Frank Haviland is the editor of The New Conservative, a regular columnist for various UK publications, and the author of Banalysis: The Lie Destroying the West.
Starmer’s Dilemma

Starmer’s Dilemma

Starmer tweeted: “Islamophobia Awareness Month comes at a deeply troubling time for Britain’s Muslim communities. The recent surge in Islamophobia is devastating.”

November 1, 2023
Downing Street Surrenders to Islam 

Downing Street Surrenders to Islam 

If the authorities truly intend to treat Islam with kid gloves in perpetuity, they might as well roll out Sharia law nationwide.  

October 22, 2023
Sleeping With the Enemy 

Sleeping With the Enemy 

If the Labour Party do accede to power, God help the British Jewish population, because no one in Westminster will.

October 20, 2023
Hope for Reform UK?

Hope for Reform UK?

Nigel Farage’s former political vehicle appears to have polished up its act.

October 17, 2023
Labour’s Hypocrisy 

Labour’s Hypocrisy 

Keir Starmer’s party may have (accurately) identified fighting misogyny as a vote winner, but their track record in this department is nothing short of reprehensible.  

October 10, 2023
Sunak Blowing Smoke

Sunak Blowing Smoke

A smoking ban proposal tells you everything you need to know about this nominally-conservative government, which quite frankly dishonours the name it fails to live up to.

October 9, 2023
Knife Crime: A Black Not White Issue

Knife Crime: A Black Not White Issue

Any attempt by those in power to tackle the scourge of London knife crime is predictably met by large sections of the Left as another opportunity to play the victim card. 

October 6, 2023
Suella Shifts

Suella Shifts

While her rhetoric was encouraging, it’s hard to see Braverman’s hard talk on immigration as much more than a leadership challenge to a beleaguered Sunak.

September 28, 2023
Keir Starmer: All Mouth and No Trousers 

Keir Starmer: All Mouth and No Trousers 

Starmer claims that “smashing” criminal gangs sneaking people across the Channel should be treated “on a par” with terrorism. However, it’s hard to avoid the suspicion that the violence of his rhetoric is directly proportionate to his lack of sincerity.

September 19, 2023
BBC Verify: Economical With the Truth? 

BBC Verify: Economical With the Truth? 

The gulf between the facts and the ideological position of BBC fact-checkers is palpable.

September 15, 2023
The Notting Hill Criminal Amnesty 

The Notting Hill Criminal Amnesty 

The harsh reality of the matter is that the Notting Hill Carnival should be disbanded entirely. Or it should be marketed for what it truly is: a criminal free-for-all that law-abiding citizens should be protected from. 

September 3, 2023
Lucy Letby: The Moral Case for Capital Punishment 

Lucy Letby: The Moral Case for Capital Punishment 

Some crimes are so unforgivable that the majority of decent people will condone execution, despite their natural revulsion to it.

September 1, 2023