Author Archives for Toby Young

The Decline and Fall of Conservatism

August 18, 2021 6:26 pm Published by 65 Comments

We're publishing an original essay on the Daily Sceptic today by Dr. James Alexander, an Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science at Bilkent University in Turkey, about the Conservatives Party's decline.


And Finally…

August 17, 2021 11:48 pm Published by 50 Comments

In this week's London Calling, Toby and James ask how Dan Andrew’s became such an authoritarian zealot, whether Afghanistan is the worst US foreign policy disaster since 1975 and wonder if Ted Lasso has jumped the shark.


The Mob Comes For a Vaccine Refusenik

August 17, 2021 12:09 pm Published by 14 Comments

We're publishing an original piece on the Daily Sceptic today by Freddie Attenborough, a former academic, in which he imagines a near future in which vaccine refuseniks are targeted by vigilante mobs of pro-vaxxers.


Life Returns to Normal… At a Funeral

August 16, 2021 10:28 pm Published by 36 Comments

A reader has emailed the Daily Sceptic with a heart-warming account of a funeral. No masks, no social distancing, plenty of singing and laughter, and all down to the local pub for the wake. Felt like the old normal.