There’s an interesting article in the Daily Mail today on a poll conducted by French newspaper, Le Monde, which found that “68 per cent of French and 75 per cent of Germans believe Muslims are ‘not well integrated into society’.” The poll also found that “42 per cent of...
The Daily Star’s record of inaccurate reporting on Muslims was on display again yesterday in an article claiming that the “bigoted and Islamophobic” BBC had been “caned by Muslim teachers” over its recent Panorama programme, ‘British Schools, Islamic Rules’. The DS stated:...
Despite widespread reports claiming that control orders were set to be scrapped, according to the Guardian, Nick Clegg is “willing to seek a compromise” on control orders and “will recognise that some form of replacement control orders is necessary – even though in opposition he called...
There was widespread coverage over the weekend in The Telegraph, The Independent, and the Guardian (among others) of the news that control orders are supposedly set to be ‘scrapped’. From the Guardian: “Nick Clegg, the deputy prime minister, is said to have won his cabinet fight to scrap...
The Institute for Public Policy Research today publishes a report, titled “Worst of Both Worlds: Why First Past the Post no longer works”, which argues that the UK’s current ‘First Past the Post’ (FPTP) voting system is “no longer fit for purpose.” The report states: “Not only...
Peter Oborne today wrote on his Telegraph blog on “Why the Middle East is about to split the Coalition wide open.” Oborne writes of the “moral and other costs” to Britain of aligning herself too closely to the Obama administration and its “gutless abandonment of the search for peace...
There’s much in the papers today (Daily Telegraph, Independent, Guardian, Daily Mail, Daily Express, Daily Star and Metro) on the Prime Minister’s podcast marking the New Year and his comments on the continuing threat we face from terrorism. The PM speaks in his address of the Coalition’s...
According to the Guardian, police have asked the government for new powers to stop and search people without having to suspect them of any crime. From the Guardian: “… police, including the Metropolitan force, which leads the UK fight against terrorism, say they need a boost to their...
On Boxing Day, The Daily Telegraph published an interview with Marine Le Pen, the daughter of French far-right leader, Jean-Marie Le Pen. In the interview, Miss Le Pen warned that “The progressive Islamisation of [France] and the increase in political-religious demands [of Muslims] are...
Writing in his Daily Express column on Monday, Leo McKinstry reprimanded the Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, for his Christmas sermon. In McKinstry’s view, western leaders (Dr Williams included) have not done enough to “challenge the Islamic culture of persecution.” He...
