Articles by Daniel Hannan

Daniel Hannan has been Conservative MEP for the South East of England since 1999, and is Secretary-General of the Alliance of European Conservatives and Reformists

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The alt-right and alt-left dunderheads are making a mockery of American democracy

Each side needs the other and builds up the opposition as larger and more menacing than it really is.

37 hours ago

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American chickens have turned Europhiles into chauvinists

Americans are as fussy about hygiene as any people on Earth.

22 days ago

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Either the BBC is paying market rates for top talent, or it underpays women. Which one is it, lefties?

Is this a threat to the Beeb's soft cultural power? Yes - and rightly so.

29 days ago

We wouldn't celebrate a statue of Hitler. So why Engels?

Nazism killed 17 million people; Communism 100 million.

Jul 17, 2017

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Trump is pandering to Putin - and it's playing into Russia's hands

He may be innocent of collusion, but he seems to enjoy behaving like a man with something to hide.

Jul 10, 2017

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Staying in the customs union after Brexit would be a disaster for Britain's trade

Leaving would mean that we can sign our own trade agreements with the world's major economies.

Jul 3, 2017

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Corbyn's support will fall now he's finally being treated as a politician rather than as a joke

British people, who have always eschewed political extremes, won't vote for a UK version of Fidel Castro.

Jun 26, 2017

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Finsbury Park attack: We need to make political violence a taboo

In our language and attitudes, we can place it in the same moral category as child abuse or cannibalism.

Jun 19, 2017

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This opposition to the DUP is idiotic

The preposterous idea that the DUP is somehow equivalent to Sinn Féin needs to be addressed.

Jun 12, 2017

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Trump wants Londoners to be more alarmed. That's exactly what the terrorists want too

Perhaps Donald and his vocal cheerleaders simply don't get British stoicism.

Jun 5, 2017

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Corbyn treats Isis, Hamas and the IRA the same - blaming us for their crimes

There is a paradoxical racism in his view that terrorists are only responsive to Western intervention.

May 30, 2017

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Corbyn will lose because we're not all idealistic teenagers

Why isn't Jeremy heading for a victory? Because Labour's manifesto is an impossible spending wish-list.

May 22, 2017

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Even Remainers don't like it when unpatriotic Lib Dems back Brussels against Brexit

The Lib Dem stance on Brexit appears anti-democratic to moderate, pragmatic Remain voters.

May 16, 2017

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Macron poses no threat to Brexit – but he might damage the EU

The French president Emmanuel Macron is a protectionist when it comes to the EU.

May 9, 2017

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The inconvenient truth about food banks: The rich are getting richer - and so are the poor

Food banks are becoming the go-to prop for people who lack actual statistics.

May 2, 2017

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France must choose between a smug elitist and an angry nativist

Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen represent France's political divide over globalisation.

Apr 24, 2017

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Why we aren't heading for World War 3

From the point of view of North Korea's tyrant Kim Jong-un, the nuclear programme has already worked.

Apr 18, 2017

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Truck attacks show that the terrorists are losing

Let's take the terror out of terrorism. It's rare and it doesn't threaten our way of life.

Apr 10, 2017

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The EU knows winning Gibraltar back for Spain is far less important than a great Brexit deal

It's unlikely that other EU members would let a beneficial Brexit deal be scuppered by Spain.

Apr 3, 2017

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Leaving Ukip was inevitable for Douglas Carswell now Brexit is assured

Douglas Carswell, like many Ukippers, recognises the party has succeeded in its aims.

Mar 25, 2017

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Pension regulator to prosecute Dominic Chappell over BHS collapse

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