A Visit to the Battle of Crossbarry
My grandfather fought with the Irish Republican Army (IRA) and in retracing his footsteps, I have felt a sense of pride while also collating an array of questions.
UK Politics
But It’s Opened a Pandora’s Box
Proscribing Palestine Action was justified, but, in a deeply divided country, the government faces a minefield: enforce the law selectively and lose trust or enforce it strictly and risk unrest.
The Human Cost of Starmer’s Welfare U-Turn
Some might blame Jane and her mum for being scroungers. As it happens I don’t: they seem to me to be making a perfectly logical, if short-term, financial decision. £72 a week is available so why not take it?
Might Tim Davie Find Himself in Jail?
Let’s suppose that Tim Davie finds himself in court having pleaded not guilty to stirring up racial hatred. Would a jury convict him?
The Collapse Is Now Certain
He predicts a future like the one that crippled Greece, triggered by the bond markets turning on Britain as the “weakest wildebeest in the herd”, and the remorseless march to electoral oblivion Labour seems hell-bent on.
Britain Is Patient Zero in This Cancer
There’s a certain point where one has to wonder whether a society can become so lost, so broken, so unrecognizable, that it can even be salvaged without a hard reset.
On Legoland and Burkha Bans
The alternative is ongoing decline or an adoption of colourblind authoritarianism which would see us acquiesce to ongoing reductions in freedom in the name of public safety whilst gaining nothing for it.
The Latest Government Spending Review
Taking the high-spend, high-tax economy to a whole new level.
The Last Chance to Save Britain?
Are we really on the edge of a precipice? If we are, the extent of the change is so deep it is hard to imagine how anyone now could reverse it. Or perhaps the truth is every age is condemned to watching the debris of paradise being washed past down the river of no return.
We Were Right, Again
This has the potential to bring down the whole British Government. Who allowed organisations to ignore the fact that the vast majority of the perpetrators were from Pakistan?
Why Is the Muslim Network Allowed to Shape Policy?
Who elected these activist groups to lobby for their sectarian interests within the corridors of power? No one. A new government which hopes to save Britain must reform the civil service
Big Brother Lives Next Door
The UK claims to be part of the free West, yet we have more CCTV cameras than anywhere else in the world. Completely enamoured of surveillance, even our bloody doorbells are filming us