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Controversial atheist author Professor Richard Dawkins is playing up to his reputation as one of Twitter’s most prolifically divisive users by insisting that aborting Down’s Syndrome babies is a highly moral act. The Oxford biologist became embroiled in the online

George Galloway MP, leader of the Respect party has been questioned by police under caution after he declared Bradford an “Israel free zone” and then claimed that the police had not contacted him. Breitbart London understand that the belligerent Galloway

Further questions have been raised over an independent Scotland’s place in the world after the Secretary-General of NATO said there would be no automatic membership for the would-be breakaway state.  The announcement comes after news that Scotland would also not

Concerns have been raised after federal wildlife investigators in the United States observed a solar-thermal plant immolating passing birds mid-flight. According to the Associated Press the workers at the 392MW plant have a nickname for the birds, ‘streamers’, given for

The European Union is using £100m of public money in order to keep food prices artificially high across the continent – with British taxpayers funding the move which means consumers are effectively paying for food three times over. Earlier this month

The Austrian Federal Ministry of Health is taking precautionary measures in the Eastern municipality of Vomp in Tyrol after a British woman recently returned from Ebola-hotspot Nigeria died unexpectedly. The body of the 48-year old, who had also recently traveled

Trust in the NATO alliance has been further eroded after the Der Spiegel newspaper revealed that Germany has intercepted telephone calls made by US Secretary of State John Kerry, former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and NATO ally Turkey.

With the proportion of foreign nationals in English & Welsh jails now firmly established at over ten percent, the cost of hiring translators is reaching unprecedented heights.  As reported by the Mail Online, a freedom of information request to the

Welcome plans to expand Freedom of Information (FoI) laws to private companies that operate local monopolies have stopped short of including the statutory corporation Network Rail Ltd, leaving it free to continue evading public scrutiny.  The company, which maintains almost

Number crunching blog politicalbetting.com has revealed the extent to which Britain’s Conservative Party stands to gain in the House of Commons should Scotland vote for independence next month.  Although recent polls show separation remains the less likely outcome, the poll

A leading figure in the Scottish Independence debate has raised fears that should the country remain in the UK after next month’s referendum, the rest of the country will exact “revenge” upon Scotland for daring to seek independence.  In his

A report by the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) think-tank has cast doubt on Scottish leader Alex Salmond’s 2020 deadline for a ‘nuclear Free Scotland’ and suggests a British enclave in Faslane could save the taxpayer up to £3.5 billion. 

A libertarian member of the Norwegian parliament has received death threats after attending a pro-Israel rally in Oslo.  The Local reports that Kristian Norheim, who is a secretary of the Freedom Party (Framstegspartiet) and admirer of Margaret Thatcher has said he received threats

The Air Accident Investigation Branch (AAIB) was called in to investigate a hard landing after the pilot of a Flybe aircraft carrying 47 passengers lost his arm during the final descent.  The unnamed pilot who has been described as “one

The Greek Prime Minister has hailed the discovery of a large ancient tomb with possible connections to famed leader Alexander the Great as “clearly extremely significant”, as reported by the Daily Telegraph. The tomb, which dates from around 300BC and

Despite talk of a complete reassessment of the scope and scale of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) when it’s Royal Charter expires next year, the corporation is still sending some 100,000 threatening letters to households every day, according to the

With just five weeks to go until Scotland votes on whether to leave the United Kingdom, and with support for the Union faltering, the British government has played one of it’s biggest trump cards and announced a ship building programme

The newly-privatised Royal Mail Group is to pay homage to greatest privatiser of them all with a special Margaret Thatcher postage stamp. The Express reports that the October stamp set will feature four Conservative, two Labour and two Whig prime

As Russian retaliation for Western sanctions bites across the European Union, Greece’s Foreign Ministry has expressed indignation at non-EU member Turkey boosting food exports at the continent’s expense, according to EurActiv. The initial sanctions were hastily applied by Western countries,

In what might be considered a major gaffe, the European Union’s (EU) chief scientific adviser Anne Glover has just insisted her work should be “not transparent” and should be kept out of the public eye.  Her advice to the Commission chief

Although news coverage of Europe has been sticking to David Cameron’s pitched battle against Jean Claude Juncker and European federalism, the real emerging story was elsewhere this week. While the Ukraine crisis rumbles on, a number of seemingly unconnected events in Eastern

The past six months have been a very mixed bag for dedicated Eurosceptics. Tempering the remarkable victory in May’s European elections was the blocking of the European Union (Referendum) Bill in the House of Lords in January. Following that the Government failed to introduce legislation for a referendum bill in the Queen’s Speech, to ensure we have an In/Out referendum after the General Election