Unlike the University of Bangor, @UniOfBuckingham welcomes Reform politicians to speak. (It also welcomes far leftists to speak like George Galloway and Ash Sarkar) Don’t miss my ‘in conversation’ with Danny Kruger, MP, on 4 March (link follows):

For every 25 court cases listed in the Government's official records, 24 are incomplete or wrong. Yet the Government wants to delete the country's biggest and most accurate court database. What are they scared of? What are they trying to hide?

A few minutes of joy, love and Bach. instagram.com/reel/DUggv3ECJ…

'The C of E is under a sort of Babylonian captivity by the lanyard class.' - spot on! I think we are a lucky exception, our local priest brings the words of Scripture to life, no platitudes for us thankfully. But this should be the norm: spectator.com/article/i-decl…

Not suspicious at all.

And the Diversity embraced mainly, but not exclusively, by Labour MPs is just code for encroaching conformity which funnily enough, many find irritating to say the least!

An alternative for teachers whose instinct tells them choosing books on the basis of skin colour of the authors or characters may not be the best criteria for selection: teachwire.net/news/english-l…

Just a reminder from @thecriticmag that if you want to make the English curriculum more inclusive and representative, just have more of the traditional canon... thecritic.co.uk/lets-diversi…

Great points @jowilliams293! thetimes.com/comment/columni…

'Kids do love reading, if you give them the right stuff': that would be good literature- not ‘diverse’ literature that encourages narcissism rather than imaginative freedom. news.sky.com/story/kids-do-l…

Sky interviewed me for this, and l congratulated the assistant for seeking an opposing view to this anti-educational belief that children only learn if they ‘see themselves’ (not narcissistic in the slightest!)Looks like diversity of views was not what was wanted after all.

It was a delight to read and also to write thus review-thank you for the opportunity!

Marie Kawthar Daouda carefully counters the depredation of our moral and cultural traditions, writes @ASCphiled thecritic.co.uk/a-persuasive…

Absolutely this! thecritic.co.uk/issues/febru…

Here's an extract from my @Telegraph column, 'The Palestine Action acquittals are telling British Jews they have no future here' telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/02… It’s not been a great couple of years to be Jewish in Britain. Ever since twelve hundred Jews were massacred by Hamas in Israel in 2023, the response here in Britain has been an unprecedented wave of Jew hate, with hundreds of thousands taking to the streets week after week to join hate marches chanting “globalise the intifada” – roughly translating as, “kill the Jews”. That demand bore fruit last October at Heaton Park synagogue in Manchester. In reality, the writing has been on the wall since 2015, when the election of Jeremy Corbyn as Labour leader unleashed a torrent of anti-Semitism which, at the time, seemed like a ceiling but has turned out to be a floor. Throughout this past decade – through the assaults, the murders at Heaton Park, the verbal attacks and everything else – I’ve never really believed that it might be time to leave. I’ve always thought that there was a bedrock of decency among ordinary Britons. The antisemites might be vocal and growing, but they aren’t the full picture. But the acquittal today of six members of Palestine Action over charges of aggravated burglary in connection with a break-in at the Elbit Systems factory in 2024, in which a police officer’s spine was shattered, is something altogether different. The Jewish community and our allies have complained about the police’s lack of action in protecting us, and about the CPS’s refusal to prosecute in too many cases, sending a clear message to the antisemites that they are cleared to go about their business. This case is different. The police acted. The CPS prosecuted. And what happened? A jury of ordinary Britons – the supposed bedrock of decency – decided to acquit the defendants. That decision, I believe, may come to be seen as the single most significant case in the history of Anglo-Jewry since 1945. It shows that the game is up. We can no longer rely on the criminal justice system. And when the law is no longer there to protect us, who or what will? The case involved a break-in at the Israeli defence contractor Elbit Systems’s factory near Bristol. It is open season on Israeli businesses at the moment – and by “Israeli” I mean any business in which an Israeli is thought by the so-called Free Palestine mob to be involved. That includes restaurants, cafes, comedy venues and anywhere else where there is the scent of a Jew. Video evidence in the Elbit Systems case showed all six defendants entering the factory without permission and then damaging equipment. They told the jury that the sledgehammers they used were intended solely to destroy property and were not “in any circumstances intended to injure security staff”. But as security guards tried to stop them, sledgehammers were swung at the guards. As Avon and Somerset Police Federation put it after the verdicts: “Like people across the country, we have viewed very distressing scenes during this trial, including footage of a police officer trying to maintain law and order only to be severely injured. We remind the public that a brave police officer’s spine was fractured during this incident.” The jury could not reach a verdict on the charges of criminal damage against all six defendants, on the charges of violent disorder against three of them, or on the charge that one of them inflicted grievous bodily harm on Sgt Kate Evans. To cut a long story short, the message of the case is this: you can smash the spine of a police officer and so long as you are doing it because of “Palestine”, you can walk home free. How do I tell my children that they are safe when they walk the streets? If a Free Palestine protester decides to assault them because they look Jewish and so must be complicit in genocide – to use the blood libel de nos jours – will a jury decide the protestors were, indeed, protesting? So it seems. This is a vital, real question, not just because it goes to the heart of whether there is a future for Jews in the UK, but because similar incidents are happening now. Recent cases include a knifeman running into a kosher shop and attacking Jews. He walked home after court. And last month a huge mob terrified people inside a restaurant in West London with Israeli connections. The police stood and watched (and have subsequently apologised for their refusal to act). A convoy of cars drove through Jewish areas in north west London screaming “F--- the Jews, rape their daughters”. No one was prosecuted. And that’s not even to mention the hate spread in mosques, when no action is taken. After any incident politicians mouth the ludicrous mantra, there is no place for antisemitism on the streets of Britain, when the evidence shows there is a very welcome place for it here. It may be that it’s now over for Jews in Britain.

‘We believe that children & young people with gender incongruence have the same right to participate in ethically-approved research, & to receive evidence-based care, as any other group of individuals . . .’ - from govt. response to public petition. Is this really ‘a right’?

How indeed? Craftsmen typically started learning their craft as children & thus reached levels of proficiency unimaginable today, their apprenticeships were practical not theoretical & their intent was to sanctify the human condition not degrade it. That, ultimately, is how.

My @Telegraph column: Over 2024 and 2025, the Police Federation chief had received £1.4 million: total annual remuneration of £701,100 for each of the two years, including “a 100% bonus ‘retention payment’ and a 5% contribution of £17,000 to his pension for each year”.

This is a brilliant long read for anyone interested in how moral theology meets the political interests. A must read for academic theologians who remain cloistered (not Nigel!) and policy makers who remain in the thrall of 'what the stats say': nigelbiggar.uk/wp-content/up…