Norman Tebbit authored a piece for his Telegraph blog in which he argued against multiculturalism as a policy, deeming it responsible for “creating the climate for a struggle for supremacy between incompatible cultures,” and advances terms for those British Muslims “seeking an...
Newspapers over the weekend were replete with commentaries on the remarks made by the former Home Secretary, Jack Straw MP, on BBC’s Newsnight programme concerning the sentencing of Mohammed Liaqat and Abid Saddique for underage sex and sexual exploitation of young white girls. Straw,...
The Daily Mail and Daily Express both reported this week on a supposed ‘culture of silence’ surrounding incidents of rape and the grooming of young girls for sexual exploitation in which Asian men are involved for fears of inflaming ethnic tensions. The articles stem from research carried...
Letter to the (Rt. Hon. the) Lord Grocott, Nov 2011 Letter to the (Rt. Hon. the) Lord Dubs, Nov 2011 Letter to the (Rt. Hon. the) Lord Liddle, Nov 2011 Letter to the Rt. Hon. Nicholas Soames MP, Nov 2011 Letter to the Rt. Hon. Theresa May Home Secretary, Nov 2011 Letter to the Daily […]
The Independent today carries an article and editorial on the Israeli parliament’s backing of a ‘McCarthyite’ investigation into human rights groups such as Breaking the Silence and B’Tselem. From The Independent article: “After a highly charged and noisy debate, the Knesset...
There’s an interesting article in the Daily Mail today on a poll conducted by French newspaper, Le Monde, which found that “68 per cent of French and 75 per cent of Germans believe Muslims are ‘not well integrated into society’.” The poll also found that “42 per cent of...
The Daily Star’s record of inaccurate reporting on Muslims was on display again yesterday in an article claiming that the “bigoted and Islamophobic” BBC had been “caned by Muslim teachers” over its recent Panorama programme, ‘British Schools, Islamic Rules’. The DS stated:...
Despite widespread reports claiming that control orders were set to be scrapped, according to the Guardian, Nick Clegg is “willing to seek a compromise” on control orders and “will recognise that some form of replacement control orders is necessary – even though in opposition he called...
There was widespread coverage over the weekend in The Telegraph, The Independent, and the Guardian (among others) of the news that control orders are supposedly set to be ‘scrapped’. From the Guardian: “Nick Clegg, the deputy prime minister, is said to have won his cabinet fight to scrap...
The Institute for Public Policy Research today publishes a report, titled “Worst of Both Worlds: Why First Past the Post no longer works”, which argues that the UK’s current ‘First Past the Post’ (FPTP) voting system is “no longer fit for purpose.” The report states: “Not only...
