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Telegraph: Maybe A Caliphate Is Not Such A Bad Idea

Supposedly the most right wing broadsheet in Britain has this afternoon called for the establishment of an Islamic “caliphate”. Democracy and the separation of church and state are folly, the Telegraph tells us, and the only way stop Muslim murdering is to

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Russia Denies Sending Troops to Syria

Russian officials denied reports that the government placed Russian soldiers in Syria and deployed fighter jets. Reports of Russian activity in the war-torn country swarmed the internet this week.

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Putin Resurfaces: ‘It Would be Boring Without Gossip!’

Russian President Vladimir Putin finally emerged in public on Monday after a mysterious ten-day disappearance. Speculation grew as Putin canceled multiple public appearances over the weeks, though Putin indulged none of them on Monday, safe a remark that “it would be boring without gossip.”

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French Police Classified Second Police Shooting as ‘Terrorist Attack’

French authorities classified the death of police officer Clarissa Jean-Philippe, 25, a terrorist attack. The shooting is France’s second terrorist attack within a span of 24 hours. Two gunmen slaughtered twelve people at Charlie Hebdo headquarters on Wednesday as they screamed, “Allahu Akbar!” Even though both are considered terrorist attacks, authorities did not initially link the attacks, though reports are now surfacing that the three suspects may be related.

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Cameron Still Wants Turkey to Join the EU

After months of debates over controlling EU migration, which saw the Prime Minister himself making a speech laying out measures on how the Tories would try to regain some control, David Cameron has said he still wants Turkey to join

Cameron Still Wants Turkey to Join the EU

So Farewell, then, Telegraph Blogs…

So Telegraph blogs is finally to close. To no one’s great surprise, I would imagine. Some of us, certainly, will have seen the writing on the wall in recent Telegraph blogposts like these: Tom Chivers: Why Global Warming Is More

So Farewell, then, Telegraph Blogs…

Van Rompuy: EU Would Survive without UK

The EU would be “wounded” if the UK left, but “dead” without France, outgoing President Herman Van Rompuy has said. His speech, considered to be the final of his five year term as European Council President, came as a new

Van Rompuy: EU Would Survive without UK

Juncker’s €315bn Giveaway Dismissed as Gimmick

The €315bn “New Deal” for investment and growth in the EU was today dismissed as “chicken feed” by a leading academic. Professor Charles Wyplosz from Geneva University dismissed the proclamations by President Juncker and said “it won’t do anything to

Juncker’s €315bn Giveaway Dismissed as Gimmick

Class War: Labour Threatens Private School Tax Breaks

Private school educated Dr Tristram Hunt has said that a Labour government would launch an attack on independent schools claiming charity tax breaks. Writing in The Guardian, Dr Hunt, who went to £18,000 a year University College School in Hampstead,

Class War: Labour Threatens Private School Tax Breaks

NHS Doctor Skips Bail to Join Taliban

An NHS doctor has skipped bail for charges of assault and fled to Pakistan, where he has become a senior Taliban leader. He was able to leave the country despite being ordered to surrender his passport as part of his

NHS Doctor Skips Bail to Join Taliban

UK Must Be Prepared to Walk Away from EU Says Hammond

The Foreign Secretary has sent a strong message to his European counterparts by saying that Britain “must be prepared to walk away from the EU”. Philip Hammond, a known Eurosceptic, told The Telegraph that Britain must get “substantial, meaningful reform”

UK Must Be Prepared to Walk Away from EU Says Hammond