Daniel Johnson
Underrated: A.P. Herbert
A great backbencher who mocked officialdom and championed ordinary people inside and outside the House
From Moscow to Canterbury
“Russia remains an enigma. We have no easy answer to the problems that arise when a great nation turns its back on Western civilisation.”
Reasons to be cheerful
‘With violent death stalking our cities and Jeremy Corbyn’s inglorious revolution threatening our future, a sickening sense of doom now hangs over the country.’
The Fate Of The West
A lecture by Daniel Johnson
Overrated: Sadiq Khan
Sadiq Khan knows how to make himself popular, but he has a duty to open up closed Muslim communities
Underrated: Ahmed Aboutaleb
Ahmed Aboutaleb, Mayor of Rotterdam, has the courage to tackle Islamic integration and extremism head-on
The Brexit Election?
“Our enemy is illiberalism, but the worst traitors to the cause of liberty often go by the name of liberals”
The New Europe Must Be About More Than Money
Theresa May and Angela Merkel must rise above petty disputes to look beyond Brexit. The key to Europe’s future lies in Germany’s past
Underrated: Hugh Thomas
The historian of the Hispanic world, and champion of Western civilisation, who died last month
Mrs May’s Sense Of Direction
“Theresa May’s decision to call a snap general election — just before Standpoint went to press — will surely come to be seen as a stroke of genius.”
Why Remoaners should back Boris
“Boris, ironically, now offers Remoaners the best chance of a soft Brexit, or at least a sensible one. And to those who want a second referendum—’the people’s vote’—there may even be a chance of that too.”
On the road
“In the summer of 1980, in the grip of some Kerouac-ish fantasy, I opted to hitch-hike from Laredo to New York”
Discovering the Great War of China
A third of a million Chinese labourers helped the Allies defeat the Kaiser, but their huge unsung contribution ended in betrayal