EXCLUSIVE: Leaked documents reveal Tory spinners in intensive anti-UKIP media briefings
UKIP leader Nigel Farage has slammed the "shallow" Conservative Party after documents show nasty attacks emanating from Tory HQ
- 27 April 2013
Conservative cowardice on Israel?
Peter Oborne's recent comments on the Conservative Party and Israel are overshadowed by his fundamental misunderstanding of British politics and the history of the Israel-Palestine conflict
- 13 December 2012
UK newspapers' reactions to Obama re-election
Take a look at today's UK newspapers' reactions to the US presidential election
- 8 November 2012
John Bercow's security concerns
John Bercow cited security as the rationale behind censoring details of the Westminster "rent swap" scandal this week, but it seems security isn't always his main priority...
- 21 October 2012
I'm offended you're offended: The waning courage of the West
When it comes to criticising Islam, something happens that leads us to censor ourselves and to adopt a form of naive appeasement. Why?
- 18 September 2012
Worstall, Carbon Tax and Floating Polar Bear Syndrome
Tim Worstall is seemingly convinced that "the Man from Whitehall" could "solve" the climate "problem", if only he could exchange one centrally-planned, environmentally-ineffectual social nightmare for another
- 7 August 2012
Why Charlie Elphicke's priorities are wrong
It ought not to be the job of the Conservative party to define ‘fairness’ as “tax everybody, everywhere”. Leave defending that sort of nonsense to Labour and the Liberal Democrats
- 20 March 2012
Peter Oborne espouses dangerous, delusional and factually incorrect views on the UK-US alliance
Robin Simcox castigates the Telegraph writer Peter Oborne for his nonsensical positions on the Anglo-American relationship
- 15 March 2012
A truth that must be told - why we should all support tax statements
Tomorrow, Ben Gummer MP will promote a bill to the House of Commons which, should it succeed, will require every tax-payer to be supplied with a statement breaking down how his or her personal tax contribution is spent
- 24 January 2012
Republican Party of America: Tear Down Your Wall!
On June 12th in 1987, Ronald Reagan told Mr. Gorbachev to ‘tear down this wall’. By June 12th 2012, the Republican Party must have torn down its own walls, so that a ‘non-traditional’ candidate can triumph against Obama in November.
- 11 October 2011
Hell no, American taxpayers should not bail out the IMF
The time has come to stop the cycle of bailouts. As Greece has demonstrated, bailouts simply give politicians some breathing room to postpone necessary reforms.
- 26 September 2011
Labour’s response to the Boundary Commission showed us the political class at their worst
The only people who will really notice changes to constituency boundaries are MPs. As a result they are making a fuss. However, this achieves nothing, except to remind people of how self-serving the political class has become.
- 15 September 2011
Special Forces in Libya: A Breach of UNSCR 1973?
The presence of Western Special Forces in Libya does not contravene the terms of UN Security Council 1973. In fact, they may well be important in helping to facilitate it.
- 25 August 2011
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