The hellish 10pm curfew that pushed masses of folk out onto the streets at the same time and was backed up by no scientific evidence whatsoever that it actually reduced Covid transmission. Those expensive plastic screen dividers, complicated traffic light navigation systems and the ludicrous Scotch egg substantial meal rule. Being ordered to check in … Read more
Yesterday’s funeral of the Duke of Edinburgh saw the nation and much of the world authentically united in sorrow at the passing of such a stalwart, not just of the British Monarchy but of the whole great generation of which he was one of a dwindling rearguard. The simple military dignity of the ceremony was … Read more
DAILY MAIL COMMENT: The Queen deserves better than this soap opera By The Daily Mail Published: 09:08 GMT, 6 March 2021 | Updated: 09:08 GMT, 6 March 2021 Spare a thought for the Queen this weekend. At a time of life when she has surely earned a little peace, there’s trouble and turmoil on all … Read more
Although he’s Prince of Wales, it’s Scotland where the heir to the throne has always felt most at home. But he and Camilla will not be able to celebrate Hogmanay at their beloved home on the Balmoral estate, I hear, as Scotland’s scowling First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon, has made the Royal Family feel unwelcome in … Read more
Never mind electric cars, gas boilers, the vaccine, defence funding, Brexit, the economic forecast, WAG wars in court and when Trump should concede. The burning question of the week is this — is it too early to put up your Christmas decorations? Trees and decorations traditionally start going on display when Advent begins on the … Read more
MAIL ON SUNDAY COMMENT: Matt Hancock’s failures are no laughing matter By Mail on Sunday Comment for the Daily Mail Published: 07:56 BST, 11 October 2020 | Updated: 07:57 BST, 11 October 2020 Once again a leading supporter of imposing stringent rules on the rest of us has been caught not taking his own position … Read more
With every new development from his Californian base camp, with each fresh initiative that finds him strapping on his trusty crampons of wrath to scale new-found peaks of pique, I worry about Harry. I really do. He’s just so furious all the time! Whatever next for our little lost prince, as he negotiates what he … Read more
There is a very old Jewish joke doing the rounds on Twitter. What’s the difference between a pessimist and an optimist? The pessimist says: ‘It can’t get any worse than this.’ The optimist says: ‘Oh yes it can.’ What makes it funny or, rather, deeply unfunny, is that they are both right. For those who … Read more
We have always been a nation of curtain twitchers. But, who’d have thought nearly 200,000 people would report their neighbours for breaking lockdown rules? That’s what a report from the police reveals — that to pass the time when they’re barricaded in their homes, battalions of Britons have turned informer. There’s a word for these … Read more