Tag: Britain
Charles the Third: Britain Takes its Final Form
The British long 20th century can be said to have come to an end this week with the death of Elizabeth the Second at her Balmoral residence. A lifetime of service, giving an air of monarchical normality to a nation...
Jimmy Carr & Inappropriate British Outrage
The furore that has gripped the English press in recent days over a tasteless joke rightfully invokes ridicule and mockery of the English psyche - the English Government calling for new laws to punish comedians comes at an opportune time;...
Dublin’s Newest Art Piece is About ‘Reclaiming’ Irish Nationalist History – Dublin City Council Body Claims
Dublin’s newest art installation, a multicoloured monstrosity occupying a historic plinth in front of City Hall, has garnered deserved controversy since its unveiling yesterday. However, what has largely flown under the radar is the anti-Irish messaging laced into the artwork. ...
George Galloway — Harbinger of Islamic Populism in Britain?
Another brick almost fell out of the British Labour Party’s electoral wall last week with a knife edge contest fought in the Batley and Spen by-election. Narrowly avoiding an electoral humbling for Labour, the election acts as a harbinger for...
British Intelligence is Still Up To Dirty Tricks in Ireland
Britain’s intelligence services have always acted in the shadows, unscrupulously. Turning people tout, or planting their own in target groups, have been the lighter side of their activities. Running public-facing organisations to coach the media and massage a narrative on...
After the Decadence: The Great War in Context: Simon Heffer on Edwardian Britain
The last five years has seen much in the way of remembrance services and solemn acknowledgements of sacrifice made by all those lost during the Great War. Indeed, the “war to end all wars” has sustained a poignancy across Europe...
The Last Brexit from Brussels
It looks as if Britain is heading for a no-deal Brexit on the 31 October. This can only be avoided if the British Parliament either approves a withdrawal treaty or revokes the Article 50 notification; or else there is a...
Airstrip One: The Slow Death of Freedom in the UK
What is happening in the UK is terrifying. No, I’m not talking about Brexit, the event that has gripped news media and turned it into a frenzy. I’m referring to far more important matters. Matters that, if left unchecked, will...
The Wrong Side of History
On September 30th 1938 a clearly euphoric British Prime Minister, Neville Chamberlain returned home to a huge cheering crowd at Heston Aerodrome in West London. He had spent the previous days in Munich with other European leaders, in meetings hosted...