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Stephen Daisley
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Stephen Daisley
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Opinion journalist, critic, sketchwriter. Mail. Spectator. Pauline Kael was right about Hiroshima Mon Amour. You didn’t read the article, did you? Uno et trino.
- The French would burn Paris to the ground if you if you tried to raise the retirement age by five seconds. The British are opposed to being given a one-off, 24-hour holiday in the middle of summer. Such a weird country.Should there be a bank holiday if England win Euro 2024? All Britons Yes: 39% No: 51% 18-24 year olds Yes: 55% No: 32% 65+ year olds Yes: 18% No: 73% yougov.co.uk/topics/society…
- As the BBC decides not to commission another series from her, Nadiya Hussain says: ‘It’s really difficult as a Muslim woman, I work in an industry that doesn’t always support people like me.’ Me in the @spectator on celebrity entitlement and victimhood. spectator.co.uk/article/how-ha…
- In these divided times, can’t we set aside our differences to agree that everyone at Glastonbury is a prick?
- The BBC has chosen not to commission another series from Nadiya Hussain. She says: ‘As a Muslim woman, I work in an industry that doesn’t always… recognise my talent.’ Few have been handed as many opportunities as Hussain. What more does she want?
- So, as I understand it, the Islamist threat to MPs is so severe the Speaker had to upend parliamentary procedure to appease it, but also the Islamist threat is being overblown by the right, but also also MPs need more protection. From Islamists. Whose threat is overblown. Gotcha.
- A two-tier NHS, with faster treatment if you’re pro-Palestinian. If this happened, the doctor should be struck off. If it didn’t, Jess Phillips should be sacked.EDEN CONFIDENTIAL: My Gaza ceasefire vote speeded up my NHS care, says MP Jess Phillips trib.al/DVt65IE
- ‘Maggie Chapman was born in what is now Harare, Zimbabwe. It’s some achievement to be the most ludicrous politician your country has produced when the competition is Robert Mugabe.’ My latest @MailOnlineScot column. #buyapaper
- The SNP said the election was a de facto referendum on independence. Well, the results are in: Yes 34.4% No 64.7% The people of Scotland have given the pro-UK parties an overwhelming mandate to maintain the Union. The matter is now settled.
- The UK is a dying country where under-40s function as human ATMs without withdrawal limits. That’s why 2023 saw a ten-year high for net migration to Australia. If you’re young, talented and want to make something of yourself, there’s no future for you in the UK.I have very few friends working full time who aren’t having to subsidise their income with a second job. Most people I know spend >50% of their take home pay on rent. We wonder why hospitality is on its knees. Landlords have all our money !
- Rory Stewart is the epitome of the British establishment: knows nothing but knows it confidently.Rory Stewart: "I've been thinking about Eisenhower & how different the world was... you can't have one law for Israel & the US & another law for Iran, otherwise it's not the law."
00:00 - If I was Ash Regan, I’d just have a laugh with my demands. 1. Humza must buy an Ibrox season ticket and be photographed every week in the home kit 2. Angus Robertson has to dress as a duck and must quack in response to all ministerial questions 3. Bring back Take the High Road
- If it’s acceptable to draw attention to a person’s immigration status when they do something good, the same must be true when an immigrant does something bad. If this is the new rule, fair enough, but I suspect progressives won’t like it in practice.Bloody immigrants coming here and…oh. Saving our lives. What an absolute hero. Hoping he gets better as soon as possible so he can receive the thanks he so clearly deserves.
- One of the unfortunate things I’ve noticed today is people referring to the Hate Crime Act as ‘the SNP Hate Crime Act’. It’s actually ‘the SNP-Labour-Green-Lib Dem Hate Crime Act’. Those are the four parties that voted for the legislation. All four deserve credit for their law.
