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…
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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…
Peterborough – By-election on the horizon?
There has just concluded a case at the Central Criminal Court, that of Labour MP Fiona Onasanya that is almost a carbon copy of…
Guest Post – A look back at part of the Leave campaign ground game.
It is all too easy to look at political campaigns, whether they be for elections or for referendums, as monolithic ones. We quite naturally…
An outrageous and dangerous waste of lottery money
I despise with great vehemence the whole idea of ‘paediatric gender transition’. It is a horrific form of child abuse as it puts into…
The London ‘Yellow Jackets’. Is this an effective Brexit protest group, or could it end up as an embarrassment to be avoided?
Late last week I wrote an article praising the relatively peaceful protest organised by a group of British ‘yellow jackets’. I commended the demonstrators…
‘No deal’ preparation. This should have been done earlier
Whilst I welcome reports in the Express newspaper that HM Government is allocating funds to deal with a ‘no deal’ scenario for Britain leaving…
A very British ‘Gilet Jaune’ protest
I’ve been reviewing some of the video footage and news reports from a British version of the French ‘GiletJaune’ or Yellow Jacket protest. Whether…
