One of my favourite journalists (also education-impresario, and author) Toby Young has this week been accused of being both an Islamophobe and an anti-Semite. It is of course quite possible to display anti-Muslim and anti-Jewish bigotry. Members of the British
All the aspiring journalists I know have been thankful for the fact that the Huffington Post will basically publish anything. I know I was. But one article from yesterday by a man called ‘Yousef Dar’ who calls himself a ‘Community
It is that time again. Millions of Americans will roll their eyes and bemoan their bars showing non-stop World Cup matches from this Thursday all the way through to July 13th. But car manufacturer Kia has teamed up with Brazilian
Everyone is an expert on elections nowadays, myself included. With the proliferation of online media and blogs, we’ve all got a lot more time for our own opinions – which are of course all absolutely on the nose, factually accurate,
The controversial British MP George Galloway has claimed that he urged Syria’s tyrant president Bashar al Assad to go to the ballot box and stand for election in the war torn country. Galloway – who has previously praised Saddam Hussein’s
Britain’s Independent newspaper has become the latest victim of news satire after it published an article about Kinder Egg smugglers in the United States. Kinder Eggs have technically been banned in the United States on health and safety grounds since
The Daily Mirror, part of the left-wing Trinity Mirror newspaper group, has smeared UKIP leader Nigel Farage following a picture of him with a “blonde woman” in a Malta hotel. The Mirror story is clearly weighted so that readers will
The Europhile favourite for the next President of the European Commission has arrogantly tweeted about his confidence this morning, claiming that he is sure to be the next Commission President. The move has already attracted opprobrium from media sources, as
I often watch ‘Mehdi’s Minute’ – a curious and scarcely viewed YouTube series by the Huffington Post which features their UK ‘political director’ Mehdi Hasan waxing lyrical about things you can tell he barely understands. The 60-seconds of hate is
Last night my Uber driver said to me, “These black cabs don’t know what they’re doing. The only person to win in this high court battle will be Uber!” “How’s that?” I asked, genuinely interested in the latest London-based incident
UKIP is a racist party. UKIP is a single issue, protest party which is both a ‘one man band’ and coalition of fruitcakes and loonies. It is a party of disillusioned Tories. Of non-voters. Of working class types. It is
Forget the 3-0 win by England last night, these fans will be going home chuffed about something completely unexpected… sort of like the England win I suppose! From what looks like one of the furthest rows back (and up) in
The professor behind the idea that British students should read older works of English literature has today taken “blame” for the imbroglio that Education Secretary Michael Gove found himself in earlier this week, and has made no apology for his negative
Labour leader Ed Miliband has gone to further lengths to prove how out of touch he is with the British voting public – this time by declaring that he doesn’t read much British news. In a bizarre statement reported by
There are almost no words for this excruciating yet hilarious interview that was broadcast by the BBC West Midlands 11 days ago. It is simply the greatest thing that has happened on radio, ever. Commenters have pointed out this may
English football fans are set for four more years of hurt according to a highly accurate Goldman Sachs model of forecasting the World Cup winners. Brazil, claims the investment bank, is the favourite, with Argentina and Germany following. Goldman claims:
Britain’s Sun newspaper has issued a ‘final warning’ to Conservative Prime Minister David Cameron following four years of Mr Cameron’s premiership, and continuing inability to curb UK immigration figures. The Murdoch-owned paper ran the headline, “We’re Seeing Red” with a
Following Nigel Farage’s victory speech in Southampton on Sunday night, I joined the UKIP leader and some of his nearest and dearest for “a few sherbets” in his hotel’s bar. The seemingly indefatigable Farage was on fine form, holding forth
UKIP leader Nigel Farage has announced that the UK Independence Party will appoint a shadow cabinet of sorts following UKIP’s historic European election win last night. Speaking at a press conference in Westminster, Farage said that there was a fair
