The two-tier policing of people’s emotions must stop Daily Telegraph 08/06/26 There’s a new poster at my local railway station that shows a snake riding a train, looking hypnotically at the viewer, with the words: “Staring at her and making her feel harassed is ABUSE. End violence against women and girls.” Quite right. Point taken. But here’s the thing: if a snake drops from the ceiling and stares at me, I’m liable to stare back. In fact, I’d probably pull the emergency cord. What I would not do is call the police because it’s 2/1, they’d take the snake’s side against mine, leading to my arrest, trial and Stella Creasy chaining herself to the reptile enclosure at London Zoo. I’m embarrassed at being a man, ashamed of being white. I know I am responsible for every evil since time began. I watched the events to mark D-Day this weekend and thought: “Why did we even bother?” given that the British Empire “lasted longer” and “did more damage” than the Nazis (according to academic Kehi...
Many less murderous than Vickrum Digwa have exploited Britain’s cultural commitment to DEI Daily Telegraph 06/06/26 LINK As Henry Nowak lay dying of stab wounds inflicted by Vickrum Digwa, the terrible, stifling and wholly predictable teachings of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) came to life, squawking with terrible glee. Knowing full well how much leverage there is in Britain in crying racism , Digwa did just that. The Nowak murder is many things: disgusting, yowling abuse of all that is precious about our liberal democracy, a mockery of Enlightenment values and a human tragedy with the resonance of an Euripides play. Britain’s zeal for DEI training is pinned to the broader framework known as intersectionality, the defining social idea of the contemporary Anglosphere. Intersectionality says that the more “marginalised” identities you can claim, the more power you deserve. So by this logic Nowak deserved little sympathy. But it is not just white men who are relegated to th...