The question of how best to deal with the British National Party raised its head again yesterday with the news that BNP leader Nick Griffin will be asked to appear on Question Time in October. The arguments for and againsttest
Speaking on the Today programme this morning, outgoing UKIP leader Nigel Farage revealed his party’s immigration prejudices. When asked why people should vote for him he said: “I don’t think that it’s acceptable that we have 75 per cent plustest
Business leaders have praised diplomas and welcomed the five new subjects being introduced to schools in England today. The diploma, introduced a year ago, combines a strong vocational element with extensive work experience, and has been designed to ensure studentstest
David Cameron’s “wholehearted commitment to the NHS” came under fire from one of his own side again last night as yet another Tory MEP brought into question the very ideals of the health service. Tory MEP Charles Tannock said: “We need to look at these issues again, I know they are controversial but I don’t think that people who are in a job would actually be against, say, spending £10 to see their GP”
Tory MEP Daniel Hannan has courted further controversy by prasing Enoch Powell, citing him as a key political influence. He said:
“In a British context, Enoch Powell. He was somebody who understood the importance of national democracy, who understood why you needed to live in an independent country and what that meant, as well as being a free-marketeer and a small government conservative.”
The Daily Express front-page article on Britain’s net contribution to the European Union contains several misconstrued statistics if not outright lies designed to reinforce their readers’ anti-EU prejudices. Among the misleading assertions in the report is the line in thetest
The BNP’s anti-Muslim lies have been exposed in a ground breaking report, In Defence of British Muslims: A response to BNP racist propaganda, published by Quilliam, the world’s first counter-terrorism think tank. The report is the first of its kindtest
A former aide to Boris Johnson, who has been forced to repay £2,100 in council expenses, faces new charges of a cover up after it emerged the inquiry into his conduct would be held in private. Ian Clement, the fifthtest
Today’s front-page lead on the Daily Express – LABOUR’S £186BN BENEFITS MADNESS – revealed that in 2009/10 spending on benefits would amount to a quarter of all State spending. The “madness” to which the Express refers is, presumably, their belieftest
The two British National Party MEPs elected in last month’s European elections have this week been appointed to key parliamentary committees. Nick Griffin and Andrew Brons will take up seats on the influential Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (ENVI)test
