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Who are the media kidding? Paulette Hamilton is ‘moderate’ for the Labour Party

Today’s by-election in the Birmingham seat of Erdington was supposed to be a walk in the park for the Labour Party candidate, Paulette Hamilton, who is campaigning to become Birmingham’s first black MP. The election follows the death, in January, of veteran Labour MP Jack Dromey, who won the seat at the 2019 general election […]

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The New Conservative

The fall of the West

I’m no expert on geopolitics. I slept through most of GCSE History, and I could just about find Ukraine on a map (assuming you gave me a couple of cracks at it). But I know something – the West isn’t the West anymore. For too long now, we’ve been getting away with non-actions; repackaging our

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A globalist odyssey: the makings of world government from Moral Re-Armament to the World Economic Forum (Part I)

A Globalist Odyssey  Dr Niall McCrae & Prof Roger Watson Introduction The concerted and radically interventionist response to the Covid-19 pandemic has ignited speculative thinking on the plans of a putative global elite. In this two-part essay, Niall McCrae and Roger Watson take a historical perspective, focusing on two organisations: Moral Re-Armament and the Trilateral

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The New Conservative

The return of Lutfur Rahman

Anyone who fears politics has become stale of late, stilted by the never-ending saga of Covid – prepare yourselves for some entertainment: Lutfur Rahman is back! Yes, it’s been five years in the wilderness, but the Arthur Daley of Tower Hamlets is once again hitting the campaign trail to become mayor. Those with long memories

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The New Conservative

Is there a cure for the NHS?

The often called ‘jewel in the crown’ of the British welfare state is beginning to look more like a ‘fly in the ointment’ of the nation. When I see that they are continuing with restrictions to visitors entering hospitals, with some places imposing an outright ban, I wonder if the ‘N’ in NHS stands for

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Sadiq Khan

Khant fires Dick

Lockdown has been tough on the Dick and Khants of this world. Nowhere is that more evident than London, where Covid restrictions were stiffest. In fact, while Dick and Khant make ideal bedfellows most of the time, they’ve not exactly been hitting London’s g-spot lately – unless the ‘g’ stands for GBH. With social distancing

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MP's Salaries

MPs’ salaries

Recently, I was invited to contribute a short piece for the launch of ‘The New Conservative’; now having obliged, I thought it might be interesting to open with something contentious. So, here we are: I firmly believe UK parliamentarians are significantly underpaid for their work. As unpopular opinions go – and I have a fair

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Tony Blair

Resign, Sir Tony

On the subject of Tony Blair’s knighthood, I feel it incumbent upon me to disclose an interest: I loathe Tony Blair. Incidentally, I despise Lewis Hamilton and everything he kneels for, but opposing his knighthood would never cross my mind; even if it is for playing Scalextric. No, there is something particularly sinister about our

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