Banned from deploying into Nazi-occupied France, Blair 'Paddy' Mayne went anyway, crossing enemy lines repeatedly in his jeep, so as to take the fight deep into enemy territory. A lover of animals, he was revered by those he lead into battle. Their epic story is told in my new

Farage is right. And he is also the target of major a type of hounding that is very dangerous for democracy. The Radical Left has near complete institutional control & huge amounts of funding yet can't stomach ONE man, his crime being to provide opposition! It's disturbing.

My latest cartoon for tomorrow's The Telegraph Buy a print of my cartoons at telegraph.co.uk/mattprints Original artwork from chrisbeetles.com

Three terrorist attacks were foiled during the Olympic and Paralympic Games in Paris. Two were planned in the French capital while a third was planned in Saint-Étienne. Those involved have been arrested and investigations are ongoing.

Castlederg. 25 Protestants were murdered by Irish Republican death squads over the course of the troubles, escaping to safety over the border. Not one single prosecution or enquiry into collusion from the Irish State. NOT ONE.

“Through all this blizzard of paper, the EU’s share of the global economy has almost halved even though it has twice as many members as in 1993; and the income gap with ordinary Americans is over 50 per cent bigger…”

"This has the impact of deeply hurting other families who have been denied any recourse to justice, … Republican terrorists have been appeased and placated and through actions by both Nation States have become virtually untouchable …” newsletter.co.uk/news/national/…

New research on “Neithers” in N Ireland from Jon Tonge - shows failure of Irish nationalism to sell a United Ireland. There is a reason: it’s an incoherent non-solution to NI’s issues. Clearly it’s not just unionists in NI who know that. But in nat bubble, UI is “inevitable” 😆

“It is now less than four weeks until the new Irish Sea Parcels Border descends on 30 September. “The disruption it is causing is already evident as increasing numbers of providers based in the rest of the country are deciding to discontinue trading with Northern Ireland,"

“…right up to the night before his resignation, Boris Johnson was very trenchant, saying there were things that still needed to be done, commitments he’d made, improvements to the Irish border that needed to be secured…things only he could deliver…” telegraph.co.uk/politics/2024/…

“According to the OBR, low-skilled migrants are actually a net cost to the state of more than 150k by the time they reach the state pension age…the cost obviously grows after retirement…The estimated burden on the public purse increases to almost 500k if they live to 80…”

The world's oldest English language daily newspaper, the Belfast News Letter, is about to turn 287 newsletter.co.uk/news/people/th…

Back in Cornwall - South Coast path this year… Was sorely tempted to change the sign to *LONDONDERRY*

Absolutely harrowing and unforgivable that these kids were dispensed with officially as making 'lifestyle choices' to be sexually violated. Why aren't we having a public inquiry into the scandal of Rotherham? The institutional timidity/callousness that allowed this *stinks*.

“Rather than defend those who defeated terrorism, successive governments have engaged in self-flagellation. The result is that republicans have twisted the story of the Troubles into increasingly unrecognisable shapes, casting themselves as victims and the state as the aggressor”

But, arguably, the real roots of this rejection of ‘original sin’ lie in the nineteenth century Romanticism of writers such as Rousseau…

“Belfast is not Berlin, so it isn’t…”

There were 81 murders in the North in 1989. The IRA carried out 57 of them. All those victims are being asked to let go of the past. When it comes to the 1989 murder of Pat Finucane, Sinn Fein demands justice & accountability. Hypocrisy is the only word. independent.ie/opinion/eilis-…

Another great piece from Eilis O'Hanlon in Sunday Independent

Newcastle, County Down looking spectacularly beautiful this week, where the Mountains of Mourne sweep down to the sea #RoyalCountyDown #NorthernIreland #RoryMcIlroy #IrishOpen