Don’t believe the spin. The European Union’s drive towards centralisation continues at break-neck speed. This was illustrated just last night when a report – an ultimate EU wish list – was discussed in the European Parliament by the federalist fanatics
Police in Austria have found a smuggler’s truck to the south of Vienna containing the dead bodies of migrants. Police spoke of at least 20 initial casualties but warned that number could rise. The lorry was found standing on the emergency lane
One of the questions arising from today’s immigration figures is the discrepancy between how many National Insurance numbers were handed out to Romanians and Bulgarians, and the number of immigrants from Romania and Bulgaria. For the year to March 2015,
More than 160 police officers are under investigation in the Rotherham abuse scandal over allegations they systematically ignored complaints of widespread child sexual exploitation. The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) has already identified 60 officers as part of a major
Over a quarter, 27 per cent, of the children born in the UK in 2014 were to mothers born outside of the UK, increasing half a per cent on 2013. The increase is part of a long-term trend: in 1969 the
Today’s immigration figures once again show that London has by far the highest rate of immigration in the UK. More than one in four Londoners in 2014 was born outside the UK, while one in five has been identified as
A buried item in the Office for National Statistics data dump today reveals that UK-born women are the least likely to give birth while married. In 2014, the ONS reveals, “a much higher proportion of births to non UK-born women
Net migration to the United Kingdom has burst through 330,000, the Official for National Statistics (ONS) has announced today. The news means that the government drifts even further away from the 2010 and 2015 election manifesto pledges to bring net immigration
The Guardian’s loathing for western civilisation is no secret; it defines the newspaper just as reliance on the British tax payer defines the BBC. But today the rag’s outright contempt for British culture has reached a new low, with a withering attack
The BBC’s Head of Television, Danny Cohen, has complained that the corporation “just couldn’t compete” with the global financial might of Netflix, losing out on a pitch for what he says was “a classic BBC subject”. Cohen, speaking ahead of the Edinburgh
The day after British Foreign Secretary Phil Hammond concluded an historic state visit to Iran by proclaiming the revolutionary Islamic Republic a “perfectly normal” country— Iran’s Parliamentary secretary took to state controlled airwaves to reiterate that Israel’s annihilation remains his
LONDON, United Kingdom – It is a muggy evening in one of London’s most “diverse” boroughs – Redbridge. A figure stalks the pavement, ambling past the Coral bookmakers, clutching in his hand a package he so desperately wants to deliver to
A list of ‘safe countries’ to which their citizens can be fast-tracked home following rejected asylum applications is being drawn up by the European Commission. The step is being taken in order to deal with the migrant crisis currently threatening
France is to open an official terrorism investigation into the attempted train attack that resulted in three Americans, a French-American and a British businessman tackling Ayoub El-Khazzani as he pulled a weapon. French prosecutor François Molins said the El-Khazzani’s internet
Iran’s religious militia may be about to receive funds via unwitting investors from Britain and other Western nations after taking control of hundreds of companies. The Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), which has been accused of sending arms to Hezbollah as
Zimbabwe president Robert Mugabe was booed by opposition MPs as he addressed the country’s parliament yesterday. The Guardian reports that the 91-year-old was jeered by members of the opposition Movement for Democratic Change party as he outlined his government’s plan
Days after the attempted massacre on a French train was foiled by passengers, President Francois Hollande has warned France should prepare for further terror attacks. Speaking to diplomats at the Élysée Palace in Paris yesterday Hollande said: “We are always exposed and Friday’s aggression on the
The Ministry of Defence (MOD) has purchased new air defence radars to upgrade and bolster systems on the Falkland Islands. The move comes amid continued aggressive rhetoric from Argentina and news they are attempting to upgrade their fighter jet fleet. Britain
The far left of British politics is riddled with racists. As much as the far right is. The difference is the far right was by and large defeated by the ‘real right’ – UKIP – and the far left is
Last week’s attempted murder on the Thalys Express has prompted a curious response from Brussels as it struggles for ideas on combating cross-border terror attacks. Ayoub El Khazzani, the Moroccan national named as the attacker, was known to French, Belgian, German and Spanish
The BBC has been accused of publishing “propaganda” after releasing a 52-page report detailing how families cannot live without its services. The corporation commissioned a study in which 70 households volunteered to go nine days without services funded by Britain’s
The NHS will now pay for people at risk of developing diabetes to have free “motivational coaches” to held them with their diet and encourage them to exercise. The “one-to-one health trainers” will be offered as part of the Diabetes
I’m Jamie Huntman, the humble timber merchant that ran for UKIP in Castlepoint at the General Election, and I’m writing to UKIP supporters and members today because there’s a very serious choice being made this weekend: who will be UKIP’s
From Brendan O’Neill, Editor, Spiked Online, writing for Jewish News: THERE’S NO evidence Jeremy Corbyn is an anti-Semite. But the storm over his dodgy associates has thrown up ample evidence that the modern left doesn’t take anti-Semitism seriously. It’s extraordinary. Ours
It is often claimed that UKIP hates London, and that the feeling is more than mutual. But the party took eight per cent of the vote in London at the general election, a stark increase in support from the two
A UN-endorsed carbon offset scheme designed to reduce emissions has actually increased them massively, a study by a green think tank has found. As well as pumping much as 600 million tonnes more greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, the carbon
