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Nigel Farage

Farage Finally Faces up to Islam

(Photograph: Derek Bennett, CC BY 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons) It’s taken Nigel Farage a long time; some might say an inordinate amount of time (a decade and a half if you’re counting), but he’s finally gotten around to addressing Britain’s Muslim problem. For this he deserves praise and reproach in equal measure: praise for

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Rishi Sunak

Crying in the Rain

It’s hard to make the past 14 years of Tory incompetence look polished, but Rishi Sunak certainly made a good fist of it during Wednesday’s farcical performance outside Number 10. Standing in the pissing rain with nothing to accompany him except the jeers of that megaphoned jackass, Steve Bray, and the New Labour theme tune

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Geert Wilders

Wilders Victorious

(Photograph: Elekes Andor, CC BY 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons) ‘The sun will shine again in the Netherlands’ remarked a jubilant Geert Wilders last week, as he announced the formation of a right-wing coalition – a coalition which means Holland and the Dutch people will finally get the government they voted for six months ago. Having

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Westminster

Manifesto Anyone? 

Following the decision by the government to make it illegal to own one or more hens without registering with DEFRA, I will definitely not be voting Conservative at the next election. The only thing that would change that decision is cancellation of this completely ridiculous piece of legislation. As part of my push back against this

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Israel

Israel’s Collateral Damage

According to the usual pearl-clutching commentariat and our cowardly elites, Israel is not doing enough to avoid civilian casualties in Gaza. Apparently over 30,000 civilians are dead, the majority of whom are women and children. To some, these distressing figures, fabricated by Hamas and enthusiastically announced by their cheerleaders in the western media, most notably

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Westminster

Who Not to Vote For?

To vote or not to vote? That is the question. Choosing who to vote for has never been a problem for me. When I was a long-haired student and member of the Labour Party I duly voted Labour and continued doing so for many years, until I saw the light. That particular light was Margaret

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