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
Seventy-five years on from the end of the Second World War, the hostilities between Germany and Greece are rising as the war of words over debt and reparations continues. Newly elected Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras made his first major speech
The new film is the most comprehensive attempt by the Islamic State yet to portray itself as a established, successful nation with fully functioning public services and private industry that flourishes in the face of coalition air-strikes. Cantlie, who voluntarily
A survivor of child abuse in Rotherham claimed victims were ignored to ensure Labour did not lose votes in the town. The young girls were abused by Muslim men for years on end, but council did nothing to stop the
The European Court of Human Rights had ruled the British government has breached the human rights of prisoners by barring them from voting in elections, however it did also say that they are not entitled to compensation. The latest mass
Tory MEPs are rebelling against their own government’s position as new laws on motoring offences are debated in the European Parliament. Under legislation being voted on today in Strasbourg, British drivers caught speeding or committing other motoring offences in Europe
Last week I spent the day at Facebook’s London headquarters, which was playing host to a Q&A session between the main party leaders and those two words no one in politics can say without sounding about ninety: “young people”. The
A multi-denominational school in Limerick, Ireland groveled for “subjecting” a Muslim pupil to a copy of the recent Charlie Hebdo magazine cover depicting an image of Muhammad apologizing on it.
After surviving a “spill motion” that could have seen disgruntled members of his own Liberal Party knock him out of his seat, Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott lashed Labor as hard as he struck back at opponents within his own party, in an evidently successful bid to contrast himself with the chaos of Labor government.
Two Ugandan rubgy players who came to Glasgow for the Commonwealth games last year and vanished to avoid going home have resurfaced in Cardiff, after being signed for a local rugby team. Benon Kizza and Philip Pariyo were on the
A group of MPs has called for Twitter users who offend others by using racist language and insults to be banned from social networking sites. The All Party Group on Anti-Semitism claimed “internet ASBOs” would curb the “disturbing” rise in
A barrister has provoked a storm of outrage for daring to suggest that sex whilst under the influence of alcohol should not automatically be considered rape. David Osborne, a Somerset-based barrister, made the comments in a personal blog criticising new guidelines
It didn’t take long.
The head of the Jordanian air-force claims the intense blitz of strikes over the past few days have destroyed a fifth of the Islamic State’s war-fighting capabilities, in a series of attacks reportedly led by the king of Jordan in
A young Conservative Party activist who left his City job in December to fight with the Kurds against ISIS has claimed David Cameron is failing to tackle terrorism. Macer Gifford, 28, told the MailOnline he was fighting for democracy and
Plain packaging of cigarettes will put the police force under undue pressure by increasing the supply of counterfeit cigarettes on the market, a group of former policemen has warned. In a letter to the Telegraph, the 16 former senior officers
A survey of social attitudes in Austria has revealed the vast majority of Austrians don’t believe Islam belongs in their country, with almost half going further and saying the religion should “definitely not” have a home there. In the survey,
A London teenager who converted to Islam has gone on trial accused of plotting to behead a soldier and hold his head in the air to pose for a photograph. Sky News reports that Brustholm Ziamani, 19, was arrested while
Police have been accused of trying to find out the names of British people who bought the Charlie Hebdo magazine in the wake of the Paris terror attacks. The allegation came in a letter to the Guardian from a woman
The newly elected Greek government is quite correct to eschew austerity and seek reductions in what it owes northern European governments. The Euro is punishing the South, and solving Mediterranean states’ chronic financial problems would require moving some industry from the North to the South. More austerity would only bleed the patient further.
South Yorkshire Police have been accused of passing information from victims of the Rotherham child sex ring to the perpetrators. The fresh allegations come as the MP at the time, Denis MacShane, was accused of ignoring a five page letter
“Fiddling temperature data is the biggest science scandal ever,” says Christopher Booker, not pulling his punches. And I think he’s right not to do so. If – as Booker, myself, and few others suspect – the guardians of the world’s
Police in the southern French city of Marseille say a group of up to ten gunmen have fired automatic weapons at the edge of a housing project the same day as a planned visit by the prime minister. No injuries
As forty or so protesters mobbed the pavement outside UKIP’s Rotherham shop on Friday morning, another piece of democracy in the Yorkshire town, which I represent in the European Parliament, died at the hands of mob rule. Nigel Farage, the
Ten thousand Muslims are protesting outside Downing Street and the Ministry of Defence against the publication of cartoons depicting Mohammed. The cartoons – which led to the brutal massacre at the French magazine Charlie Hebdo – were described by the
Two Labour donors have waded into the ongoing conflict between the Labour party and the business community, criticising Labour leader Ed Miliband for his “unnecessary” assault on commercial enterprise, and warning that the stock market will tumble if Labour win the general
