In a lively exchange in the House of Lords yesterday, the government admitted that the costs of renewable energy technologies far outstrip the benefits they deliver. Responding to a question put to him by Viscount (Matt) Ridley on the cost of
The Queen stands firmly behind remarks she made yesterday in Berlin, calling for unity in Europe and warning against “dangerous” division, Buckingham Palace has confirmed. Speaking at a state banquet in Berlin, Her Majesty called on Europe’s leaders to “maintain the
The UN’s Human Rights Council has issued more condemnations of Israel than of all other countries combined, a new report has found, prompting allegations of gross corruption. The Council also reserves a special agenda item targeting Israel in every meeting,
A Labour Member of Parliament has said that British Muslims shouldn’t have to apologise for the young people from their communities who go off to join ISIS. Bolton MP Yasmin Querishi drew a comparison with the Charleston shooting last week, saying that,
The orang-utan population of Indonesia is being driven to the brink of extinction thanks to the massive deforestation underway to satisfy the rapidly growing demand for palm oil as a biofuel. Some scientists estimate that as many as 95 percent of the
In an act which has been branded “shameful”, pro-abortion campaigners are stepping up their campaign to deliver abortions to women in countries where the practice is illegal by flying abortion pills into Poland via drone. The “abortion drone” will make
The Australian government has slashed its renewable energy generating targets by nearly 20 per cent in keeping with election campaign promises made by Prime Minister Tony Abbott. In the culmination of protracted negotiations over the last few months, the Australian
A Member of Parliament has accused Lord Greville Janner of Braunstone of being a “serial child abuser” who “violated, raped and tortured” children in the House of Commons. Labour MP Simon Danczuk referenced Lord Janner when raising the issue of the Crown
New EU rules which will see British jobs being advertised Europe-wide have gained the backing of Conservative Members of the European Parliament (MEPs). The Parliament’s Committee of Employment and Social Affairs today voted in favour making it easier for jobseekers across Europe
Doubts are growing over whether the European Union and the United States can come to a conclusion on the controversial TransAtlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) deal, as other items on the political agenda are being given precedence by the two
Two schoolboys had their plans to blow up Buckingham Palace, the Houses of Parliament and a shopping centre thwarted when one of their mothers found materials to make a bomb in his room and alerted the police. The two 16-year-olds
So-called environmentalists protesting against a Shell oil rig parked in Seattle have wreaked thousands of dollars worth of damage on a protected marine park. Shell has stepped in to foot the bill for the cleanup operation. In May of this year,
English victims of IRA atrocities have spoken out against the appearance of Martin McGuinness at a rally against austerity held in London this weekend. Approximately 25,000 people descended on Westminster, Central London on Saturday for the March Against Austerity, at which millionaire celebrities
Leaders of the Catholic Church in America have taken their “marching orders” from the Pope’s encyclical on climate change, and are already lobbying politicians in the House of Representatives and the Senate, as well as instructing their parishioners to do
UKIP leader Nigel Farage is the man to take on the Prime Minister, David Cameron in a televised debate on the UK’s membership of the EU, a UKIP MEP has said. Speaking to the BBC’s Andrew Neil during yesterday’s Sunday Politics show,
Two thirds of Britons applying to train as a nurse are being turned away, even as the National Health Service (NHS) is spending “ludicrous” amounts on hiring foreign nurses, the head of the Royal College of Nursing has said. Dr
As the Islamic State rampages across the Middle East, destroying lives, killing off Christian communities, and smashing ancient cultural artefacts, the British government has vowed to act – by finally ratifying a Convention to protect those artefacts, 61 years after it
378 people have convicted under the Hunting Act over the last ten years, it has been revealed; a figure which equates to one person every fortnight being handed a criminal record for hunting with dogs. Those convicted faced fines of up to
The first International Day of Yoga has sparked a race row in India, with some Muslims accusing the government of pushing a Hindu agenda. They have also claimed that practising yoga flies in the face of Islamic teaching. The day
The UK government is continuing to defy its own austerity rhetoric by funding environmental quangos to the tune of hundreds of millions of pounds, creating a corporatist market in the field of environmental technologies in the process. In the last 24
