Today Saturday the 4th of June, I wanted to hear news of the relief of Raqqa and the city’s population which has been trapped by ISIS gangs for months. Conditions are so bad, it is reported, that some refugees have drowned their children. There is no food or water, and, as is usual with ISIS, reports abound of men been … [Read on]
Leading Big Business figures and politicians now claim the EU is vital to our prosperity. But we remember when they all said joining the Euro was vital for British prosperity. They are so EU-blinkered that we can’t trust their judgement. Thank goodness we didn’t listen. What a disaster that would have been! _______________________ Lord Peter Mandelson “Until we come off … [Read on]
In 1920 a fellow Liberal MP crossed the floor of the House of Commons to join the ailing Socialist party. Churchill remarked, ‘It is the only time I have ever seen a rat swimming toward a sinking ship’
“If and when the Vatican is attacked by ISIS, which as everyone knows is ISIS’s ultimate trophy, I can promise you that the Pope would have only wished and prayed that Donald Trump would have been president.” Donald Trump 18 February 2016. Apologies to G. K. CHESTERTON White founts falling in the courts of the sun, And the Soldan of ISIS is … [Read on]
Despite Brussels’ protestations that the EU Referendum is a once-only offer, if Britain votes ‘out’ the EU will be forced to come cap in hand asking us to reconsider. We are the fifth largest economy in the world and unlike Brussels (23 years trying conclude a trade deal with the US and still trying) we hold an open door both culturally and financially to the entire globe. Without … [Read on]
Race & Faith. For more than half a millennium, Britain has managed diversity through a process of organic integration, with newcomers and their traditions gradually absorbed into the culture. But in this new age of ‘superdiversity’, with more people of very different backgrounds arriving in greater numbers than ever before, is that enough? [pullquote]“Rome may not yet be in flames, but … [Read on]