In just one week British police have seized up to £2.5 million worth of heroin and over 175,000 pints of beer being smuggled in to Britain during a police crackdown on organised crime. The operation also resulted in the interception of £500,000 police believe
In mid-April the Met Office, the UK’s national weather service, briefed the government, councils and emergency services to plan for hotter than average temperatures. Optimistic predictions of “gloriously warm weather” based on the Met Office’s models failed to materialise, however, as
The Council of Europe’s ‘European Commission Against Racism and Intolerance‘ (ECRI) published critical reports this week calling for action in Hungary and Poland to fight prejudice within their borders. Although often cited as victims of intolerance in the UK it has been shown that
A Jewish monument in Birmingham has been attacked by a Neo-Nazi group which filmed its supporters in the act of intimidation. Hiding their identities from the camera, the group’s video on YouTube shows the extremists defacing the gates of Cannon Hill Park with anti-Jewish
The ban on elective abortion in most cases, perhaps the only remaining shibboleth of Catholic Ireland, is coming under attack as predicted by one Breitbart London contributor and as noted by another. Repeal or reform of the Eighth Amendment of the
The introduction of smoking rooms in pubs and private members’ clubs would be welcomed by a majority of the British public, according to a new Populus survey. The poll for smokers’ rights group Forest found that a majority of adults also oppose bans on smoking in
The majority of French, Germans and Italians oppose their country using military means to defend a NATO ally against Russian aggression, according to data published today by the Pew Research Center. The questions were posed in the light of the
A common refrain in the aftermath of Islamist activity is that all must guard against a “rising tide of Islamophobia“. But the warnings have been overstated, according to new research by the Pew Research Center, which shows that anti-minority sentiment is not
A Glasgow-based denim designer, Robert Watson, has stated that he won’t produce jeans that are over 40 inches wide in the waist, telling Breitbart London that “fatties know they need to try harder”. Watson, also known as Rabbie Denim, has been crafting made-to-measure
Ireland’s most famous drag queen, Panti Bliss (also known as Rory O’Neill) is backing the campaign for same-sex civil marriage in Northern Ireland. The high profile campaigner for gay marriage in the Irish Republic’s historic referendum was speaking ahead of
French police arrested two men, aged 35 and 39, yesterday in connection with a foiled terrorist plot to attack a church near Paris in April. The two suspects were arrested in dawn raids on their homes in the western suburbs
The British advocacy group Cage, which caused controversy earlier this year through its links to the ISIS murderer ‘Jihadi John’, has launched a legal action against Britain’s voluntary sector regulator, the Charity Commission. The group, which says it works “to empower communities
The Vice President of the National Convention of the Conservative Party has today declared his support for the ‘Out’ Campaign in a European Referendum, during an exclusive interview with Breitbart London. Having voted to stay in the European Economic Community (EEC) in 1975,
Last night’s episode of BBC’s Question Time witnessed an unusual event, namely an out and proud Eurosceptic admitting that there is nothing David Cameron can negotiate with other European governments that could convince her to vote to stay in. Jill
Frontier police forces in northern France are complaining of the huge strain they are working under caused by migrants attempting to reach Britain. Numbers released earlier this week show they have detained 18,170 migrants in or around Calais already this year,
The former leader of France’s Front National (FN) political party, Jean-Marie Le Pen, announced yesterday that he is suing the party he founded over 40 years ago. The MEP is contesting his suspension from the FN, now led by his
Worrying figures published in France yesterday illustrate the full online extent of French-language Jihadist networks. With over 2,600 websites backing ISIS and a daily tally of around 40,000 French tweets in support, the campaign to enlist French recruits to the cause
Prime Minister David Cameron’s former communications chief Andy Coulson has been formally acquitted of lying under oath by the High Court in Edinburgh, three years after being charged with perjury. Lord Burns threw the case against David Cameron’s former director of communications out
British police forces are making requests for access to the “who, where and when of any text, email, phone call or web search” carried out by private individuals on average once every two minutes, according to a new report. The
The controversial left-winger George Galloway yesterday said he is running for Mayor of London for two reasons – first to rally support for Palestine and secondly to speak for the majority of ordinary Londoners that are not “dripping in gold.”
On Wednesday this week the Conservative Party’s manifesto promise of an In/Out referendum on membership of the EU became Government policy following its formal announcement in the Queen’s Speech. To date opponents of the plan have alleged that the policy
Allegations that a politician was among those accused of repeatedly raping a girl over a four year period have prompted a former Liberal Democrat MP to identify himself to investigators in order to deny it. The MP in question spoke
A senior backbench Conservative has attacked his own party’s defence policy record since 2010. In an interview with The Independent on Sunday Tory MP Dr Julian Lewis credited the previous Labour government with being more “strategic” on the future of the armed
The attitude of senior Labour Party figures to political coverage by the BBC has been laid bare in the memoirs of BBC political editor Nick Robinson. Despite some complaining that Labour receives unfair coverage from the BBC, Robinson has spoken of
To the surprise of neighbouring residents an uncommon sight is emerging above the skyline of central Karachi, western Pakistan, namely a 140 foot high cross standing at the entrance of a Christian cemetery founded in the 19th century. The cross
