Eurocrats need to go back to Plato to see eurozone's flaws
Plato's Allegory of the Cave could tell Europeans much about the futility of their approach to the euro
- 4 April 2011
BBC bias is a national disgrace and a global menace
As the second senior BBC presenter this year slams the BBC for politically correct bias, it is now time for the Western world’s most powerful media outlet to put its house in order, or face the prospect of its eventual abolition.
- 4 April 2011
Britain pledges continued support for Goldstone report against Israel, even as Goldstone retracts allegations
The UN Goldstone Report alleging Israel targeted civilians in Gaza is now in tatters, but so is the credibility of the countries that gave it credence
- 4 April 2011
Syria's Assad is no reformer
The Syrian dictatorship is brutal and uncompromising. There is no room for naivety from Western leaders
- 4 April 2011
Attention Deficit Disorder
The financial crisis has diverted the West's gaze from a host of security threats around the world. We need to re-engage before it's too late.
- 4 April 2011
Iran looks on as the West wrestles with contradictions over Libya intervention
The West may have thought it had no choice but to intervene in Libya, and may have been right. But the wider consequences, especially for Iran, need to be understood
- 5 April 2011
UK Uncut to Pieces
Britian has a Tea Party movement of its own, except it's left-wing, it favours (very) big government, and it's rapidly losing support
- 5 April 2011
Planned hanging of Christian mother in Pakistan highlights need for us to place rights at heart of foreign policy
Turning a blind eye to Islamist oppression in Pakistan and elsewhere is dangerous. Our foreign policy should be based on human rights.
- 6 April 2011
Sarkozy snubbed by his own prime minister as Islam debate convulses France ahead of burqa ban
With France's Muslims representing 10 percent of the population and growing, the country's political leadership is split on what to do
- 6 April 2011
Goldstone baulked at prospect of pro-terror legacy
Richard Goldstone's extraordinary retraction of the key elements of his report against Israel came after his report was attacked for supporting terrorism
- 6 April 2011
UK students hold the key to defeating campus extremism
Exremism on the British campus has invaded the mainstream. But ordinary students can stamp it out if they make the effort. A student tells of his experiences.
- 6 April 2011
Liberty? Shami on you!
Campaign groups are furious with what they call "fairweather" human rights campaigner Shami Chakrabarti for her role in the London School of Economics taking money from the Gaddafi regime.
- 6 April 2011
Sorry seems to be the easiest word
Britain was the first country in history to abolish the slave trade. But western self-hatred runs deep and David Cameron wants to say sorry for causing all the world's ills. The British Prime Minister should apologise for having apologised.
- 6 April 2011
Freedom House slams China as repression grows on fears of MidEast democratic contagion
China has intensified repression amid fears that the democratic revolutions sweeping the Middle East could inspire its own people.
- 7 April 2011
Euro set to rise against dollar, default for peripheral countries comes closer as ECB hikes rates
ECB rate rise signals a stronger euro versus the dollar, while the Portugal crisis may bring default closer
- 7 April 2011
Planet Media
The Arab world was standing on the brink of enlightenment, declared the media with one voice - but a recent poll in Egypt suggests something frighteningly different
- 7 April 2011
Am I hired or fired?
Donald Trump is in second place for Republican presidential nomination
- 7 April 2011
Kenyans face International Criminal Court for 2007 massacre
Leading Kenyans have appeared before the International Criminal Court to answer for 2007 bloodshed
- 7 April 2011
A trim or a crew cut?
Government liabilities now total £3.6 trillion. A figure so huge that it is meaningless. To make some sense out of it, it is equivalent to £138,360 for every household in the country.
- 8 April 2011
Consensus forming that Goldstone report set to continue passage through UN despite Goldstone’s retraction, diplomats, officials suggest
Evidence mounts that Goldstone Report into Israel’s Operation Cast Lead will not be withdrawn from the UN even after Goldstone publicly retracts core allegations
- 9 April 2011
Defining moment for Islam in Europe: France implements Muslim burqa ban amid protests, arrests
In what may prove to be a defining moment in Europe’s relationship with its growing Muslim population, France takes decisive action to force Muslims to conform to Western values. But Muslim activists are not taking the ban lying down.
- 11 April 2011
French Burqa ban: Call me illiberal, but I cannot countenance illiberalism
So called "liberals" are up in arms about France's decision to ban the burqa. But since when did the oppression of women become a cause to celebrate?
- 11 April 2011
Goldstone's retraction should be a watershed for the world and Israel
It is not enough for Richard Goldstone to admit key mistakes in his anti-Israeli report. He should now call on it to be rescinded, and all Western governments should do likewise.
- 11 April 2011
Tea Party sticks to its convictions
As the government shutdown loomed large last Friday, was the Tea Party movement the driving force behind government cuts?
- 11 April 2011
Constitutional crisis proves just how far Kosovo has to go
The West took a big gamble in pushing for an independent Kosovo. Building a stable democracy is proving far harder than many had hoped, and the country’s political scene is looking increasingly squalid
- 12 April 2011
Global military spending slows to lowest level in a decade, think tank report shows
Financial austerity has led to a sharp slowdown in military expenditure in many countries across the world. The US remains by far the biggest spender at $698 billion, while deep cuts in Europe underline US concerns that NATO allies are failing to pull their weight
- 12 April 2011
Let there be (nuclear-powered) light
False analogies with Japan must not be allowed to influence our energy security debate. An expansion in civil nuclear power remains the best answer to our needs
- 12 April 2011
The violence of war is shocking to behold, but appeasement and surrender are not the answers
The terrible injuries suffered by our troops in war zones should give us pause for thought. But they deserve more than the shallow defeatism of the liberal-establishment
- 13 April 2011
Geert Wilders back in court as first political trial in Europe since 1989 resumes in Amsterdam
The trial of Geert Wilders resumes in the Netherlands again raising questions about Islam and freedom of speech
- 13 April 2011
We don't need celebrity clowning to help us choose our electoral system
Liberal-left luvvies are out in force to change Britain's electoral system to AV. But the current system is fine whatever Eddie Izzard thinks
- 13 April 2011
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