Grooming gangs in Rochdale and Rotherham raped with impunity and you won’t...
I really should not have laughed out loud when reading an article by regular Times columnist Jenni Russell entitled “Women victims still can’t get a fair hearing”. These are serious matters. Judge me...
View ArticleBlasphemy laws return to Europe
Guido Fawkes reports: ECHR: Defaming Muhammad beyond “Permissible limits” of “objective debate” and comments, The Austrian court found that “by making the statements the applicant had suggested that...
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Before solving a problem, it is necessary to identify it. Few political leaders or journalists or other public figures are willing to state the obvious fact that the main source of anti-Semitism in...
View ArticleFree expression is good because it enables nasty people to show us all how...
Suzanne Moore on Twitter, on Twitter: One thing twitter has ruined for ever is the fantasy that left-wing people are nice. What a bunch of bastards. Spewing out nastiness. I am on the left myself but...
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Hobbs mania: How a cartoon depiction of Mohammad provoked Muslim outrage – in...
I have begun reading Leo McKinstry’s book about Sir Jack Hobbs, whom he describes in his book’s subtitle as “England’s Greatest Cricketer”. So, greater than W.G. Grace then? That’s what McKinstry says,...
View ArticleDiscussion point: the fate of the ISIS bride
What do you think should be done with her? Former MI6 director says schoolgirl who joined Isis should be ‘given a chance’ Although Shamima Begum has shown no remorse, Richard Barrett says Britain...
View ArticleA cursory search of the soul
“France has an antisemitism problem – and not just from the gilets jaunes”, writes Cécile Guerin in the Guardian. With a headline like that the obvious next question is where else is France’s...
View ArticleSamizdata quote of the day
“The dangerous and sectarian practice of prescriptive racialism is an outgrowth of an insistence that we think of people not as individuals but as representatives of groups — we speak of “the Arab...
View ArticleHer Britannic Majesty’s Government should do something….
British woman faces Dubai jail over Facebook ‘horse’ insult Shocking news from Dubai, a British woman, formerly an expat in Dubai, has been arrested there and is facing up to 2 years in jail, after...
View ArticleWhat answer were you expecting?
Diana Darke, writing in the Guardian, asks, Britain used to ask Muslims to move here. What happened to us? In the current climate of Islamophobia, I wonder how many British people are aware of a series...
View ArticleWhat comes next after two?
Iran claims to have seized British oil tanker in strait of Hormuz Second ‘British’ tanker ‘Mesdar’ seized near Iran after veering off course
View ArticleA suggested compromise for helping the Kurds
Should American soldiers be fighting on the side of the Kurds, against Turkey? Yes!!!? No!!!? (Instapundit ruminations here.) I suggest a compromise. All those Americans, and all those from anywhere,...
View ArticleWhat did Trump just do in Syria?
The New York Times is scathing about President Trump’s decision to pull US troops out of Syria and let the Turks invade: President Trump’s acquiescence to Turkey’s move to send troops deep inside...
View ArticleWhy is this not the world’s biggest ongoing news story?
In a cultural genocide with few parallels since World War II, thousands of Muslim religious sites have been destroyed. At least 1 million Muslims have been confined to camps, where aging imams are...
View ArticleThe importance of keeping good company
Jeremy Corbyn is in trouble over the Labour party’s anti-semitism problem. This clip from his interview earlier this evening with Andrew Neil is painful to watch. The UK’s Orthodox Chief Rabbi, Ephraim...
View ArticleWe owe the relatives of murder victims our compassion but not our belief
Saturday’s Daily Mail carries this headline: ‘He’s a fraud’: Father of London Bridge terror victim Jack Merritt blasts Boris Johnson for making ‘political capital’ out of son’s death – and backs Jeremy...
View ArticleFive, six, seven, eight, who do we assassinate?
Please try not to get arrested, but in the shadow of the assassination of Qasem Soleimani, might it not be interesting to have a discussion about the rights and wrongs of assassination? Most states,...
View Article“With it being Asians, we can’t afford for this to be coming out.”
From the Times: “Police chief: we ignored sex abuse of children” Race fears stopped us acting, victim’s father told A senior police officer admitted that his force ignored the sexual abuse of girls by...
View ArticleIf women own their bodies they can choose to modify them
The BBC reports, Calls for ‘virginity repair’ surgery to be banned Campaigners are urging the government to outlaw “virginity repair” surgery. Many Muslim women risk being outcast, or in extreme cases...
View ArticleSamizdata quote of the day
A reluctance to acknowledge the specific religious motivations behind certain acts of terror makes it more difficult to develop the social initiatives, political strategies and security arrangements...
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