October 8th, 2023 Recent letters from me have referred to the UK as “Batshit Bonkers Britain”. Thanks Katie Hopkins. Just to emphasise that description, Acer Ecology has issued a handy guide to the bat droppings of the UK. One can now identify the species of bat responsible for the profusion
Are conservative parties finally waking up that chasing after the left, blubbering ‘Us, too, but in blue ties!’ isn’t exactly an election-winning strategy? Conviction, standing for something, anything, is key to winning elections. It’s not a guarantee, of course: you still have to convince the electorate that
Oh, the white folks hate the black folks, And the black folks hate the white folks … And everybody hates the Jews. Tom Lehrer, “National Brotherhood Week” It’s not remembered much today, but one of Denzel Washington’s fine early films was Mississippi Masala, a variation of the classic trope
Trevor Stammers Trevor Stammers was a GP and a clinical teacher for over twenty years. He has worked in academia for the last fifteen years and was the editor of The New Bioethics from 2011 to 2022. He currently volunteers as a Public Policy Associate with CMF. mercatornet.com The
Carolyn Moynihan Carolyn Moynihan is the former deputy editor of Mercator. mercatornet.com If you thought that Russell Brand’s problems were the biggest story in the UK right now, think again. Think about a revolt brewing in the British Civil Service against gender ideology and a warning from within
Gavin O’Reilly ronpaulinstitute.org On Thursday it was announced that the southern Irish state would roll out flu jabs to all schoolchildren under its jurisdiction, despite the fact that children are an age group at absolute minute risk of becoming seriously ill from seasonal illnesses such as flu and
righttolife.org.uk Censorship zones that could make praying and offers of help near an abortion clinic illegal with fines of up to £2,500 are set to be introduced in Northern Ireland this Friday. The Abortion Services (Safe Access Zones) Bill was passed by Members of the Legislative Assembly
righttolife.org.uk West Midlands Police have issued an apology to the charity volunteer who was arrested twice over the past year for praying silently within the vicinity of an abortion clinic and have confirmed that they will not be bringing charges against her. Isabel Vaughan-Spruce was originally arrested
Mathew Lloyd Mathew Lloyd is a fellow with FEE’s Henry Hazlitt Project for Educational Journalism. A resident of Nottingham in the United Kingdom, he is working towards an MA in Political Economy at the University of Buckingham and has an undergraduate degree in Philosophy from the University of Sheffield
Britain nearly got lucky, last year. Nearly. Back in July 2022, when Britain’s ruling Conservatives were casting about for a replacement for the unlamented Boris Johnson, one name that stood out from the pack of CINOs and globalist toadies was Kemi Badenoch. As I wrote back then: If Badenoch
Britain has long been a case study in the madness of “Net Zero”. The UK faces the prospect of widespread power outages for the first time since power was rationed in the early ’70s. Even barring full blackouts, tens of thousands of British households have to choose, every winter, between
Kit Klarenberg ronpaulinstitute.org Allegations of sexual impropriety and abuse by comedian and podcaster Russell Brand by the British media prompted YouTube to demonetize the star’s popular channel on September 20. The Grayzone can now reveal that YouTube’s financial censorship of Brand is the result of an effort
Right to Life News righttolife.org.uk The Home Secretary, Suella Braverman, has reminded police in the UK that “silent prayer, within itself, is not unlawful”, raising questions about legislation passed earlier this year that makes “influencing” any person who wants to access abortion services at an abortion facility illegal.
September 18th, 2023 Derbyshire County Council now looks as though it is going to trigger a section 114 action as their finances are in a dire state. It is now becoming commonplace to hear about the financial problems in local government. Of course, it is not due to the incompetence
As I reported for the BFD last week, the UK parliament gave a subtle middle finger to Beijing when it adopted a cross-party report that described Taiwan as “an independent country”. The Sunak government has lent its support to another besieged democracy, with a timely visit to Israel. The
Following on from my recent letter the escapee from Wandsworth prison has been recaptured. He was charged off a bicycle near the canal in Northolt, west London by a plain clothes police officer, from the anti-terrorism unit. In the aftermath of the recapture two prison officers have been suspended
