With the election of a new Labour leader less than a month away, many of the party faithful are contemplating the prospect of a victorious Jeremy Corbyn leading them into the political wilderness, sparking memories of Michael Foot in his
Whether you believe that Cameron’s Conservatives are tight-fisted Gradgrinds or financial geniuses, there is more to a party and to a country than its economic policy. Widespread prosperity is the cornerstone of any civilised society, but what use is a
Following recent events in Paris, huge crowds joined a rally in the French capital to…do what exactly? To pledge their support for free speech? To show solidarity with the Jewish people? Or simply to express their horror at such depravity?
According to academics at University College London, European migrants pay more in taxes than they receive in benefits, while immigrants from outside Europe cost the country nearly £120 billion in the 17 years between 1995 and 2011. The Guardian has
In an article for the Daily Telegraph, columnist Dan Hodges reveals that UKIP have become identified as the new bastards of British politics. They might have spooked the Westminster village with their populist rhetoric, but the British public knows a
According to Health Minister Lord Darzi, smoking should be banned in London’s outdoor areas, making it the most smoke-free city in the world. While he’s at it, he also wants to ban fast food outlets from opening within 400-metres of
The Tories are mad as hell, and they’re not going to take it anymore. They’ve has had enough of MPs and voters defecting to UKIP. They want us to know that if you’re a proper conservative, theirs is still the
A new study by an Oxford academic has found a greater concentration of poverty in schools has a negative effect on pupils there, both rich and poor. Professor Steve Strand discovered a difference in GCSE results of 25 percent between
National pride and the right to self-rule are noble ideas, so if some Scots truly lack any sense of Britishness, it’s understandable (if unfortunate) that they might want to go it alone. For them, independence is not about economic viability;
In Rotherham, evidence of organised child abuse by Muslim gangs is deliberately ignored by Labour authorities and the police, resulting in more than 1,400 victims over a sixteen year period. In Ferguson, Missouri, the police shooting of a young black
Unless you have been living in a cave for the past month, the chances are you will have come across the ice bucket challenge, where people film themselves being drenched in freezing cold water to raise awareness of motor neurone
Everyone from liberal journalists to a member of the English cricket team is gunning for Israel at the moment. The Independent describes it as ‘rogue state’. The Guardian considers the Israeli ‘occupation’ of Gaza as a ‘shameful injustice’. Meanwhile, cricketer
Michael Gove’s colourful stint as Education Secretary is over. He has fallen foul of David Cameron’s cull of white middle-aged men, and has been moved onwards, but not necessarily upwards, to become Chief Whip. Cameron is hoping that voters will
Leading figures from the world of healthcare have written a letter to The Times, calling for a cross-party independent review on how the National Health Service (NHS) is funded. The signatories, including the heads of the Royal College of Physicians
After years of silence, the British establishment has finally acknowledged the ‘national scandal’ of female genital mutilation (or FGM, as it is called by those in the know), which has been practiced on up to 170,000 women and girls in
Oxfam’s new ‘Perfect Storm’ campaign poster has drawn plenty of criticism from conservatives, and rightly so. It’s a risible piece of common room agitprop, full of hoary old clichés about spending cuts and capitalist greed. All that’s missing is some
The crazy bastards only went and did it. Despite a concerted slur campaign against it, the UK Independence Party has triumphed at the local council elections, stealing dozens of seats from the Conservatives, Labour and the Liberal Democrats. Once all
Democracy is failing. People in the West are losing their faith in the ability of governments to force meaningful change. So what do we need? More government! That is the view of columnist David Brooks in a recent piece for
After all that, it came to nothing. Premier League chief Richard Scudamore has escaped punishment for the sexist comments he made in a series of private emails, despite the best efforts of figures within politics, sport and the equality industry
