Michael Deacon

The BBC included a male scientist on its list of 2024’s most ‘inspiring’ women. Yet it omitted all of the following...

Unless the Government slashes net migration, its pledge to end the housing crisis is a total sham

The job of a journalist, we used to think, is always to tell the truth, whether people like it or not. It seems, however, that times have changed.

A press watchdog ruling says journalists cannot call a trans woman ‘a man who claims to be a woman’ – so what should we call her?

We may not all have fought in the Battle of The Somme, but life can be tough for us blokes

This shocking story about a vicious male sex offender makes Ipso’s ruling against The Spectator look all the more absurd

Harriet Harman is wrong. If any party is ‘increasing people’s distrust’ in politics, it’s the one that’s currently in power

Remember Nick Clegg? Clearly the Prime Minister doesn't. Or any of his Cabinet colleagues. Otherwise, they'd recall the one useful lesson that came out of Sir Nick's wretched spell in government.

It’s been a bad year for the Sussexes – the least we can all do is wish them a Happy Holiday Season…

Wishing everyone a ‘happy holiday season’ isn’t just naff. It also gives us an unwitting insight into the Duke’s marriage