Listen to this article Omar Artan, who was set to be the first...
When Daniel Craig was finishing his run as James Bond in 2021, Sir Keir Starmer was asked who was his favourite 007. ‘I don’t have a favourite...
There are few things more indicative of Britain’s challenges than our struggling high streets. Listen to this article And so while today’s news...
It’s official: young people aren’t snowflakes. Listen to this article Among the many significant findings in Alan Milburn’s review into...
Rachel Reeves is a dreadful chancellor. Listen to this article Having inherited the highest tax burden since the Second World War, she’s raised it...
As if the Labour party hasn’t inflicted enough damage on London, Dawn Butler, the staggeringly inept MP for Brent East, is considering a future...
Listen to this article Wes Streeting, just as it appeared he may have been bottling it, has sensationally quit government. He becomes the most senior...
It's nothing new for a governing party to go backwards in local elections, but the extent to which voters have turned on Labour is quite...
There’s a slight feeling of 1990 to the way the Tories are selling the early local election results. Back then, party chairman Kenneth Baker managed...
If I walked over Westminster Bridge in my birthday suit, I would almost certainly be arrested. And yet, for some inexplicable reason, thousands of...
Two things can be true at once. Listen to this article Michael Jackson, though never convicted during his lifetime, was almost certainly a serial...
I’ll say this for the RMT: they are, at least, a trade union that has long since given up the pretense of caring about the wider public good. While...
Few stories have made me so angry recently as the case of Walker Smith. Listen to this article A long-standing employee of Waitrose, the 54-year-old...
There is a long history of politicians coming unstuck during interviews with my LBC colleague Nick Ferrari, but I don’t think I’ve ever heard a...
Throughout Donald Trump’s political career, there have been those who have tried to explain or justify his decision-making as that of a master...
If Sir Ed Davey’s stunts were ever funny, the joke has long since worn off. At the Lib Dem spring conference this weekend, he strode onto stage...
It takes a lot to unite Nigel Farage and Sir Ed Davey, but the Bank of England has managed it. Listen to this article The pair have both condemned the...
I rarely give much credit to Sir Keir Starmer, but he was right to stay out of the initial American and Israeli strikes last weekend, not least...
By James Hanson At the last general election, the front page of the Labour manifesto was simple. It featured a large photo of Sir Keir Starmer and a...
By James Hanson On my LBC show yesterday, we discussed the affordability crisis facing many young people in the UK today. It was provoked by the...
By James Hanson It gives me no pleasure to say this, but Donald Trump is right for once. The British government’s deal with Mauritius to hand over...
By James Hanson Oh how Sir Keir Starmer could do with remembering the words of Margaret Thatcher. During her speech to the 1980 Tory conference, she...
By James Hanson Given one of our favourite national pastimes is talking about the weather, you’d have thought we’d be a bit better at dealing...
By James Hanson Labour MPs will be glad to see the back of 2025. Over the course of the last 12 months, the government’s net approval has fallen ...
By James Hanson As a Londoner who’s both witnessed and been the victim of crime in the past year, there’s something especially galling about the...
By James Hanson What is it with local councils these days? First, a woman from London was fined £150 by Richmond Council for pouring the dregs of...
By James Hanson Welcome to Rachel Reeves’ Britain, where if it moves, the government will tax it. Having entered power 16 months ago with a pledge...
By James Hanson Almost everything wrong with Britain in 2025 can be traced back to one fact: our economy isn’t growing. According to the Resolution...
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