Ricky Gervais’s latest outburst isn’t just a comedian sounding off – it’s a diagnosis of a country where humour is now treated like hazardous material. After a harmless billboard joke was banned, Gervais exposes a Britain that polices punchlines more eagerly than crime. John Mac Ghlionn’s new piece traces how our once world-class comedy culture has been tamed, sanitised, and slowly suffocated.

When 49-year-old Wayne Broadhurst was murdered trying to stop an illegal migrant’s knife attack, it exposed the devastating cost of Britain’s border chaos. Connor Tomlinson traces a grim pattern of crimes that never needed to happen, and asks why our leaders still prioritise open borders and ideology over the safety of ordinary Britons.

At the Van Gogh exhibition, Noel Yaxley saw more airport security than art – a symbol of how Britain has become a low-trust society. From vandalised galleries to lawless streets and political deceit, he argues that the collapse of shared values and uncontrolled immigration have eroded the civic trust that once bound the nation together.