Construction is underway on a new European ‘Iron Curtain’ designed to keep migrants from crossing into EU territory. The barrier is taking the form of a 109 mile long fence along Hungary’s southern border. Hungary is the most south easterly
A British lorry driver has claimed that his colleagues have been stabbed and beaten by “intimidating” migrants as they pass through the French port of Calais. His testimony is the latest in a long line of warnings from drivers who are
Europe is facing a migrant invasion on an unprecedented scale, as 185,000 asylum seekers flood ashore from North Africa in just three months, the equivalent of 2,000 a day. Despite their claims to be overwhelmed by migrants, it appears that Italy
A petition to ban “climate change denial” pages from Facebook has attracted over 3,300 signatures. The author of the petition is arguing that climate change denial must be banned on the social networking site because Facebook rules stipulate that pages
The majority of child sexual abuse cases are taking place in areas with significant Asian populations, a new report has found. Figures revealed by Freedom of Information requests lodged with every police force in England show that London, Manchester and West
The central African country of Chad has banned full Islamic face veils, known as burqas, following suicide bombings in the country’s capital earlier this week. The country’s population is mainly Muslim. The government of Chad has blamed Islamic group Boko
A leading left-wing think tank has warned that rising green levies will create an angry public backlash. But rather than arriving at the obvious conclusion – that green energy costs too much to be sustainable – they have called for
A physical education teacher at an exclusive boarding school has been banned for life after she was found to have pursued an inappropriate relationship with a 15-year-old pupil which involved lesbian sex. A professional conduct panel has found that Lauren
Serious failings by the NHS left cancer patients without treatment, forced families to turn to private healthcare for their loved ones and prevented families from being with dying relatives, according to a damning new report. The litany of failures was compiled
A Scottish quango is handing out £2.4 million in subsidies to companies willing to try their hand at cracking the problem of wave power technology. The generous grants, of up to £300,000 per company, represent only the first round of spending
Britain is sexist because the government won’t pay for women to have spare bedrooms, a UN rapporteur has claimed. She also slammed the government’s austerity cuts as sexist because they perpetuated violence against women. Rashida Manjoo, the UN’s Special Rapporteur on Violence Against Women
Climate change luminaries and green energy activists are among those awarded in the Queen’s Birthday Honours list this year, as recommended by the British government’s ‘Honours Committee’, it has been revealed. Honours are awarded to around 2,700 people each year, split across
Migrant workers living and working in Europe sent home $109 billion last year, with $17.1 billion (£10.9 billion) flowing out of Britain alone, a new report has found. The amount sent by migrant workers out of Britain roughly equals the total
The former Labour education secretary Charles Clarke has called for the abolition of Christian assemblies in British schools as part of a radical reform of the relationship between schools and religion. He would also like to see religious education replaced
A draft of the long-awaited Catholic Encyclical on Climate Change has been leaked four days early by an Italian magazine.
Professing basic Christian doctrine could be effectively “criminalised” in some circumstances under the UK government’s proposed Extremism Disruption Orders, a prominent Anglican theologian and former lawyer has warned. In the run up to the last general election, the Conservatives included
David T.C. Davies, the Member of Parliament for Monmouth, has told the House of Commons that government policies on climate change, which have massively increased the cost of energy for homeowners and businesses, are based on the assumption that all
Half a million migrants are thought to be amassing on the shores of Libya waiting to make the crossing to European ground. The Royal Naval ship NHS Bulwark rescued 1,300 migrants from overcrowded boats heading across the Mediterranean this weekend,
The United States and United Kingdom are leading the way in climate change scepticism, according to a recent survey which has found that one in three Americans and one in four Brits don’t believe climate change is a serious problem. By comparison, just four
Shocking video has emerged of the moment a women stubbed out her cigarette on a female reporters face outside Caboolture Magistrates Court in Queensland, Australia. Steeve Jane Kennedy was being charged for the murder of a young father – thought to be
