Jon Chadwick

@ShippersUnbound When did the Speccie go down the toilet? It used to be dull but worthy aimed at ageing Tory snobs Now it is a smelly mess of conspiracy theories, click bait and bigotry Still has the snobbiness tho

The Spectator is where it’s happening. Great news that we have been able to hire another exceptional young journalist

@stellacreasy @OldRoberts953 Does he write for the Spectator? The Speccie used to be a serious publication, albeit aimed at snobby old tories Now is it a smelly mess of far right conspiracy theories, click bait and bigotry Still snobby tho

@OldRoberts953 again. Really a bit odd to hold such aggression for someone you've never met. I'm not haughty. I just don't bow down to bullies who feel the need to write or talk this way about a stranger.

Read more about my take on Stella at my St*ck Middle Class Holes - ‘That haughty manner! That smarmy, simpering smirk - so transparently, unctuously, complacently pleased with itself.’ open.substack.com/pub/theageofst…

@narindertweets @linmeitalks The idea that people are living lives of luxury on benefits is nonsense, but doesn't stop people from making crazy claims about it. Remember successive Conservative Ministers spent £15bn implementing Universal Credits to stop this, as a result we spend £10bn pa running DWP

@linmeitalks Hang on, wait - councils clear their rent arrears?!? Are these council flats??

I used to visit homes where people had rent arrears of over £4,000. Funny enough, nails were always done- full set, designer clothes and bags, everyone had a tv iPhone/ iPad etc And guess what - the council would often clear their rent arrears multiple times with huge lump sum payments - Discretionary housing payments, so many would rack up huge arrears again - all of our taxes down the toilet. Ps some people are in real need and try their best and I’m happy they get help but many have no regard for taxes and are more than happy to abuse the help.

@northumbriana The thing about James as a name is that as you grow up you can become a James, Jamie, Jim, Jimmy, Jimbo or even Jimberly-Wimberley. See also Jonathan

As the grandson of a Jimmy it’s great to see the name making a comeback. No offence, but too many Jameses have been insisting on James or ‘Jamie’ of late for my liking.

Britain isn’t under Sharia law, and Muslims aren’t taking over —but the panic around it tells you a lot about modern politics, misinformation, and how culture wars are manufactured. #ShariaLaw #UKPolitics #CultureWars #Islamophobia #BritishPolitics jon-chadwick.com/2026/03/21/sha…

@JamesCleverly The problem the Conservatives have is that they have spent the last few years as uncritical cheer leaders for Trump. Only a few weeks ago they were whispering in his ear against HMG And now it turns out he's a nutter, just like the rest of us always knew

Surely people must understand that Starmer’s spectator status is the worst of both worlds. Losing influence and respect from our friends without reducing any risk and threats.

@LordWalney There is a nasty and bigotted tone in the way that right wingers talk about Muslims, that is totally at odds with the experiences of Brits who have actually met Muslims. Nick Timothy knew what he was doing. He was rightly called out for it.

There might be some short term political advantage for this pile-on, but calling for Nick Timothy to be sacked just highlights Labour’s vulnerability to claims it leaders run scared of challenging cultural questions

@DeathlyAcorn @MajorGerbil @jamespriceglos @dominicgrieve_ @elliottengage @NJ_Timothy I'm really glad I was out today and missed this load of rubbish. When did the bulldog breed become a bunch of ninnies who shit themselves about foreigners?

@MajorGerbil @JonD_Chadwick @jamespriceglos @dominicgrieve_ @elliottengage @NJ_Timothy Well let me know when you're done

Too many are too polite to say this. But mass ritual prayer in public places is an act of domination. The adhan - which declares there is no god but allah and Muhammad is his messenger - is, when called in a public place, a declaration of domination. Perform these rituals in mosques if you wish. But they are not welcome in our public places and shared institutions. And given their explicit repudiation of Christianity they certainly do not belong in our churches and cathedrals. I am not suggesting everybody at Trafalgar Square last night is an Islamist. But the domination of public places is straight from the Islamist playbook. Trafalgar Square belongs to all of us. It is a national memorial to our independence and our salvation. Last night was not like a televised football match or a St Patrick’s Day celebration. It was an act of domination and therefore division. It shouldn’t happen again.

