Ah, political correctness and climate change combined…that two-for-one type of story which saves TheEye effort in covering all the bases. In Australia, a Liberal Party (a Conservative, basically) politician refers to a young leftist politician in an “offensive” manner: “Opposition Leader John-Paul Langbroek has been accused of offending women in […]
David Davies is the MP for Monmouth and on the Home Affairs Select Committee. He’s a thoroughly sensible chap who is cursed by having to write back to thousands of invitations for speaking engagements to delicately check if he’s been mistaken (again) for THE David Davis, one time Shadow Home […]
In the “It Couldn’t Happen To A Nicer Politician” department today, the President of Zambia has banished scores of monkeys from the grounds of his official residence after one urinated on his head during a press conference. More than 200 monkeys live on the State House grounds, but Leader Rupiah […]
RightWingNews notes that Iran is a theocracy, which means Islamic law and thus Islamic clerics, have great influence. One of the clerics which President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad regularly consults has recently laid out the Iranian version of “enhanced interrogation techniques”. It is rather revealing, both about the mentality of those that […]
There is really not much doubt which the most powerful country in the world is, and there’s not much doubt who are the most powerful people in it: the US Supreme Court. Split ideologically down the middle between liberal justices who believe that they are there to make the law […]
Just a bit of humour and light relief. This story is out on the AFP wires about a dust-up between two French districts. Note that it’s between right and left wing areas with the conservative town opening fire first. “French commuters ran head-on into a local political standoff Tuesday after […]
On the day that the leaders of the two main political parties, Peter Mandelson and David Cameron, are being lined up by SKY News for a pre-election debate (preparations are proceding apace; they’ve recruited someone called Clog to carry the drinks) we are luckily reminded that when it comes to […]
Every now and then you see a Top10 list of names given to newborns, and more and more frequently we notice variations of Mohammed becoming popular as the population demographic changes. However here’s one name you might not have noticed yet. From TheLocal in Germany: After a three-year legal battle, […]
No, not from here; don’t be daft. They do things differently in Denmark. The traditional way for refugees to make it in to Great Britain is usually along the lines of: 1. Pass through other countries with less attractive benefits.2. Book in to the purpose-built camps near Calais3. Hide under […]
The Orange Lodge in Scotland is learning that freedom of expression is not free – they are going to be charged to march. We learn from The Scotsman: The contribution will be voluntary because, as a non-profit organisation, the Orange Lodge is exempt from paying for any policing. However, police […]
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