Archive - Paul Embery

Shaking the kaleidoscope

Our country is entering new territory. Has the process of ‘soft Lebanonisation’ begun?

Aug 20 •

Immigration protesters are not ‘far right’ – and the world can see it

When the left are screaming ‘Nazi’ and ‘fascist’ at ordinary citizens, they are losing the argument

Aug 11 •

The Southport riots were a wake-up call – but our political class is still sleeping

Twelve month on from the unrest, the grievances remain and the tensions have deepened

Aug 4 •

July 2025

A storm is gathering

I don’t believe Britain is a ‘tinderbox’ – but it may take just a small rise in the temperature for it to become one

Jul 29 •

Where have all the have-a-go heroes gone?

We have become a walk-on-by society – and the reasons are searingly obvious

Jul 23 •

Policing speech or protecting workers?

A new report details how trade unions have encouraged the slide towards authoritarianism and group-think in our workplaces

Jul 19 •

There were other Lucy Connollys

The Northampton mother wasn’t the only social media user subjected to selective tough justice after the Southport massacre

Jul 16 •

Britain needs shock therapy

Last Friday, I joined presenter Alex Phillips on TalkTV to discuss Labour’s first year in office (and why, in my view, Britain needs an urgent dose of…

Jul 8 •

On ‘inflammatory’ speech, it’s time for Britain to follow the lead of the US

Bobby Vylan’s remarks are not worthy of jail time – but neither were Lucy Connolly’s

Jul 4 •

Brexit: where now?

My speech at the Oxford and Cambridge club

Jul 2 •

June 2025

The pivotal noughties speech that no British politician would dare deliver today

A new global order seemed set in stone – until it wasn’t

Jun 28 •

The council that trolls its residents with foreign flags

Britain’s town halls are increasingly resembling outposts of the United Nations

Jun 21 •

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