Political violence returns to Germany and it needs to be condemned by all
I despise political violence. I despise it because I know where it leads, which is with all sides ‘tooling up’ to deal with real…
Politics
Another potential ‘Yellow Vest’ embarrassment?
When a small group of pro-Brexit activists started up a copycat version of the French ‘Gilet Jaune’ protests, I worried that it would end…
Dutch prisons giving bad people books that will make them worse
I’m a great believer in the social value of public libraries. They have been and still are places where people can study and learn…
Sajid Javid is correct, the illegal Channel crossers are not genuine refugees
Whilst I have little trust or confidence that Home Secretary Sajid Javid about the way that he handling the current Cross Channel Migrant Invasion…
Another death threat to yet another Islamic reformer
I am a great admirer of Tarek Fatah the Canadian Islamic reformer. If positive change is to come to Islam and if it is…
From Elsewhere – Will the EU parliament elections herald a change?
There is a very very interesting and thoughtful article from a pro-EU writer who has penned an article for this week’s Spectator magazine. The…
The English Channel migrant crisis – It’s time for hard interdiction of migrant boats
How a Home Secretary deals with a major crisis can often make or break the holder of that office. I recall how in the…
Baby Jesus beheaded in Ilford.
A quite disturbing story has been forwarded to this blog from one of my contacts in the London Borough of Redbridge. A Nativity scene in…
From Elsewhere: Alan Dershowitz on top form
Although his politics is a bit different from mine, I’ve always admired the liberal thinker and legal expert Alan Dershowitz. He is what I…
This was not an effective protest – This was an easily exploited embarrassment
I’m a Brexiteer, I believe that Britain should be free to make its own laws, forge its own alliances, defend its own borders and…
