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
Our response should be hope: hope that ridicule and not retaliation is our response. Because in the bleak twilight of French grief, when it seems that nothing could ever make good on the loss and violation that these animals have unleashed in one of the world’s great capital cities, what ought to ring out loud and true are not the echoes of gunfire—but guffaws at the proposition that subhumans with submachine guns will undo the achievements of our civilisation.
Prime Minister David Cameron and Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg have both accused UKIP leader Nigel Farage of trying to make political capital out of the Charlie Hebdo massacre. Their hypocrisy is as breathtaking as their moral cowardice is nauseating
The sergeant-at-arms of the Canadian parliament who was celebrated worldwide for his pivotal role in dispatching a terrorist gunman has been selected as the next ambassador to Ireland. The fact that the post of ambassador to the nation of 4.5 million
Conservative Party campaign group RoadTrip2015 has been criticised after posting a Facebook status mentioning the Paris terror attacks as a reason for activists to get the party’s candidates elected. The group said: “The news from Paris has confirmed that now
French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo has become internationally synonymous with free speech after yesterday’s brutal massacre at their headquarters, perpetrated by radical Islamists seeking revenge for their mockery of Muhammad. The magazine regularly mocks Muhammad, Jesus Christ, both specific Popes and the papacy in general, and other religious figures, which appears to have led to some misconception that religious satire is their only trade.
ITV’s Tom Bradby this afternoon reports that David Cameron will refuse to take part in the pre-election TV debates unless Ofcom reverses its decision to ban the Green Party from taking part. Asked “are you saying you are not going
UPDATE: Since this article was published David Cameron has refused to join the debates unless the Greens are included. Commercial broadcasting regulator OFCOM has ruled the Green Party is not a major party and is therefore unlikely to be included
In September 1990, an article appeared in The Atlantic entitled ‘The Roots of Muslim Rage’. Written by the leading scholar and influential academic, Bernard Lewis, in relatively close proximity to the Rushdie fatwa affair, the article was an eloquent (if
(Reuters) – Anti-immigrant groups in Germany seized on Wednesday’s deadly attack in Paris, with leaders of the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party and PEGIDA saying it showed the threat of Islamist violence.
There is already a historic, growing war going on in the Mideast and south Asia, with jihadist Muslims killing thousands of other Muslims every month. This is a growing war, and it’s both ethnic (pitting tribe against tribe) and sectarian (pitting Sunnis against Shias).
The Scottish National Party (SNP) has been accused of attempted to silence staff in the Scottish NHS in order to distance themselves from the chaos surrounding emergency health provision. In an email seen by the Telegraph, a member of staff
Fears that the Charlie Hebdo terrorists could attempt to flee to Britain after their disappearance led British and French authorities to significantly step up security in the channel ports and Eurostar stations yesterday, Downing Street has announced. After committing the
A stockbroker has been sacked, and is being investigated by police after tweeting “Think I just hit a cyclist. But Im late for work so had to drive off lol.” He later issued an apology and claimed the tweet was
Nigel Farage has warned viewers of Fox News that Western societies are threatened by a “fifth column living within our own countries” that is “out to destroy our whole civilisation and our way of life”. The UKIP leader made his
Marine Le Pen, leader of France’s Front National, has reaffirmed her commitment to giving the French people a referendum on the reintroduction of the death penalty. Remarking she would reintroduce capital punishment were she to succeed in the 2017 presidential
Calls from David Cameron’s own backbenchers to strengthen his threat for Britain to leave the EU have been called ‘a victory for UKIP’. Ahead of his meeting with German Chancellor Angela Merkel at Downing Street, where the pair were due
Buzzfeed’s ‘Political Reporter’ accused Charlie Hebdo of “goading” Muslims and “mocking” Islamic values in an article published in Muslim News shortly after the last attack on the magazine’s office. Siraj Datoo warned his readers,“don’t let Charlie Hebdo be seen as
Far left wing campaign group Hope Not Hate has performed an abrupt u-turn on their views over the content of the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo following the tragic deaths of twelve people yesterday including the well known editor and its
German president Angela Merkel, who was visiting London for talks on the European Union during the Charlie Hebdo shootings yesterday, joined British Prime Minister David Cameron for a intelligence briefing by MI5 and MI6. Although Germany is a close ally of
A former writer for Charlie Hebdo has said the next edition of the magazine will be published as usual next week despite the murder of ten of its journalists yesterday. Caroline Fourest, who worked for the satirical magazine in 2011,
There has been an explosion at a restaurant in Villefranche-Sur-Saone, near Lyon, where there have been reports of a ‘non accidental’ explosion at a kebab restaurant. The town’s Deputy Mayor Bernard Perrut says: “It is apparently linked to the dramatic
Editor’s note: This article first appeared in today’s edition of the Daily Mail Private Eye editor Ian Hislop said the victims of the Charlie Hebdo shooting had ‘paid a very high price for exercising their comic liberty’. The satirical magazine
Two of the three men believed to be involved in yesterday’s terrorist attack on the offices of the magazine Charlie Hebdo have been located in Northern France. They are reported to have robbed a petrol station near Villers-Cotteret in the northern
Editor’s note: This article first appeared in today’s edition of the Daily Mail. The cold-blooded outrage in Paris is not a story about one magazine or one country – and it is not just about freedom of the Press. It
A huge manhunt is underway in France for two suspected gunmen in the terror attack on satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo. French police have released images of brothers Said Kouachi and Cherif Kouachi, both in their early 30s, who are suspected
