On 6 May, Londoners went to the polls to vote for their next Mayor. After five disappointing years under Sadiq Khan, there were some hopes of a Conservative counter-strike. Yet…
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It was not just the UK that had elections last week. The region of Madrid also went to the polls and delivered a decisive victory for the Ayuso-led Popular Party,…
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Seneca’s ‘Pumpkinification’, mocking the deification of Claudius, included a line about the one province that had built a temple to the Emperor while he was still alive – Britannia. “And…
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There are very few people in this country who would dispute that we have a problem with housing. Those that do have clearly not been paying attention to the sorry…
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Shaper-of-your-life-and-mine, and SAGE member Susan Michie has never tried to conceal her membership of the Communist Party of Great Britain – the “mainstream media” does that for her. But, if…
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The issue of sexual assault has been at the forefront of the public mind of late. This is largely due to the shocking revelations of a study released in March…
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Over the last month, Madrid has been turned into an electoral battleground. Recrimination, armed police and death threats have characterised an ugly campaign that began when current Madrid President Isabel…
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This week, President Biden gave an historic address to Congress. It was the first time that the President had two women sitting behind him as Vice-President and as Speaker of…
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For centuries, Afghanistan has been seen as the last untamed frontier. From the geopolitical struggle between Tsarist Russia and the British Empire in the 19th Century, to the long drawn…
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The new “Right” is coming. Popular support for conservative parties in Europe is increasing day by day. It increases in each election cycle, but what causes all this? It seems…