
Medical experts have recommended that exercise is something which GPs should be prescribing more often, describing it as “a wonder drug” which is important in the prevention of many common diseases. The report from the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges
by A.B. Sanderson13 Feb 2015, 9:09 AM PST0

One of the only good things, perhaps the only good thing, that came out of Andrew Mitchell’s tenure as Britain’s aid minister was the establishment of a body called the Independent Commission for Aid Impact or ICAI. Its task is
by Jonathan Foreman13 Feb 2015, 8:29 AM PST0

It was reported in a recent Sunday Times article that an EU referendum could be held as early as May next year. As a Eurosceptic, my political career has been entirely devoted to advocating such a referendum. I believe that
by Paul Nuttall MEP13 Feb 2015, 7:49 AM PST0

A row has blown up between Labour and UKIP in Bolton over a controversial election leaflet which UKIP says contains “blatant lies” about their manifesto. The Labour Party has distributed thousands of leaflets entitled “Local Voice — Winter 2015” in
by A.B. Sanderson13 Feb 2015, 7:07 AM PST0

Well, duh. Lord Fink pursues ordinary tax avoidance. It is his right as long as he remains within the law. Who are we to doubt his word that he does anything but without evidentiary proof to the contrary? Tax avoidance
by Simon Kent13 Feb 2015, 6:40 AM PST0

GamerGate is not a “transphobic” movement, as you may have been misled to believe, but there is certainly much discussion of transgenderism swirling around the GamerGate maelstrom–mainly because one of the movement’s leading feminist detractors, it can now be revealed,
by Milo Yiannopoulos13 Feb 2015, 5:40 AM PST0

After Breitbart London reported a single police officer had asked for the names of Charlie Hebdo customers at a newsagents in Wiltshire, further revelations exposed the extent of investigations into people who bought the controversial magazine, with three police forces, the
by Oliver Lane13 Feb 2015, 5:33 AM PST0

Former weather presenter Fred Talbot has been found guilty of indecently assaulting two teenage boys at a school where he taught before finding fame. The 65-year-old was cleared of eight other charges of indecent assault at Minshull Street Crown Court,
by Breitbart London13 Feb 2015, 4:37 AM PST0

Strange, one of the brightest lights of the 1980’s counter-cultural movement the New Romantics, who will be remembered for his music hits and eccentric dress passed away aged 55, while on holiday in Egypt this week. As the front-man of
by Oliver Lane13 Feb 2015, 4:01 AM PST0

Europe faces ‘enormous tragedy’ over Europe’s Mediterranean rescue program; Confusion reigns over Ukraine ceasefire deal
by John J. Xenakis13 Feb 2015, 4:00 AM PST0

The Battle of the Barbie Bus was just the start of the problems for self-appointed chief feminist Harriet Harman after a fellow Labour Party member took to twitter to say the now deputy leader told her she was “far too
by A.B. Sanderson13 Feb 2015, 3:56 AM PST0

Many moons ago I worked for snooty investment company in The City, our job was to make clients a profit on their portfolios, private corporate or pension. We were pretty good at it: Indeed I won some modest international prizes
by Godfrey Bloom13 Feb 2015, 3:20 AM PST0

Primary children in Islington are being denied pork sausages, bacon and ham because of problems checking the diets of Jewish and Muslim children. Pork has been off the menu since 2011 across the London borough of Islington because schools found
by A.B. Sanderson13 Feb 2015, 3:00 AM PST0

Last week the Labour Party managed to offend British business, teachers and nuns. In the seven days since then, Miliband and his team have further succeeded in antagonising the British Chamber of Commerce, people who drink Irn-Bru, the family of
by Alex Wickham13 Feb 2015, 1:00 AM PST0

The MEP triumphantly paraded by the Conservative Party after defecting from UKIP is revealed to be named in a number of financial scandals. Yorkshire Euro MP Amjad Bashir, who was pictured with Prime Minister David Cameron, employed lobby group iB
by A.B. Sanderson12 Feb 2015, 3:20 PM PST0

Desperate police have used an arcane law to convict a man caught drink driving in a golf buggy. Events manager Paul Crawford used the sports vehicle to travel across a camping field to his tent at this year’s British Grand
by A.B. Sanderson12 Feb 2015, 9:16 AM PST0

Move over Calendar Girls and E L James, there’s a new source of raunch in town: and it comes from quite an unexpected quarter. As reviews of the big screen blockbuster 50 Shades of Grey lambast the film, the Wellington
by A.B. Sanderson12 Feb 2015, 9:15 AM PST0

It seems whenever there’s a prominent appointment to be made, a “progressive” comes to fill the post, advancing politicised minority agendas that the majority of the British public has no interest in. In the case of the Director of Public
by Virginia Hale12 Feb 2015, 7:31 AM PST0

Revenge porn–posting explicit pictures of someone else online–is back in the limelight following the conviction in California earlier this month of Kevin Bollaert, the man responsible for a website specialising in hosting other people’s revenge porn. The conviction of Mr
by Jeremy Wilson12 Feb 2015, 6:39 AM PST0

State organisations like the BBC are deliberately preventing a serious debate on immigration according to a new report by the think tank MigrationWatch. The group warned that pro-immigration parts of the public sector are blocking government attempts to curb the
by Andre Walker12 Feb 2015, 6:30 AM PST0

Only 29 per cent of Muslim women aged 16-24 are in employment, compared to 50 per cent in the population as a whole, a report has revealed. The Muslim Council of Britain has released statistics based on the 2011 census
by A.B. Sanderson12 Feb 2015, 6:05 AM PST0

Euro MPs in Strasbourg have voted to set up a special parliamentary committee to investigate member states’ tax rulings, paving the way for legislation to set corporation tax rates from Brussels. The committee will look into tax ruling practices as
by A.B. Sanderson12 Feb 2015, 5:33 AM PST0

Ever since Climategate, the Climatic Research Unit at the University of East Anglia has enjoyed just international renown as a world centre of data-fudgin’, scientific-method-abusin’, FOI-dodgin’, decline-hidin’, grant-troughin’, junk-science-endorsin’ global warming propaganda. But did you know that the chap who
by James Delingpole12 Feb 2015, 5:19 AM PST0

In last week’s missive we described the policy widely employed by governments of both left and right known as ‘kicking the can’. Today, as promised, with the European Central Bank having just announced €1.1 trillion of it, we consider one
by Dominic Frisby12 Feb 2015, 2:48 AM PST0

Another day, another disaster, yet they still come. By “they” I mean the tens of thousands of illegal immigrants sailing across the Mediterranean for Europe. Not all of them make it. Too many drown in the attempt. It doesn’t have
by Simon Kent12 Feb 2015, 1:52 AM PST0