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White cliffs of Dover

One in (No)One Out

I predicted recently in these pages that, whatever the government claim they are going to do about illegal migration, they won’t. And once again, they haven’t. The last Tory government talked a good talk about flying illegals out under two Home Secretaries, Priti Patel and Suella Braverman. But each time they tried, even with planes […]

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London Union Jacks

On Unity 

J. K. Rowling’s work, I confess, leaves me somewhat cold. Harry Potter is just an Enid Blyton boarding school story with sprinklings of magic, cod Latin and dubious politics (the Ministry of Magic imprisons and tortures its political opponents and they’re the good guys. Really?). One thing she got brilliantly right, I think though, was

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Charlie Kirk

RIP Charlie Kirk

It is no coincidence that Charlie Kirk was shot in cold blood while speaking at a campus to young people, wearing a T-shirt with the word Freedom written across it. We do not know the identity of the person who shot and killed Mr Kirk, but we know he murdered him with a sniper’s bullet,

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Little girl brandishing knife and axe in self defence

Blaming The Victims

There is a worrying trend in the West, whereby the authorities appear to have concluded it’s far easier to prosecute the victims of crime than it is to deal with the actual criminals themselves. The latest example of this is the so-called ‘Sophie of Dundee,’ Mayah Sommers; arrested and charged by Police Scotland for the ‘possession of

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Old man writing furiously

From the Man Cave XII

This column finds the occupant of the man cave in low spirits. Strutting my stuff in the gym about ten weeks ago, I overestimated my strength or underestimated the weight of a couple of kettlebells. Initially I thought I had hurt my back, so I paid a visit to the physio – paying a lot

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Syringe

Too Many Pricks 

I’ll state upfront that I have no medical qualifications or particular in-depth knowledge / experience of medicine, or even of the NHS as a real patient for many years now. Why this disclaimer? Well mainly because what follows is my own supposition, sparked by an unexpected phone call from my GP’s Surgery last week.  Back

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A letter from Mohammad

A Letter From Mohammad

Mohammad XXXXXXXXX Xxxxxxxxxx Spa Hotel Little XXXXX by-the-sea XXX 3BK 31 August 2025   Dear Mohammad, I’ve been here in England for a few weeks now. Man! It be mental here, I love it! I arrived here a few weeks ago with Mohammad and Mohammad. They was moved on to another hotel as they complained

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Royal courts of justice

Lucy Connolly: Free at Last

When the history of free speech in Britain is written (assuming it is allowed to be), this week’s landmark case will no doubt feature heavily. It may also wind up proving the ugliest stain on Keir Starmer’s reign as Prime Minister – and bear in mind, that’s up against Lord Alli’s bedsheets. Lucy Connolly –

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