I hadn't heard of Falconer, but he's minister for Middle East and Africa. Interesting priorities.

Imagine living in a cloth prison for the rest of your life.

I'm not a big fan of the pro-Palestinian demos, but I'll say one thing for them - at least there's no danger that they'll break out into a chorus of "Give Peace a Chance".

After hearing the umpteenth perfectly functioning Harvard student tell me she's "autistic," and also teenagers who shriek uncontrollably, self-mutilate, and never look at another person, I've seen firsthand how the ever-expanding "autism spectrum" diagnosis is worse than

The genius of Lord Toby Young in setting up the The Free Speech Union so ordinary people had the legal muscle to fight alleged non crime hate has even humbled the Met who now say they won’t bother with them in the future. Toby, we can’t thank you enough.

UK public borrowing nearly £100bn in the first six months of 2025/6 - close to 7pc of GDP. The OBR forecast of £117bn borrowing for the full FY is totally unachievable - about £170bn (nearly 6pc of GDP) more likely, even higher than last year!

ChatGPT estimates roughly 45-60% of U.S. government employees work in education. Is that really the area where govt is most competent, compared to private sector?

Will likely hit 5% next year, 10% this decade.

This week the Government's failure to find a solution to the Maccabi ban was then overshadowed by the revelation a small boat migrant had returned after less than a month, which in turn was overshadowed by the collapse of the rape gang inquiry, which in turn was overshadowed by

I’m starting to believe that if the Taliban decreed that all women and girls were to be chained to an iron ring in the wall beside a bucket, fed a bit of rice once a day, and allowed to wash once a month, the West would just heave a collective shrug. Yeah well it’s their culture

Conservatives made such a big deal getting the grooming gang inquiry, like it was such a big win. But it was always likely that Labour would spike it, one way and another. And we don't really need an inquiry. We know what happened and what we need to do.

Looking at the Grokipedia entry on Centre for Policy Studies and it is ridiculously superior to the Wikipedia version. A few thoughts below on why... grokipedia.com/page/Centre_fo…

Welcome to the UK: On Tuesday, in Uxbridge, west London, a dog-walker was stabbed to death in the street by Afghan. On Friday, an asylum seeker in Walsall was convicted of murdering a female worker at the migrant hotel in which he was staying. On Monday, an asylum seeker in

Hey BBC Radio 3 !!!! You're playing my recording of Schumann's Piano Concerto during the interval of my Bristol recital at THE WRONG PITCH!!!! It's too sharp and hence TOO FAST. Why on earth is this happening???? Petroc Trelawny

Sorry to report our PrepGov blog has been taken down by the deep state, presumably due to malicious reporting by our enemies. Am assuming it’s routine and we’ll be back up and running soon (right Nominet ?)

I know it's tempting, after lefties have been so censorious over minor matters & brought down so many for innocent mistakes, to seek vengeance in kind. But cycles of vengeance just degrade everything. At some point some side has to be the "bigger person" & do the right thing.

Astonishing that Lee Anderson- an MP since 2019 didn't know this already. Did Conservative MPs *any* pay attention to policy while in power?

Nice article about how everything's fine in England. She also wrote this.

Seems a bit mad that the Royal Family is tearing itself apart on the basis of a memoir from a serial fabricator

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