At last! Politicians discuss Europe

POLITICAL miracles do happen - foreign secretary David Miliband and his Tory counterpart William Hague actually engaged in a studio debate this morning on Radio 4's Today programme on the subject of Britain's future role in Europe. (Listen here)....

A Jewish cure for homosexuality

WHILE reading the online edition of the Jerusalem Post last night, an advert popped up from an organisation called JONAH - which stands for Jews Offering New Alternatives to Homosexuality. Having been directed to its website, I scoured the pages of rabbinical...

Sag Mir Wo Die Blumen Sind? With Nick Griffin to Essex

NICK Griffin is standing for Parliament in Essex - Thurrock, the constituency which contains shopping mecca Lakeside as well as the mudflats of the north bank of the Thames and the M25 approaches to the Dartford crossing is in his sights. After...

Nick Griffin on QT: We are aborigines - I am not a Nazi

NICK Griffin's back entrance arrival at Television Centre was somehow fitting - here was a man whose policies, ideas, and speeches are the very arsehole of British values and freedoms. Yet it was right that the BBC stuck to its guns and refused to bow...

BNP: our democratic values will win the argument

THE email from Nick Griffin this morning was breathless. "Fellow British Patriot: Question Time is scheduled for 10.35pm TONIGHT on BBC1 and will be a milestone in the indomitable march of the British National Party towards saving our country." ...

Keep the BNP away from our armed forces

TODAY we salute Trafalgar Day, the anniversary of Vice-Admiral Lord Nelson's stunning victory over the French in 1805. Of course, it should be a Bank Holiday, but naturally the Government does not want to upset our good EU neighbours and...

Good heavens! I'm defending Tony Blair's beliefs

I'M not a Roman Catholic, but I would never openly question the faith and beliefs of those who are. The Catholic Church is responsible for some of the most shatteringly awesome buildings across the globe - of whatever faith or no faith you, I challenge...

Cameron has the Danyl Johnson X Factor

SKY Television has shamed Gordon Brown into appearing in at least one "leader's debate" during the run-up to the general election campaign. They've borrowed the idea from the United States, where head-to-head conforntations with an experience moderator...

The bomb which changed British politics for ever

WHATEVER one's own political beliefs, the IRA bomb planted in Brighton's Grand Hotel which was an attempt to assassinate Margaret Thatcher in 1984 was an attack on our culture, freedom and way of life which had no place in our democracy. In the...

I'm a believer: Cameron passes the test

IT wasn't a barnstorming performance in the the mould of Michael Heseltine, Quintin Hogg, or even John Prescott. But David Cameron this afternoon in Manchester did enough to pass the voters' test "will he be a capable Prime Minister." He had his audience...

East Coast joy amid a gloomy outlook

THE East Coast main line is to remain nationalised for at least two years. National Express, which over-extended itself by bidding for the franchise when Sea Containers pulled out, itself has walked away from this troubled route, whic links London...