The British government spends hundreds of millions of pounds a year effectively lobbying itself, a new report by the Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) has revealed. The Sock Doctrine, published Wednesday by the IEA, reveals how the British government, at
Gilles de Kerchove, the European Union’s counter-terrorism coordinator, has publicly stated that he wishes for the European super-state to be able to remove not just websites that promote illegal content, but also those which he calls “undesirable.” The statement from
The European Union has admitted to spending £65,000 ($105,000) on propaganda aimed at convincing Londoners over the importance of the European super-state, just months before European elections. The four-page spreads in the Evening Standard, as well as the Independent and
By now you are probably all aware of the Scarlett Johansson vs. Oxfam story that has seen a global ‘human rights’ organization effectively urge for the further impoverishment of 5,000 Palestinians. Oxfam, in distancing themselves from SodaStream’s work which brings
One of Nigeria’s leading Salafist clerics, Sheikh Mohamed Awwal Adam Albani, was gunned down by the radical jihadist Boko Haram group on Saturday night near his home in the northern part of the African country. The highly respected 54-year-old preacher
The European Union’s Home Affairs Commissioner has admitted that corruption across the European Union is “breathtaking” and could account for as much as $160bn lost every year, a figure around seven times larger than Britain’s annual contribution to the EU.
In an otherwise excellent piece for the Trending Central website, my good friend and colleague Alex Wickham states that had the UK Conservative Party “swallowed their pride” in 2012 and allowed for democratic reforms of Britain’s upper chamber to pass,
Iran is set to receive its first batch of oil money from a $4.2 billion pot this week, according to its chief nuclear negotiator Abbas Araqchi. The funds, thought to be around $550 million, are due to be deposited in
Hundreds of Syrians, including children and the elderly, have been treated at the Israeli Defense Force’s secret field hospital in the Golan Heights. Last week, the Israeli military allowed television cameras into the facility for the first time, displaying the
A British sailor known only as ‘AB’ is set to sue Britain’s Ministry of Defence (MoD) following allegations that she was sexually assaulted while guarding a Taliban terrorist in 2012. AB, who is in her early twenties, was posted to
The Channel 4 documentary Benefits Street caused a stir in Britain after it revealed that entire streets of the United Kingdom were occupied by British citizens who lived off welfare. Many have not worked in over a decade. Yet this ostensibly
The Wall Street Journal is reporting that award-winning actor Philip Seymour Hoffman was found dead on Sunday afternoon at his New York City apartment. The New York Post has reported that Hoffman died of an apparent drug overdose, “in the
The question over Scottish Independence looms large in the consciousness of every political operative from Westminster to Holyrood. Many are cognizant of the fact that the caprice of the Scottish Nationalist Party and its leader could well break up a
I know Americans usually get a kick out of watching Prime Minister’s Questions, or even from seeing UKIP leader Nigel Farage berate the President of the European Council. The video below should rank just as highly on your list of moments
An unnamed Muslim woman from Austria was told to marry the man that allegedly raped her after she reported the crime, which took place during a visit to the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The woman, 29, was told that her
The rise of the Tea Party-esque UK Independence Party (UKIP) in the United Kingdom has often been attributed to a disillusionment within conservative circles. But recent evidence has highlighted that the political left, and the Labour Party in particular, may have
When the BBC’s recent documentary The Truth About Immigration aired earlier this month, pro-immigration critics were quick to slam some statistics shared in the program as “sensationalist” or “extreme examples.” One of these claims was that at a school in Southampton,
During a visit to Washington, D.C. earlier this week, I was accosted several times by young, feisty American girls who were overly eager, after hearing my British accent, to take me to task over the recent reporting regarding Her Majesty
While the likes of MSNBC’s Chris Hayes are criticising actress Scarlett Johansson‘s decision to stand by SodaStream and Israel and ditch the politicking Oxfam, there is another group of people whose opinions on this issue should be heard: the Palestinians
One of Britain’s largest television stations is rightly facing censure from free speech campaigners after it chose to obscure a cartoon depiction of the Prophet Muhammad during a debate over the “Jesus and Mo” cartoons which have become the catalyst
Nigel Farage’s right-wing UK Independence Party (UKIP) has once again rocked the British political establishment by coming first in a recent poll which quizzed Brits on their feelings towards the four main political parties. While UKIP hasn’t yet mustered up
“We are full, and I think parents who are coming into the city now need to appreciate that they can’t sort of pick and choose anymore. The schools in the city are full to bursting.” So remarked Anne Steele-Arnett, a
In an interview with Total Politics magazine, former British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw claimed that his senior position in government may have been threatened by “neo cons” in the United States. Tony Blair’s former foreign secretary, who has held a number
The late Baroness Thatcher has topped yet another popularity poll, further cementing her claim as Britain’s best post-war prime minister. Members of the UK Parliament (MPs) resoundingly backed the conservative prime minister’s tenure, according to polling from February that indicated that despite
Britain’s supposed “envy of the world” National Health Service (NHS) may soon be charging non-British patients for emergency services provided by the system, which is usually “free” at the point of use. A recent consultation has determined that the strain
The London School of Economics (LSE), the alma mater of alumni such as former U.S. President John F. Kennedy, billionaire George Soros, and blundering economist Paul Krugman, has suffered embarrassment this month after it was revealed that students wearing satirical
Remember when war was a bad thing? Remember when the “doves” lined the streets in protest against foreign entanglements that would put our troops in danger? I do. I was there in 2003, when a “million” protesters lined the streets
