The climate alarmists have come up with a brilliant new excuse to explain why there has been no “global warming” for nearly 19 years. Turns out the satellite data is lying. And to prove it they’ve come up with a glossy
The School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) in London has defended itself against accusations by David Cameron that it had hosted a “hate preacher”. Instead, it claims one of the speakers named by the prime minister had visited the college
POLITICO.eu has today published an opinion piece that seeks to lump the blame for the migrant crisis at almost everyone’s doorstep apart from the German Chancellor Angela Merkel, whose political situation becomes more and more precarious as the scale of
A migrant was electrocuted last night near the entrance to the Channel Tunnel in France. French police said the man, who is believed to be a Syrian national, was trying to climb onto the roof of a UK-bound train when
A few years ago, Thomas de Maiziere was seen as a leading candidate to succeed Angela Merkel one day. What he lacked in charisma, he made up for in competence and reliability, the same traits that had vaulted his boss
The head of Germany’s refugee office, which has been criticised for its handling of record numbers of asylum seekers, has resigned, the Interior Ministry said on Thursday. Manfred Schmidt’s departure, which was for personal reasons, came as the number of
Hungary has been slammed by the UN and welfare agencies for its use of water cannon and tear gas against rioting migrants at its closed border on Wednesday. UN Human Rights Commission chief Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein said that such treatment was “xenophobic
I don’t think Barack Obama is a Muslim. There, I said it. I do however think he is deeply anti-Christian, anti-American and indeed anti-Western. These are traits, I believe, that emanate from his socialist beliefs, rather than any Islamic ones.
SID, Serbia/ZAGREB (Reuters) – Croatia has closed seven of eight road border crossings with Serbia after complaining of being overwhelmed by an influx of more than 11,000 migrants who evaded police, trekked through fields and tried to sneak into Slovenia
Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, taking the offensive after an election campaign marred by setbacks and missteps, told a televised debate on Thursday that his rivals’ plans for increased taxes and deficits would badly damage the economy. With polls showing
Labour’s newly appointed shadow chancellor John McDonnell, has apologised for once calling for Irish Republican Army (IRA) members to be “honoured”. The controversial 2003 comments by McDonnell resurfaced in the media and were condemned by MPs after the 64-year-old was
The Greek election campaign ends on Friday with opinion polls giving no clear winner, setting the stage for a cliffhanger vote on Sunday between the political left and right, and the near-certainty the next government will be a coalition. Five
The Women’s Institute (WI) celebrated their 100th anniversary yesterday, and my, what a lot has changed over the century. The group, founded on the principle of bringing women together by excluding men, has revealed it now accepts men, as long
…A big fat NOTHING. Or at least as close to nothing as makes no difference – says a new study published at Science Advances. If we were to burn all the world’s coal and all the world’s oil tomorrow, the resultant
A child abuser who attacked two Asian girls was rightly given a harsher sentence than if his victims had been white – because it will now be harder for their parents to arrange marriages for them, a top judge has
Iceland’s capital city, Reykjavik, has voted to enact a city wide boycott on all Israeli goods in support of the international Boycott, Divestment, Sanction movement. The 15-strong council also urged individuals to boycott Israel “as long as the occupation of
The UK Independence Party’s majority in the party’s first ever controlled local authority has been reduced today following the resignation of four councillors who have been locked in a heated disputed with the council leadership for weeks. Councillors Ash Ashbee, Konnor
UK Independence Party leader Nigel Farage hosts his third “Say No to EU” meeting live from the Circus Tavern in Purfleet, Essex this evening, with the speech due to begin around 7:30pm. The entire event will be livestreamed below, and over
The government will give a deadline to universities to draw up plans to counter campus radicalisation and gender segregation. The Prime Minister will also challenge the National Union of Students (NUS) on their continuing opposition to the government’s counter terrorism
The EU-owned European Investment Bank (EIB) today announced that it is handing Oxford University a £200 million loan – its largest ever single loan to a European university. The money will be spent on new facilities and on refurbishing existing
Border guards were unable to hold back the huge wave of migrants that was crossing the Croatian border today. Riot police had to stand aside after being overwhelmed by the numbers, most of whom had passed through Serbia from the
The first of the 20,000 Syrians that Britain has promised to take from camps in the Middle East will arrive in the next few days, with many more to follow soon, the Home Secretary has announced. A minister responsible solely
Croatian authorities were losing control of the migrant situation this afternoon as thousands of people crossed the frontier from Serbia and flooded small border towns. Tabloid 24stata reports that the situation is now completely out of hand in Tovarnik, a
As British border authorities focus attention on migrants in Calais and other French ports, they risk missing those using new routes through Sweden. Arrests at the country’s largest port this morning highlight the issue may be growing. In late August it
Hungary detained 29 migrants last night in the aftermath of rioting at its Serbian border, at least one of whom is an identified terrorist, the Prime Minister’s security advisor has confirmed. No other details have been released at this time.
The Prime Minister of Bangladesh has warned David Cameron that he needs to do more to tackle domestic Islamic extremism, as British Bangladeshis are funding and exporting Islamism and terrorism into her nation. She argued that closer cooperation is needed to
