Former German Chancellor Gerhard Schröder has strongly criticised his successor’s handling of the migrant crisis, accusing Angela Merkel of having “no plan” in dealing with the influx. In an interview with Handelsblatt, the former Social Democrat chancellor accused Ms Merkel
Controversy erupted at the University of Nottingham this week after two speakers who have previously voiced hardline homophobic views were invited to speak as part of ‘Discover Islam Week’. The controversy has not focused on the speakers however, but instead
Almost a third of voters hold views that are in tune with to UKIP policies, according to a new study. Reuters reports that Academics from the Universities of Manchester and Nottingham carried out an analysis of 100,000 voters and 6,000
Ed Miliband has said that he would only hold a referendum on the EU if more powers were transfered to the body after the 2015 election, something that he described as “unlikely”. Miliband said: “It is important to emphasise that
In a sizeable escalation of its threats to annihilate Israel, Iran’s official Fars News Agency today prominently featured the Lieutenant Commander of Iran’s Revolutionary Command Council boasting that Iran’s military was prepared “to destroy ‘the Zionist Regime’” at a moments
Left-wing lobby group, 38 Degrees, has been accused of deliberately wasting MPs time ahead of today’s vote on NHS reforms. The group, which is opposed to the Care Bill, has asked it members to send tens of thousands of identical
The only time I met the late trade union leader Bob Crow was when we appeared together on BBC Any Questions. Before the show I researched what I thought would be the killer point which would floor him completely: the
A Jewish watchdog group in the Netherlands has reported a 23 percent rise in the number of anti-Semitic incidents in the country since 2012. The website JTA.org reports that the Centre for Information and Documentation on Israel (CIDI), recorded 147
TEHRAN, March 11 (UPI) — Iranian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Marziyeh Afkham said Tuesday there was no basis to claims her country was behind the Lockerbie bombing in 1988. Arab news broadcaster Al-Jazeera said it obtained evidence from classified U.S. documents, which
Two Schools in Stockholm, including a Jewish school, have been graffitied with swastikas and anti-Semitic slogans, authorities have said. The ynetnews.com website reports that The Vasa Real school, a Jewish school that offers classes in Hebrew and Jewish studies, was
It was in the Brooklyn GOP Radio party on Saturday night that the Brits and Europeans who ventured to the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) really made their mark. Okay that’s probably not fair, since Daniel Hannan, Syed Kamall and others
No more bangers for some young Brits, as two schools have banned all pork products from their menu. They are to be replaced with halal versions to appease a minority of Muslims. At Brinsworth Manor Infant and Junior Schools in
The former deputy speaker of Britain’s House of Commons, Nigel Evans MP, stands accused a string of sexual assaults over a ten year period. The former Conservative Member of Parliament strenuously denies the allegations, but the prosecution has laid out
Eurocrats have been thwarted in their plans to greatly increase the MOT inspection routine on caravans. The move would have led to greater costs for owners, and more roadside tests for commercial vehicles. Conservatives led by Jacquie Foster MEP managed
More than 160 academics have signed a letter to a national newspaper today to protest at being forced to spy on their students as part of an immigration crackdown. The academics have accused the Home Office of “undermining the autonomy
The Palestinian Authority’s unanimous refusal Monday to recognize Israel as a Jewish state must not be permitted to impact the current US push for an Israeli-Palestinian framework agreement, according to State Department Spokesman Jennifer Psaki. Such an agreement, now being pushed
BBC presenter John Humphrys has criticised his own broadcaster, accusing it of being “broadly liberal” and failing to take into account opposing views. In an interview with the Radio Times magazine, the Today programme presenter said the BBC had, in
New Zealanders will vote on whether to ditch the Union Flag from their own flag by 2017, Prime Minister John Key has said. Deriding his country’s flag as symbolising a “colonial and post-colonial past”, Mr Key said he would set
Jordanian riot police maintained control of several hundred angry protesters gathered on Monday in front of the Israeli Embassy in Amman demanding the Israeli ambassador’s expulsion and burning Israeli flags. The protests were sparked by the killing of a Jordanian
One of the biggest divisions in the conservative movement right now is how to respond to Vladimir Putin’s aggression in the Ukraine. On the one hand are the neo-cons who apparently want to flex America’s muscles and open a new
Enough is enough. The phoney debate over fracking (the hydraulic fracturing mining method to extract shale gas and oil) has gone on long enough. There is simply nothing to debate. The fracking technique has been around for over 60 years
Even a CPAC veteran like me was shocked on Saturday night. I’ve been to six Conservative Political Action Conferences in six years. But I don’t think I could have ever been prepared for the ‘Casa De Liberte’ party, hosted by
An Anti-Israel activist caused a major disturbance after launching into an expletive-ridden tirade at the National University of Ireland, Galway. As students voted in favour of a campus-wide boycott against the Jewish state, ‘pro-Palestinian’ activists showed their true colours, verbally
