Gary Glitter may think it is ‘Good to be back’, but he is not welcome. Over a week ago, the BBC announced that pop star Paul Francis Gadd (aka Glitter) has been freed from prison. I also saw this story on GB News and I cannot understand why they have released him. To be honest, […]
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As a devout atheist, I have an enduring fondness for our Anglican heritage. I am a great lover of churches, of hymns, and church services. Well I remember those public school morning assemblies where the Lord’s Prayer would be uttered sotto voce, and I would join in: “Our Father who art in Heaven, hallowed be thy name…”
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Never let it be said that here at The New Conservative we do not care about illegal immigrants. On the contrary, we care passionately. And we are going to prove it by providing anyone (by ‘anyone’ of course, we mean young men of fighting age) who fancies coming to the United Kingdom and partaking of
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Whilst social media promises us unrestricted access to an individual’s innermost thoughts and whims, the culture in which it operates is diametrically opposed to freedom of expression. Despite rare victories, such as the Elon Musk exposé of Twitter censorship (“Elon Musk reveals motivation for Twitter Files, says ‘almost every conspiracy theory’ about the social network
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I only catch the BBC Radio 4 Today programme briefly each day. I listen to a few minutes while shaving. It is really all that I can stand. On Friday morning we were treated to the ghastly story of the death, at police hands, of Tyre Nichols. It more than appears (it was all caught
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As the UK’s public service broadcaster, the BBC’s Royal Charter lays out its mission statement: “To act in the public interest, serving all audiences through the provision of impartial, high-quality and distinctive output and services which inform, educate and entertain.” This is further clarified by its editorial values: “Our audiences have a right to receive
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Happy and glorious, that about sums up the mood of the nation since King Charles announced the plans for his—pared down to the bare essentials—coronation. A snip at two hours long and only 7000 guests – so, not much of a jamboree after all. According to the Royal website, the coronation: ‘will reflect the monarch’s
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We are being subjected to almost saturation coverage of someone who is extremely unimportant and who seems terribly upset because that awful truth has finally dawned on him. We have him on the front pages, the inside pages, the reviews pages, the leaders and op-eds, and even on the letter’s pages. I feel it is
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There is no need to turn on the copious comedy channels available on our televisions, the ongoing comedy show that is otherwise described as the United Kingdom knocks them all into a cocked hat. Teachers With nurses, train drivers and university lecturers taking strike action, the teachers’ unions were feeling left out. They too have
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For decades, progressives have focussed their attention on the restriction of free speech. This is crucial when you favour emotion over facts, because it helps to deny the others access to, well, facts. Since the 1990s, political correctness has shrunk the ever-narrowing boundaries of ‘acceptable speech,’ under the guise of not causing offense, naturally. Fast-forward
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