FANTASY TAX WORLD
REMEMBERING ENGLAND
RICHARD HOGGART, 1918-2014
SICILIAN MYSTERIES
Arab and Israel narratives of "peace"
An Egyptian political intellectual attempts an objective look at the way narratives of peace and war are used by Arabs and Israelis
- 14 April 2014
Palestinians will make any excuse to avoid peace
Secretary Kerry can surely understand that Abbas has been defying the Oslo Accords of 1993 and 1995, and has been making any excuse to avoid the continuation of peace negotiations with the State of Israel
- 13 April 2014
Europe cannot do without Putin's gas
It will be another decade before the Continent can substitute the product of American fracking for Russian energy piped via Ukraine
- 12 April 2014
If big government is bad, how has the West prospered?
Libertarianism and free market economics will not survive without an answer to the conundrum of rising prosperity against a backdrop of increasing big government. Dan Mitchell from Cato has that answer
- 12 April 2014
EU contempt for Scotland, Crimea and Catalonia
The EU does not believe in the democratic self determination of people as the recent lessons from Crimea, Catalonia, and Scotland clearly suggest
- 12 April 2014
Desmond Tutu's climate change boycott madness
If, heaven forbid, Desmond Tutu's having chest pains and calls the emergency services for help, perhaps he'll tell them not to send a fosil-fuelled ambulance. His arguments are very silly, but very revealing
- 11 April 2014
Anti-Zionists want the Israeli people to die
Anti-Zionism is an annihilationist ideology. They don't want an entire people, the people of Israel, to live
- 11 April 2014
Puny Putin
Russia may dominate world maps, but it is an economic pygmy compared with the developed nations as a bloc
- 9 April 2014
The Death of Britain?
The last decade and a half was not in vain, because we won the battle of the currency. If we had lost that Britain would have been well and truly dead and buried, says John Redwood MP
- 9 April 2014
The morality of John Galt, part V
The fifth instalment of a colossal e-discussion on the work of Ayn Rand. Former British Ambassador and Contributing Editor to the Commentator, Charles Crawford takes on Associate Editor of Pieria.co.uk and former senior banking professional, Frances Coppola
- 8 April 2014
Norway's capital to get first Muslim only school, to teach Arabic and Muslim values
Norway's capital's first Muslim-only school will teach "Arabic and Islamic values as well as the standard subjects on the curriculum, replacing the subject of Religion, Philosophy and Ethics with Islam, Religion and Philosophy"
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Where is the Iranian anti-nuclear "fatwa" that Obama is so fond of quoting? asks Iranian analyst
Barack Obama is fond of referring to a "fatwa" against nuclear weapons issued by Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei to justify his trust in the nuclear deal. Trouble is, no-one has ever seen it and Iranian mullahs quote Obama as the source!
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Top Saudi Cleric says true Muslims must believe the Sun revolves around the Earth
The Middle Ages happened a long time ago, yet top Saudi scholar affirms that the Sun revolves around the Earth after all. Western science has been left in tatters
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EU, UK, UN media partner in Palestine publishes vicious Protocols of Zion anti-Semitism
European, British and international taxpayers' money is being used to fund media that promote the ideology of the Protocols of Zion, a new report says
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European diplomats, analysts say Scotland faces real danger if it breaks from UK
The Commentator has contacted dozens of diplomats and analysts across Europe. They all say the same thing: Scotland can do as its people please; but independence will be painful and far worse than nationalist leaders admit
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Euro crisis worsens and Spanish flock to Britain
UKIP gets it right. The delusions of the eurocrats cannot mask the reality that Britain has become a place of economic exile for mainland Europe. The latest figures from Spain are staggering
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British Royal Marines angrily dismiss claims they're scared of the cold in Arctic Norway
Reports from Norway that the Royal Marines have been hiding behind politically correct health and safety regulations so as to avoid getting too cold in Arctic training exercises have been rejected
Latest on the blog
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French trains, deportation of Jews, and wrong tracks
As one French historian has said, Vichy is a past that doesn’t pass. The tens of thousands of Jews who were deported on trains might have expected more decent recognition. An extraordinary saga and a journey of shame
- 8 April 2014
Scotland’s Big Brother State just got bigger
The SNP desires a politically obedient business sector that will see itself as a cog in a state-driven economy. That could only be bad for an independent Scotland
- 8 April 2014
Some good decisions at last in Middle East talks crisis
As the doomed-from-the-start Israel-Palestinian talks finally crumble into dust, some good decisions have finally come from all sides, from Israel and, strangely and perversely, the Palestinians too
- 7 April 2014
Killing the Gattopardo: Renzi's progress in Italy
On his appointment Renzi promised a reform a month – sometimes it seems like one a week - but he's making progress all the same
- 7 April 2014
Using dishonesty to advance the statist agenda
Why do Right-wing parties, the US Republicans included, continue to support big state bureacracy and the international organisations, like the OECD, that underpin modern corporatism?
- 7 April 2014
ARAB-ISRAELI NARRATIVES
ENDLESS PALESTINIAN EVASIONS
PUTIN'S HOLD ON EUROPE
DOES FREEDOM REALLY WORK?