#GreenlandIsNotForSale It might at first seem a joke, or disrespectful to the Greenlanders, Denmark (and Europe) but 80% of the United States was acquired by purchase or invasion. The Louisiana purchase (which doubled the then size of the US) cost $15 million (1803); Florida

What remains when all honour is lost? Every good citizen makes his country's honour his own, and cherishes it not only as precious but as sacred. Do those governing the USA still hold to these precepts? If so, why do we not read of mass resignations from the Foreign Service?

Spanish prime minister Pedro Sanchez must be the most corrupt politician in his countries modern history. thetimes.com/article/8ae32a…

Extraordinary Photos .... could peace be the legacy of the Pope, even after death?

Born in Morocco, brought up in Corsica, multi-lingual, trained as a civil and canon lawyer, he is 73, so neither too young nor too old. He served as a Vatican diplomat, and as Nuncio in Sudan and Eritrea and Apostolic Delegate in Somalia. Then as Sostituto from 2006-2014 he

Why are Israeli Settlers undermining historic Christian settlements in the West Bank, taking land and putting up signs saying Christians have no future in the places they have lived in for centuries? thecatholicherald.com/article/christ…

The reality of Labour’s policies - one of Britain’s most successful entrepreneurs moves all investment to the USA. Jim Ratcliffe’s Ineos Energy ends UK investment: thetimes.com/article/e84a6d…

The revelations by the BBC of police conduct at Charing Cross makes it impossible to have any further confidence in the commissioner, Sir Mark Rowley. While it is now time for Rowley to retire, ultimately the buck stops with the Mayor of London. But for the BBC, neither the

Prince Andrew is to be deprived of all his honours and titles. When he reverts to the status of a commoner, it should be remembered that just removing him from the rolls of the Garter and Royal Victorian Order will not deprive him of the title of Sir that he received with the

Why is the USA prepared to give Russia, the aggressor in the Ukraine war, a win? This does not bring long term peace (and no Nobel peace prize). Of course the US has a history here - in 1847 it was the aggressor against Mexico, invaded on a spurious excuse and after a military

So what a surprise, Lakshmi Mittal (Britain’s wealthiest resident) is leaving the UK. Unfortunately our government is still unaware that people change their behaviour when tax policies change. The mostly second rate graduates who join the civil service with no greater ambition

Sunday mornings were made for this ☕📚 🎨: Marie Bracquemond (French, 1840-1916), detail of "Breakfast" (about 1880), oil on canvas

Labour here manages to combine hostility to culture with contempt for religion. How can the pitiful saving to be made from cutting this be justified when we read daily of waste and incompetence? digitaleditions.telegraph.co.uk/data/2256/read…

Jenrick, Rosindell, and Braverman, the trio not just united for having betrayed their constituents who voted conservative at the last election, but for their blatant lies when they were elected for what was in their party manifesto. Now they seem to be proud of telling us that

Epstein was surely a later manifestation of Mephistopheles, offering financial and sexual temptations to bring the mighty into his web, while his victims, like Margarethe, were abandoned when they ceased to be useful.

How the UK's green party hides its anti/Semitism (yes its leader is Jewish but perhaps he hopes nobody will remember. spectator.com/article/why-wo…

Yet again the BBC get it wrong. Only 14 Commonwealth Realm states need to introduce primary legislation to remove AMW from the succession. The headship of the Commonwealth is decided one person at a time - at the moment the King is head, but he could be succeeded by someone with