British MP yells, "You make me sick!" at anti-Assad audience member on Islamist linked TV station
George Galloway's new show on 'Al Mayadeen' TV has afforded him the luxury of shouting at audience members and railing against the West in a confused half-Arab accent
- 2 September 2012
What French Conservatism can teach the Anglo-Saxon Right
Left and Right are difficult terms to get to grips with, but much can be learned from the different ways they have been interpreted
- 17 August 2012
Interview: "Sound science and good economics seem to have disappeared from British policy making"
The Commentator interviews Ambassador Alan Oxley on World Growth's new report indicating that the developing world is suffering due to groups such as WWF
- 8 August 2012
Ambassador Gould's comments on Israel's popularity show a lack of clear thinking
Matthew Gould's comments reveal an institutional catatonia at the FCO. One that will ensure Britain's role in the Middle East declines in perpetuity
- 6 August 2012
Ask Louise Mensch MP: Is "Give Drugs a Chance" a sell out, or is it realism?
No-one thinks this is an easy issue. Do we use that as an excuse not to confront it?
- 9 July 2012
The lessons from 7/7 have never been more pertinent than in 2012
Britain's role in securing the Olympic Games this summer will be a testament to those who lost their lives on 7/7
- 7 July 2012
Happy Diamond Jubilee, Your Majesty
Let's respectfully salute a lifetime of service to the people
- 5 June 2012
Can we ban Argentina from London Olympics after latest outrage on Falklands?
Argentina has just run a TV ad showing one of its athletes training for the Olympics on the Falklands – “Argentinian soil“ it says. We say it’s time to make life harder for Buenos Aires
- 4 May 2012
No es Buenos Aires: Argentina's ambush of William Hague reveals hard truths
The Argentine ambush of William Hague was symptomatic of wider contempt emanating from Buenos Aires
- 2 May 2012
Master of the puppets to return to the Kremlin
Last week’s announcement that Vladimir Putin will run for President in 2012 shows the transition from democracy to dictatorship in Russia is complete. But the West continues to put its head in the sand.
- 29 September 2011
Whoever controls Germany controls Europe: why Britain must better understand the German mind
Understanding the German government’s policy and the German mind remains as significant for foreign policy makers in the UK in the 21st century as ever it was.
- 19 September 2011
Failing energy policies are expensive: why Britain needs to open the debate on emissions regulation
Britain must open the debate on emissions taxes and regulations that other Anglophone countries have been engaging in for years.
- 15 August 2011
The Disastrous Death of Common Sense
Former British Ambassador Charles Crawford argues that the Labour Party’s support for the unrelenting deconstruction of British values has created ignorant, violent decontextualised people, completely detached from history - and morality
- 10 August 2011
Energy prices: how to keep the United Kingdom competitive
The government must ensure that the UK can earn its living in today's competitive world. Energy prices should be high on the agenda.
- 8 August 2011
Coming soon to a neighbourhood near you: a caliphate!
Are we resting on our laurels in allowing Hizb-ut-Tahrir conferences across the Western world? Or is this liberalism at its best?
- 13 June 2011
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