Dan Hannan

Daniel Hannan is a member of the House of Lords and a former Conservative MEP. Find him on X @DanielJHannan

Human rights campaigner Peter Tatchell, right, demonstrates with others against the decision by Anglican Primates to punish pro-gay equality churches in North America, in front of the Canterbury Cathedral in Canterbury, England, Friday, on Jan. 15. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)

Taking offense is a kind of conspicuous consumption

Dan Hannan · February 22, 2016 5:02 am

If President Obama could harass tea-party groups through the tax system, surely President Trump could pick on organizations he didn't care for. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

President Trump would make liberals regret Obama’s executive overreach

Dan Hannan · February 15, 2016 5:01 am

A failure to connect with Hispanic voters, by far the fastest-growing demographic in America, presents the GOP with its most serious long-term challenge. (John Moore/Getty Images)

What Rubio and Cruz offer that Trump doesn’t

Dan Hannan · February 8, 2016 5:02 am

Don’t blame Google for exploiting tax loopholes you created

Dan Hannan · February 1, 2016 12:01 am

U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron speaks during a special session at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on Jan. 21. (Bloomberg Photos)

Why there’s no original thinking in Davos

Dan Hannan · January 25, 2016 5:01 am

The German state lacks the resources to protect its female citizens from sexual assailants, but it has the resources to prosecute people who insult the assailants. (AP Photo)

Multicultural appeasement in Cologne

Dan Hannan · January 18, 2016 5:01 am

Monarchical Obama? Real monarchs are humbler and a whole lot cheaper

Dan Hannan · January 11, 2016 5:02 am

What’s causing all this bizarre weather?

Dan Hannan · January 4, 2016 5:03 am

Leader of the Conservatives in the European Parliament Syed Kamall delegates at the Conservative Party annual conference in the International Convention Centre in Birmingham. (PA Wire via AP)

Britain in the grip of Islamism? Don’t believe what you read

Dan Hannan · December 14, 2015 5:03 am

The miracle of cheap fossil fuels

Dan Hannan · December 7, 2015 5:02 am

The case for fighting back against terrorists

Dan Hannan · November 30, 2015 5:01 am

The last Belgian election was won by a party that favors self-rule, and French and Dutch-speaking populations are identifying less with the national institutions. But where does this leave, say, a Moroccan-origin boy from Molenbeek? (AP Photo)

To understand France’s jihadis, look at where they came from

Dan Hannan · November 23, 2015 5:01 am