Now the Eco-Zealots Come for the Christmas Chocolates
No longer can you give a loved one a beautifully displayed array of chocolates from Fortnum & Mason, for the eco-misers have decreed that plastic is out and the sweets must henceforth be hidden...
View ArticleWe Must Not Forget Lockdown
Four years on from lockdown, are we already forgetting? The taped-off playgrounds, the debilitating isolation, the 500,000 reports to the police of lockdown infractions. We must not forget, says Joanna...
View ArticleHow to Say “NO!” to Clearly Crazy Policy Ideas
This is how we should respond to clearly crazy policy ideas, says Joanna Gray. Like a streetwise woman in a nightclub who spots a chancer coming and stops him in his tracks, we all just need to say...
View ArticleNo Phones in Lavatories
Are you reading this on the loo? If so, put down your phone RIGHT NOW! Joanna Gray explains why phones in loos are destroying society. The post No Phones in Lavatories appeared first on The Daily...
View ArticleDoes Anybody Read Books Anymore?
Does anyone actually read books anymore? With increasing numbers of children and adults eschewing books, Joanna Gray wonders if we have already entered the Dark Ages. The post Does Anybody Read Books...
View ArticleWhat I Learned About Worklessness in a Supermarket Café
If politicians want to solve the U.K.'s endemic worklessness they must talk to people in supermarket cafés, for in those humble haunts of the lowly leisured all will be revealed, says Joanna Gray. The...
View ArticleWhy Our Elites Are Unpersuaded by the Evidence of Human Suffering
Late-night musings over wine lead Joanna Gray to conclude that sometimes, the only way to change the world is to topple the flawed beliefs holding it back. The post Why Our Elites Are Unpersuaded by...
View ArticleThe Public Enquiry Experience Could Learn From Medieval Punishments
The lockdown enquiry could learn from medieval punishments, suggests Joanna Gray. Once it's identified the politicians and officials responsible for the most catastrophic decisions, why not put them in...
View ArticleLockdown Heroes Hold the Key to Election Success
Wielding her newfound omniscience, Joanna Gray reveals five game-changing messages that would guarantee victory in the General Election for any party that adopts them, starting with 'Women cannot have...
View ArticleHow to Express Conservative Views Without Causing a Row
Fearful of expressing political views? Joanna Gray shares six tips for sharing conservative opinions without ending up in a row with intolerant friends, colleagues and associates. The post How to...
View ArticleDid I Miss the Bit Where We Decided it Was Okay to Track Children?
It's increasingly common for parents to track their teenage children using a mobile phone app. Joanna Gray wonders if she missed the bit where we decided this was okay. Whatever happened to learning...
View ArticleFive Reasons to Be Cheerful
Joanna Gray offers a spirited take on current affairs, finding reasons to be cheerful amidst political failures, media influence and even culinary comforts. The post Five Reasons to Be Cheerful...
View ArticleWhy Conservatism is Better
As the Right goes into opposition for at least the next five years, Joanna Gray takes a look at what it is about conservatism that makes it better than anything the Left has to offer – and no, it's not...
View ArticleWhy Britain is Not a Failed State
A bunch of books recently have claimed Britain is a failed state. Sure, the Blob could do with a serious trim, says Joanna Gray. But in the most important ways, Britain is brilliant at tonnes of stuff....
View ArticleToo Few Care for the Beauty of Nature
Ed Miliband’s decision to give the Mallard Pass a 3,000-acre-solar farm is like forcing a baby to have tattoos for its own health, says Joanna Gray. Trouble is, too few these days care for the beauty...
View ArticleA Love Letter to England’s Magnificent Seaside Towns
England's seaside towns, like Southport, are microcosms of the country at large, where the magnificent infrastructure has been neglected to the point of decay and we barbarians live amongst its ruins,...
View ArticleWhy Are Some Parents Labelling Their Children Disabled When They Are Not?
Joanna Gray explores the curious mindset behind some parents’ impulse to label their child as disabled when they are not, even going so far as to get a fake disabled parking badge. The post Why Are...
View ArticleDEI Is Dead. Long Live HR
With DEI seemingly on the way out, Joanna Gray offers a fix for the HR void left by fading diversity initiatives – one that fosters true company unity without stressing divisions based on immutable...
View ArticleWhen Will the Apology Come to Children?
Joanna Gray works with some of the countless children whose mental health was devastated by lockdown. No wonder the NHS is reporting anxiety referrals through the roof. When will children get their...
View ArticleMake the Tories Johnsonian Again
It’s the spirit of Dr Samuel Johnson – with his sharp wit, deep insight and commonsense approach – that’s needed to revive the Tories, not Boris, insists Joanna Gray. The post Make the Tories...
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