The Iconoclast
No Euro 2016 victory parade if France beat Portugal in final, security chiefs warn
Not that they have beat Portugal yet and Express. and the French edition of
Guess Who’s Coming to Iftar?
by Mark Durie A widely-publicised Iftar dinner, intended to show that Malcolm Turnbull gets what it means to be inclusive, ended badly after he was advised that one of his […]
Shakespeare’s Greatest Psychopath
Is character destiny, as the ancient Greeks thought, or is it the other way round? Are people made, or do they make themselves? About this question there is still no […]
Gaza Tunnel Fail
I thought Islamic Jihad was defunct. Nope. From the
Green Park – Picnic for Brexit
After paying our respects in Tavistock Square a few of us decided to pop over to Green Park where there was a picnic organised in support of Brexit by the Fisherman’s […]
Tavistock Square
As has been their custom since 2006 members of March for England and friends, of which I am pleased to be considered one, attended Tavistock Square to lay flowers on […]
Massachusetts: Syrian Refugee held in Indecent Assault on Girl, 13
This has been happening in public pools all over Europe. Now it is here in the US. Lisa Redmond writes in the
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, so far
by Conrad Black A pattern is emerging in the conduct of the Trudeau government. It straddles fairly stylishly between gestures to the trendy and fashionable cutting leftward edge of its […]
ISIS Reportedly Boils its Fleeing Fighters Alive in Fallujah
reported that the terror group punished seven militants who tried to escape by tying their hands and legs before throwing them into a large pot of boiling water. ISIS also shot […]
Israel: Muslim Arab (PhD, Islamic Studies) Convicted of Trying to Join Islamic State
A very telling little report from Orli Harari of Israel National News. http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/214525 “Israeli Arab Mother of Five Convicted of Trying to Join ISIS”. ‘A 44 year old Israeli-Arab mother […]
Hillary and Tony: Can They be Compared?
by Michael Curtis To lose one email on a personal server may be regarded as a misfortune: to lose several thousand work related emails looks like carelessness. Certainly, FBI Director […]
Does BBC’s Jeremy Bowen understand what constitutes a ‘direct link’?
by Robert Harris Since the release of the Chilcot Report, many have said former UK prime-minister Tony Blair is directly responsible for the rise of Islamic State. In substantive causal […]
Pausing to Remember the Big Picture – New Hubble Crab Nebula Video
Rejecting Post-Political Europe
by Theodore Dalrymple Public debate before elections or referenda is seldom notable for its high intellectual level or honesty, and that which preceded the recent referendum on Britain’s membership of […]
Dozens Killed in Suicide Attack on Shiite Shrine North of Baghdad
The Muslims civilian on civilian war of annihilation continues – Sunnis exterminating Shi’a in Iraq: