A budget of sound bites not substance
This budget did little more than tinker around the economy’s edges. Osborne desperately needs to take tougher decisions
- 21 March 2013
EU power grab fatally undermines democracy
The devil is not only in the detail, but also in the concept. And here lies the problem with the EU
- 18 February 2013
Raise MPs' salaries
Let's be honest, our current set of MPs includes a mere handful who inspire. Perhaps a pay rise might entice a better sort
- 6 February 2013
Jesse Jackson… Eurosceptic!
The Labour Party's stance on Europe grows stranger by the day
- 1 February 2013
Defending democracy: Does the BNP deserve your cash?
The BNP is wrong on just about every level, but so would be stopping its funding
- 25 January 2013
The honour of MEPs, a Eurocrat, and a Brussels wonk
This year's honours list includes a Tory, a Labour, even a Lib Dem, a Eurocrat, and a Brussels wonk. Who possibly has been missed out?
- 2 January 2013
More independence than Salmond bargained for?
The odds on the referendum of Autumn 2014 proving to be Salmond’s political death warrant have just tripled
- 7 December 2012
BRUSSELS SPROUTS: Kafka's EU fruit and veg fiasco
Franz Kafka could not have thought up this latest EU bureaucratic nightmare, but Britain isn't innocent either
- 9 November 2012
Brussels Diary: Senior Tory MEP admits UKIP poses direct threat to Tory election hopes
Senior Tory MEP Charles Tannock says UKIP cost Conservatives 20-30 seats at last general election
- 27 October 2012
Exclusive: Tory conference bans UKIP debater
The team running conservative party conference has banned The Commentator's contributor Alexandra Swann
- 8 October 2012
The Brussels Diary: UKIP conference edition
A busy week away from Brussels at the Bournemouth West UKIP meeting and the UKIP conference
- 28 September 2012
The Brussels Diary: Federal Europe is on its way
Federal Europe is on its way and the British people have been pushed too far already. It's just a shame that Westminster and the vast majority of the British main stream media isn't listening
- 14 September 2012
Brussels Diary: The fight for Dracula's gold and rights of the poor edition
Socialists do not tend to support things that might lose them their electorate. Keeping the poor poor is a standard trick of the left. What would they do if "ordinary people" were no longer dependent on them?
- 8 September 2012
Brussels Diary: Rainy gems from a European inbox edition
There's a message asking to nominate anyone eligible for the International Charlemagne Prize of Aachen, awarded for making a valuable contribution to European unity. I think we should nominate Farage
- 1 September 2012
European culture: Is there such a thing?
We are not one united people and the EU cannot legislate us into such - so what of 'European culture'?
- 26 August 2012
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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