The retired president of a German state court has accused chancellor Merkel of acting unconstitutionally, and of moving to build her own personal power at the expense of German democracy. Judge Michael Bertrams, former president of the constitutional court of North
Britain’s voluntary sector regulator – the Charity Commission – is investigating allegations that an entity founded by Matthew Elliott — the chief executive of establishment Brexit group Vote Leave — has broken the law by funnelling donations to groups involved in Eurosceptic political campaigns. Mr. Elliott, 37, founded the Politics and
Britain’s media has scarcely been more frenzied as of late than when U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump decided to turn his guns on the political establishment across the Atlantic, insisting that British police were afraid for their lives because of Islamic
At a party last week I bumped into an old Oxford contemporary of mine who has spent his entire working life since sucking at the green teat of Big Eco: Chief Sustainability Officer for Wessex borough council, or some such
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has lashed out at European Union (EU) leaders who continue to reject his plans to keep migrants out of the EU. He has described the response “weak, unsure and powerless” and claimed that his country, Hungary, is now becoming a “battlefield”
More than 400 personal possessions belonging to the late Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher are up for auction tomorrow in a sale that is expected to raise at least £500,000. Baroness Thatcher’s daughter, Carol, has put the mementos up for sale
Over the past year, the number of children adopted by lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) couples and individuals reached a record high, comprising more than one in 12 of adoptions in the UK. This year marks the 10th anniversary
A second major migrant camp is forming on the northern French coastline, where trafficking gangs are demanding large sums of money to ferry migrant across the Channel. The new camp is less than twenty miles from the notorious Calais Jungle,
British Prime Minister David Cameron has publicly backed a proposed Europe-wide ban on semi-automatic firearms, despite opposition from key allies and even from within his own party. A press release on the Downing Street website says the Prime Minister will
A group of prominent mainstream British journalists — including former editors at The Economist and The Guardian — are backing a new Europhile website designed to attack what they say are the “inaccuracies and twisted logic” promoted by Eurosceptics. The group’s
A mother who spoke out against her daughter’s school imposing LGBT awareness week on its pupils has attracted the full force of liberal criticism, even being labelled ‘extreme’. The pupils at King Solomon High School were given rainbow badges to
In its latest video, the Islamic State portrays its vision of the end of the world culminating in an epic battle with the West waged in Rome.
LONDON/FRANKFURT (Reuters) – European Union countries’ reluctance to integrate in the face of an influx of refugees and with the possible departure of Britain from the bloc could ultimately hurt creditworthiness, Standard & Poor’s said on Monday. “Indications are mounting
Parents have expressed concern at plans for an Islamic group to take over a secular school where less than two per cent of students are Muslim. The Tauheedul Education Trust (TET) is due to take over Highfield Humanities College in
A leading European art museum has expunged politically incorrect words such as “Negro”, “Indian”, “dwarf” and “Mohammedan” from its entire historical collection. The cultural cleansing has occurred as the Rijksmuseum, in Amsterdam, and is endorsed by the International Council of
France’s far-right National Front (FN) might have failed to win a single region in elections but its high score ties the hands of the two main parties with presidential elections 16 months away, observers said Monday. The anti-immigration party’s hopes
Britain is willing to listen to alternatives to its demand for limits on EU migrant benefits, foreign minister Philip Hammond said Monday, apparently opening the door to a compromise on the major hurdle to a deal. Amid opposition from Britain’s
It has emerged that the great majority of those arrested during the neo-Nazi march in Leipzig, Germany on Saturday were left wing counter-demonstrators, who threw rocks and fireworks at police and lit fires in the street. Around 150 right wing
The Islamic State has reportedly issued a fatwa ordering the elimination of children with Down syndrome and other congenital disabilities, reminiscent of Hitler’s infamous “Aktion T4” program, which administered forced “euthanasia” on an estimated 300,000 disabled persons.
A cab-driving UKIP member has erected a 22ft by 9ft blue Christmas banner on his house which has angered a neighbour who says his message is “verging on racism”. Timothy ‘Dusty’ Miller’s annual Christmas messages have become something of a notorious tradition in his home
Armed security patrols outside synagogues and Jewish institutions across Britain are the “only feasible solution” to threats from terrorism, according to a petition to the UK government. Started by Golders Green resident Moses Hoffman on December 7th, the petition has
Up to 70 suspected radical Islamists have had their security passes revoked at Orly and Charles de Gaulle airports in wake of the terrorists attacks on the French capital last month which killed 130 people. The contents of around 4,000 workers’
A Melbourne teenager alleged to have bomb-making materials pleaded guilty on Monday to preparing for a terror act, reports said. The 17-year-old told the Children’s Court he was “guilty” of one charge of engaging in an act in preparation for,
French anti-terrorism authorities are investigating the stabbing of a preschool teacher in a school north of Paris, with the attacker claiming to be a member of Islamic State. *** UPDATE *** The teacher who was stabbed has now admitted that
Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Sunday she wanted to “drastically decrease” the number of refugees coming to Germany, signalling a compromise to critics of her open-door policy from within her conservatives on the eve of a party congress. Merkel has
In a house in Bradford, north England a scene is being played out that is as old as Christianity itself: the faithful gathering in a home to share fellowship and the gospel. The guests, some of whom have travelled from
