Nick Cohen
Excellent Drama? Elementary
The BBC doesn’t know how to recognise a good series like Sherlock any more
Radical Islam’s Fellow-Travellers
They swoon at the feet of Tariq Ramadan and pour scorn on those who question his motives, such as Ayaan Hirsi Ali
Wireless: Long March to the Microphone
They were all members of an obscure outpost of the hard Left. Now they’re on The Moral Maze
Sky’s Beyond the Limit
The scrum on College Green, showed that compared to Murdoch, the BBC isn’t so bad
Something Nasty in the Woodshed
Don’t be fooled by the Lib Dems’ moderate image. Nick Clegg’s party harbours some highly illiberal people
Wireless: In Thrall to a Despot
The BBC wilfully ignored Corin Redgrave’s paranoid politics and his evil friends
They Still Won’t Tell Us the Dire Truth
This election will go down as a dishonest campaign: none of the parties came clean with the voters about the economy
Wireless: Curmudgeons of the World Unite
BBC Radio 5 Live’s commentators aren’t afraid to tell the truth about how tedious sport can be
No Advocates for the Devil
The BBC and the rest of the media elite will never forgive Blair for betraying them
Where the Far-Left Joins the Far-Right
European liberalism has gone badly wrong. Why does a culture that prides itself on opposition to bigotry become so feeble when confronted by reactionary clerics?
The Brexit crunch approaches
Thorny issues remain unresolved as the transition period comes to a close. Yet the hurdles to a deal are not insurmountable
Meritocracy makes a new ruling class
Innovation has often come from hard work by unlettered people. But young progressives now seem to treat education as a proxy for virtue
Some black lives matter more than others
Black Lives Matter misses the point—we should highlight the progress we have made, not split society and trap ourselves in victimhood