Stephen Daisley
@stephendaisley.bsky.social
You won’t like anything I post here and I’m sorry for that.
Op-ed journalist, political commentator, and critic. Pauline Kael was right about Hiroshima, Mon Amour.
https://stephendaisley.com/where-to-find-me/
Op-ed journalist, political commentator, and critic. Pauline Kael was right about Hiroshima, Mon Amour.
https://stephendaisley.com/where-to-find-me/
My latest @dailymail.co.uk column is on how ideology, whether Net Zero fundamentalism or anti-nuclear dogmatism, is a threat to our energy security.
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October 27, 2025 at 12:22 PM
My latest @dailymail.co.uk column is on how ideology, whether Net Zero fundamentalism or anti-nuclear dogmatism, is a threat to our energy security.
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Sometimes you write a column then think: ‘Was I too harsh?’
This isn’t one of those. John Swinney’s independence white paper deserves every ounce of disdain being heaped upon its banal, flaccid, intellectually moribund contents.
From today’s @dailymail.co.uk:
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This isn’t one of those. John Swinney’s independence white paper deserves every ounce of disdain being heaped upon its banal, flaccid, intellectually moribund contents.
From today’s @dailymail.co.uk:
www.mailplus.co.uk/scottish-edi...
October 13, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Sometimes you write a column then think: ‘Was I too harsh?’
This isn’t one of those. John Swinney’s independence white paper deserves every ounce of disdain being heaped upon its banal, flaccid, intellectually moribund contents.
From today’s @dailymail.co.uk:
www.mailplus.co.uk/scottish-edi...
This isn’t one of those. John Swinney’s independence white paper deserves every ounce of disdain being heaped upon its banal, flaccid, intellectually moribund contents.
From today’s @dailymail.co.uk:
www.mailplus.co.uk/scottish-edi...
The Manchester synagogue attack is a story of mass immigration and multiculturalism. We must bring an end to both.
My latest for the @thespectator1828.bsky.social.
www.spectator.co.uk/article/immi...
My latest for the @thespectator1828.bsky.social.
www.spectator.co.uk/article/immi...
October 7, 2025 at 8:30 AM
The Manchester synagogue attack is a story of mass immigration and multiculturalism. We must bring an end to both.
My latest for the @thespectator1828.bsky.social.
www.spectator.co.uk/article/immi...
My latest for the @thespectator1828.bsky.social.
www.spectator.co.uk/article/immi...
June 30, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Some thoughts on Stephen Fry, the midwit’s midwit, over at @thespectator1828.bsky.social.
www.spectator.co.uk/article/step...
www.spectator.co.uk/article/step...
June 21, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Some thoughts on Stephen Fry, the midwit’s midwit, over at @thespectator1828.bsky.social.
www.spectator.co.uk/article/step...
www.spectator.co.uk/article/step...
My latest @dailymail.co.uk column very gently suggests that there might be some problems with the Scottish Parliament.
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June 2, 2025 at 8:35 AM
My latest @dailymail.co.uk column very gently suggests that there might be some problems with the Scottish Parliament.
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
Louis Theroux’s “The Settlers” is an extraordinarily incurious film. It doesn’t engage with settlers beyond a handful of the most extreme. It’s a documentary unwilling or uninterested in documenting its subjects.
I’ve written about it for @jewishchron.bsky.social.
www.thejc.com/opinion/when...
I’ve written about it for @jewishchron.bsky.social.
www.thejc.com/opinion/when...
May 7, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Louis Theroux’s “The Settlers” is an extraordinarily incurious film. It doesn’t engage with settlers beyond a handful of the most extreme. It’s a documentary unwilling or uninterested in documenting its subjects.
I’ve written about it for @jewishchron.bsky.social.
www.thejc.com/opinion/when...
I’ve written about it for @jewishchron.bsky.social.
www.thejc.com/opinion/when...
‘… then when Rachel found out Ross had slept with Chloe, she accused him of cheating, but Rachel had previously proposed a break, in frustration at Ross’s paranoia over her relationship with Mark, and Ross had agreed, and so they were absolutely, definitively on a break.’
April 26, 2025 at 2:45 PM
‘… then when Rachel found out Ross had slept with Chloe, she accused him of cheating, but Rachel had previously proposed a break, in frustration at Ross’s paranoia over her relationship with Mark, and Ross had agreed, and so they were absolutely, definitively on a break.’
John Swinney gets asked: ‘Are transwomen women?’
It does not go well.
My @mailonlinescot.bsky.social sketch of #FMQs.
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
It does not go well.
My @mailonlinescot.bsky.social sketch of #FMQs.
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
April 25, 2025 at 8:19 AM
John Swinney gets asked: ‘Are transwomen women?’
It does not go well.
My @mailonlinescot.bsky.social sketch of #FMQs.
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
It does not go well.
My @mailonlinescot.bsky.social sketch of #FMQs.
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
On the reassuring news that Hamas, that plucky underdog, finally has legal representation.
Me over at the @thespectator1828.bsky.social.
www.spectator.co.uk/article/why-...
Me over at the @thespectator1828.bsky.social.
www.spectator.co.uk/article/why-...
April 13, 2025 at 4:38 PM
On the reassuring news that Hamas, that plucky underdog, finally has legal representation.
Me over at the @thespectator1828.bsky.social.
www.spectator.co.uk/article/why-...
Me over at the @thespectator1828.bsky.social.
www.spectator.co.uk/article/why-...
Remembering the time when Scottish political discourse revolved around one of these bad boys.
April 11, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Remembering the time when Scottish political discourse revolved around one of these bad boys.
No I'm not religious, but I believe in the holy trinity 🙏🏻
April 4, 2025 at 5:40 PM
No I'm not religious, but I believe in the holy trinity 🙏🏻
Liberals: ‘Even the average Trump voter will be appalled by this.’
The average Trump voter:
The average Trump voter:
April 3, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Liberals: ‘Even the average Trump voter will be appalled by this.’
The average Trump voter:
The average Trump voter: