Authoritarianism
Those Damn Nazis Again
Once again it seems we are back to labelling everyone and anything as far-right. It’s a repeating theme and I feel as though I am bashing my head against a metaphorical brick wall. Again, we [more…]
European Union
Authoritarianism
Hungary for the Truth
“Oh my God the Nazis are back again. This time in Hungary.” Or so we are told by the EU and its sycophantic supporters, who believe it is a haven of civil liberties, a bastion [more…]
America
Theresa May’s Final Days
All political careers end in failure and so it will be with Theresa May, who will go down in history as one of the most ineffective and weak Prime Ministers of the UK. An exemplar [more…]
Conservatives
The Diary of Boris Wimp
Theresa May is just a week and a bit from another Tory Conference. Who could have imagined after her disastrous election followed by the dismal Tory Coughference of 2017, she would still be leader? The [more…]
Authoritarianism
Lord Salisbury
Back in the 1960s Hayek wrote an essay entitled ‘why I’m not a Conservative’. A few years ago I used the title for a lecture I gave to the Cambridge University Conservative Association. I also [more…]
Elections
How Goes the War?
Steve Bannon is reportedly [Inside Bannon’s Plan to Hijack Europe for the Far-Right] shovelling money in the direction of various nationalist European parties and causes, so it may be a good time to assess where [more…]
Arts
Halal and the European Union
For five years (2004-9) I sat on the European Parliamentary Consumer Affairs committee, a woeful experience indeed but with occasional flashes of unintended humour. One forlorn afternoon in Brussels we sat deliberating on European bottle [more…]
Authoritarianism
EU Military Union
The terms ‘EU army’ and ‘military integration’ are soft cover propaganda words. Words chosen to dull the reality of the plans that are being made for the future of the UK’s defence. The planned ‘Defence [more…]
Arts
A Divided Nation
There seems to be a lack of historical perspective concerning the division of opinion in the country today. The great & the good argue, no doubt for their own benefit, it is unprecedented. The Archbishop [more…]