The Last Ditch by Tom Paine

Can anyone tell me why Will Young is on Question Time this evening? He is toe-curlingly inarticulate. He has nothing to say, but is too stupid to know it. I am more dismayed though by Shami Chakrabarti, the leader of Liberty, of which I am a member. Her attitude to…

David Miliband says Britain right on ‘torture evidence’ refusal – Telegraph. The “special relationship” has long been unrequited. Do we now know why Secretary of State Clinton, no previous friend of Britain’s, was prepared to make Millibland look good to his home audience by referring to it at their recent…

Motorist told flag could be racist (From This Is Wiltshire). Am I the only one who agrees that a crime was committed in this case, not by the young driver, but by the police officer and not "racism", but treason. h/t The Englishman

Petition to: to remind his government that parents must remain responsible in law for ensuring the welfare and education of their children and that the state should not seek to appropriate these responsibilities. | Number10.gov.uk. If you believe that parents should be responsible for their children's education, please let the…

'Sexpat' lawyer who published online erotic novel sacked from City firm – Telegraph. As a general principle, how does the publication (in whatever medium) of a novel by a member of its staff bring a company into disrepute? I can't see that the firm in question was ever mentioned on…