@patricksturg I think you'll find the the destruction of the Bank of England Sunderland team featuring Shackelton, Ford and Ivor Broadis because the FA were jealous of Shackleton's first class rail carriage has been over turned Meaning that Sunderland won everything in the last 70 years.

Breaking: Liverpool's victory over West Ham in the 1981 League Cup final has been overturned after a special tribunal judged (correctly) that Sammy Lee was offside for Liverpool's goal. Justice finally done. COYI.

@jamespriceglos @dominicgrieve_ @elliottengage @NJ_Timothy I am utterly baffled by this. I know loads of Muslims, and the weird caricature you present of them has no basis in reality. The idea that there is some secret conspiracy of Muslims to take over Britain is mad. Bonkers. And frankly it smells a lot like bigotry

It’s just time we move away from this liberalist way of thinking. The encroachment of Islamic practices and teachings (kids not allowed to draw Jesus, don’t eat around people at Ramadan, hijabs on 5 year d girls at school, limits on where dos can go, halal everywhere, cousin marriage praised, to name but a few) is not tolerable for the majority of people in this country. That’s before you consider what emboldening Islamist tactics like dawah means for our public life. Christians celebrating Christmas in a Christian country is not the same as public demonstrations of growing demographic might. It just isn’t.

@stephenpollard I am always baffled by studies like this. If these views are so prevalent why have I never met anyone with them? I have never met a British Muslim who supported Iran or Russia? Hard to give any crediblity to a politically motivated think tank producing stuff like this

Important Policy Exchange study

@JamesCleverly The Conservatives gave us a low wage/low growth/high immigration economy The Government are trying to build a high wage/high growth/low immigration economy What is so bad about that?

Another example of Labour’s tax and subsidise obsession. Tax businesses that employ young people so highly that they stop employing young people. Then Spend tax money subsidising businesses to employ young people.

@DAaronovitch British capitalism in the C19th was so powerful because we had all of our own capital, and loads of other capital that we nicked from other countries. That was it.

Who could possibly believe such nonsense?

China didn’t just adopt electric vehicles—it built the entire industry, while the US dithered politically and assumed innovation alone would be enough. #ElectricVehicles #China #USvsChina #IndustrialPolicy #EVMarket #Manufacturing #GlobalEconomy #Tesla jon-chadwick.com/2026/03/17/chi…

@AivlysSevaerg I bundled the Uni in with the cathedral as part of the same intellectual tradition, in contrast to the pits. LNER is a good thought

@JonD_Chadwick And (later) its position on the LNER, plus its university

Durham was shaped by two forces: the cathedral and the coalfield. As Redhills reopens, the city begins to confront a history that was almost erased after the miners’ strike. #Durham, #Redhills, #DurhamMiners #minersstrike, #Durhamhistory, #minersgala jon-chadwick.com/2026/03/14/dur…

@michaelwhite You wonder sometimes if any of these people have actually met any Muslims in real life?

Are you saying Islam is taking over Ireland, Marie? Would they be even worse than the nuns who ran the chain of laundromats , exploiting poor girls?

@DanielJHannan @TiceRichard The problem is the double standards. Anyone who is posh privileged and right wing can avoid as much tax as they like. Anyone not in that charmed circle who does the same is treated with total hysteria

It’s hardly my job to defend @TiceRichard. But there is nothing wrong with legal tax avoidance. Legal tax avoidance is what you do when you buy an ISA. If you dislike the specific arrangements he had, change the rules. But don’t complain that he was following existing rules.

@Katie_Lam_MP This is just another shallow attempt to blame foreigners for the damage 14 years of Conservative Government did to the NHS If you ever want voters to trust the Conservatives ever again you need to start being honest about the failures of the last few Conservative PMs

@Katie_Lam_MP Majority of foreigners are Brits, who lost their eligibility for NHS treatment by living abroad. Before you get angry about foreigners using the NHS stop and think how many Brits use other countries health services. We are the worse health tourists! jon-chadwick.com/2026/02/10/nhs…

NHS England won't tell us how much migrants are costing the health service. They won't tell us how many illegal migrants are using the health service. People can see the pressure that immigration is putting on the NHS. You can't solve the problem by refusing to acknowledge it.