CAMERON LOOSING THE GRASSROOTS
ELECTORAL FACADE IN EQUATORIAL GUINEA
ELECTORAL SYSTEMS: ITALIAN-STYLE
ISRAEL FIGHTS MEDIA BIAS
Elections won’t change Iran
The events of this week remind us that the Islamic Republic remains a harsh theocracy – and that almost certainly won’t change no matter who prevails in next month’s “democratic election” for President
- 23 May 2013
If a party must be fit for power, Ukip's not fit for purpose
If Farage can’t or won’t cut a deal, and his forecast of an ill-wind blowing in from Romania and Bulgaria fails to materialise, he’ll soon be back to straightening out our cucumbers, not our country
- 23 May 2013
What we know about the brutal Woolwich attack
There's plenty we don't know about yesterday's attack and the circumstances surrounding it. Here's what we do know
- 23 May 2013
The children of Anwar Al-Awlaki
Yesterday's horrific attack in Woolwich would appear to confirm that the jihadist war against the West is heading in a worrying new direction
- 23 May 2013
Four reasons to applaud Apple’s tax planning
Here are four things you need to know about Apple's tax planning
- 22 May 2013
America's new isolationists are endangering the West
Obama’s multilateralism and a growing trend for Republicans to turn their backs on the world pose a grave security threat
- 22 May 2013
When elections are free and fair - broadly speaking
US foreign policy and any claim to moral leadership have plummeted under the current U.S. administration - never more so than in the case of Iran
- 22 May 2013
Hawking hatred
Could a man of such prodigious intellectual talent as Stephen Hawking really be so wrong? Of course he could
- 21 May 2013
First principles on wealth and economic growth
The first principles on wealth and economic growth throw a stark light on the shift in relative wealth going on in the world today
- 21 May 2013
The internet, like the press, works best when left alone
Governments the world over are meddling with the free flow of information, requiring constant vigilance by citizens
- 20 May 2013
Fighter jets escort Pakistani plane in British airspace
An RAF Typhoon jet has been scrambled to investigate an incident involving a Pakistani International Airlines plane in UK airspace.
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UKIP slammed for "utterly absurd" Labour pact
UKIP's local coalition with Labour and the Lib Dems has attracted stark condemnation from conservative activists
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Green Party Leader blames London terror attack on Britain
Green party leader tells LondonLovesBusiness that the attacks on Britain are the consequence of our interventions around the world
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New reports of "rejected" Palestinian peace deal
A map reportedly drawn by Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas apparently shows an Israeli peace deal from 2008 that was ignored
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Rafsanjani: "It's not possible to run [Iran] worse than this"
Disqualified presidential candidate Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani has criticised Iran's Guardian Council, calling them "ignorant"
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VIDEO: Mortar shelling in Lebanon as Syrian sectarianism spills over
Fierce fighting that included heavy mortar shelling killed six people overnight Wednesday in Tripoli after efforts to reach a cease-fire between Jabal Mohsen and neighboring Sunni areas faltered
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Major incident in South London with reports of shootings and a beheading
Reports suggest that a serving solider has been "hacked to bits" in Woolwich by two men with "meat cleavers" and guns
Latest on the blog
- Major incident in South London with reports of shootings and a beheading
- Saudi Arabia beheads Yemenis, displays corpses in public
- Swastika flag flies over Palestinian village
- VIDEO: BBC presenter slapped down over question of Farage's drinking and smoking habits
- MPAC Woolwich response betrays British Muslims
- NY Democrat pleads with Republican not to share document proposing confiscation of guns
- Sunday Times blood libel cartoon, on Holocaust Memorial Day no less
- Palestinian jailed for Facebook like
- 'Muslim Patrol' vigilantes attempt to control London streets
- Saudi cleric who raped and killed daughter receives small fine
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What is the point of Scottish nationalism?
Nigel Farage is right; anti-Englishness drives much of Scottish nationalism - and what's the point of that?
- 20 May 2013
Carbon emissions hit 400ppm. So what?
“CO2 is primarily plant food while its other implications for Nature are negligible in comparison." Maybe we should learn to love our carbon emissions?
- 20 May 2013
Conservatives and Karansebes
The Conservative Party is dangerously close to being caught up in an internal battle that will kill off its ground forces and allow Miliband's Turks into the village
- 20 May 2013
Obama-gate and World War III
Is this how World War III starts on Obama's watch?
- 20 May 2013
Whither the Chilean model?
Despite substantial gains, Chile’s market economy does not automatically generate either an appreciation or a defence of the principles that have made them possible
- 20 May 2013
RAFSANJANI OR NOT, IRAN WON'T CHANGE
UKIP NOT FIT FOR GOVERNMENT
JIHADISTS EMERGE AGAIN
A NEW DIRECTION FOR JIHAD?