The parents of 15 year old Lithuanian boy Arminas Pileckas have blasted Sweden and the Swedish media for cowardice in the face of the migrant threat, and for covering up the murder of their son. Arminas Pileckas, a native of northern
An 11-year-old school boy has been excluded from lessons after turning up as 50 Shades of Gray star Christian Gray to mark World Book Day. His mother insisted it was just a bit of fun, but teachers said it was
Scientists and journalists who mislead the public about ‘global warming’ should be banned from television. So says the producer of a highly tendentious and misleading new eco-propaganda movie about global warming, apparently blissfully unaware of the irony of his position.
Labour candidates who received campaign donations from former Prime Minister Tony Blair have been urged to return the “blood money”. Mr Blair is keen to forge links with a Labour Party that has turned its back on him in recent
The archaeological world and international community are in mourning as the Iraqi government announced Thursday that Islamic State (ISIS) jihadists had leveled the remains of the ancient city of Nimrud, a priceless archaeological site considered a major treasure of Assyrian civilization.
The government of Turkey has banned French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo’s website from being accessed anywhere in the country along with a total of blocked websites in the tens of thousands.
A journalist who took inspiration from Israeli Kvika Klein who walked areas of Paris wearing items that identified him as a Jew said he ‘encountered anti-Semitism for nothing but walking in a street’ as he repeated the experiment across Britain. Jonathan Kalmus wore
A known Islamist has appeared in Parliament to present a ‘Muslim Manifesto’ ahead of the general election. Azad Ali, who has previously spoken of his “love” for al-Qaeda terrorist Anwar al-Awlaki, received a warm reception from the audience which included a
“The first duty of Government is the defence of the realm”, reads the Armed Forces Covenant, which may go some way to explain the Tory revolt brewing over Prime Minister David Cameron’s refusal to guarantee defence spending. The contention is over
An independent body which scrutinises the UK’s international aid payments has concluded that they are ‘a waste of money’. The report by the Independent Commission for Aid Impact (ICAI) criticised the Department for International Development’s “weak management” and “poor supervision”
The IRA are set to make a staggering £22 million a year more in counterfeit cigarettes when plain packaging legislation goes through because the packs are so much easier to fake. Police in Ireland have said that pain packaging is
The UN has never met a problem it couldn’t tackle without calling for a new tax. Over-dependence on fossil fuel? There’s a tax for that. Inequitable distribution of global wealth? There’s a tax for that. Climbing obesity rates due to
(Reuters) – Al Qaeda’s Syrian branch was left reeling on Friday after its military chief was killed in an apparent army air strike, adding to confusion over the future path of the most powerful group opposing both President Bashar al-Assad and Islamic State.
Having topped the polls in last year’s European Election, Marine Le Pen’s National Front is set to become the biggest party in France with the French Prime Minister accusing the party of wanting to “kidnap France” at this month’s regional
Khamenei’s illness may signal generational policy change in Iran; Palestinians vote to end security agreement with Israel
It’s an exciting day for motorists. Today we found out that we will get an extra 10 minutes’ grace period on our stay at a parking meter before we can be issued with a parking ticket. Hurray! Get out the
Security services have been told to recruit agents from sources such as Mumsnet in order redress the gender balance in these government departments, a group of MPs has said. The Intelligence and Security Commission’s report into diversity in the security services
An EU plan to reduce the number of migrants coming to Europe illegally – by giving them legal status before they even arrive – is being ‘fast-tracked’ by the European Commission, amid the growing exodus from north Africa by way
What will the five terrestrial broadcasters do when, at the beginning of April, the short campaign of this General Election starts? How on earth will they fill their evening listings when parliament closes down, MPs go back to their constituencies
The latest diktat from the European Union is a sobering example of the Eurocrats’ willingness to drown small businesses in Britain in a sea of red tape. By introducing a tax on British cider producers, Brussels is not only attacking the manufacturers, but
And so today we are moved to say the unsayable. We suggest that the NHS, the institution that, according to Nye Bevan, gave us ‘the moral leadership of the world’, is not working. And we go further. We suggest that
Many years ago now, or so it seems, at the height of the Cold War, my Commanding Officer had the foresight to enrol some of his junior officers on a Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst postgraduate Soviet Studies course under the
Tonight on BBC4 you have another chance to see the BBC’s latest propaganda effort on behalf of the climate change alarmism lobby. It’s called Climate Change By Numbers and I reviewed it, briefly, in the Spectator. Its arguments went something
Britain has banned an Israeli government tourism advertisement for implying that the Old City of Jerusalem is part of Israel, AFP reports.
Pubs could essentially be nationalised by 2020 if campaigners against Pub companies continue to lobby for more state regulation, a think tank has warned. Chris Snowdon said the “real problem” for the pub industry was the lack of buyers and not,
A Manchester chemistry teacher has been jailed for six years for planning to travel to Syria and join Islamic State fighters. Jamshed Javeed was only thwarted when his family became concerned and hid his passport. Sky News reports he had
