The troubling cases of Sally Jones and Jojo on October 17, 2017The White Widow is dead. Ding Dong. Thus ring out the barely muted celebrations among Britain’s mainstream media. Sally Jones was the Muslim convert who went to Syria to join ISIS. Taking with her Jojo, her then nine-year-old son, also believed to have been killed in the targeted US drone strike back in June of […]
Rochdale Asian Sex Gang on October 15, 2017As a small child, the very worst thing that I could ever imagine was something happening to our dog, Siby. Bedtime would, occasionally, involve trying to frighten myself to sleep after ‘lights out’; if that is, Enid Blyton wasn’t doing the trick with her tales of midnight feasts and apple pie beds. Diving under the […]
Love the skin you’re in? on October 14, 2017Britain has long traded on its multicultural tradition. Nowhere was this more on display than in that extravaganza of patented eccentricity that was the London Games. And not in a necessarily bad way. Today, the multicultural model is up for sale, to be used as hard currency on the open market. And not everyone is […]
Love the skin youre in? on October 14, 2017Britain has long traded on its multicultural tradition. Nowhere was this more on display than in that extravaganza of patented eccentricity that was the London Games. And not in a necessarily bad way. Today, the multicultural model is up for sale, to be used as hard currency on the open market. And not everyone is […]
Well done Ofcom, congratulations Al Jazeera! on October 11, 2017Donald Trump has learned a hard lesson this week. Britain the poodle is only soft and cuddly until someone somewhere tries to snatch away its biscuits. And when that happens, no amount of putting the kettle on will resolve the matter. The lapdog has bite. At least that was the message given by the UK […]
Karzais outburst that wasnt . . . on October 10, 2017Hamid Karzai is a man known for his flair for fashion. He is also known, in certain American quarters, for his penchant for the dramatic. This was inevitable. Even Pinocchio turned on his master. Indeed, whenever the then Afghan President would berate the Americans who still today hold the country by — if not the […]
Karzais outburst that wasnt . . . on October 10, 2017Hamid Karzai is a man known for his flair for fashion. He is also known, in certain American quarters, for his penchant for the dramatic. This was inevitable. Even Pinocchio turned on his master. Indeed, whenever the then Afghan President would berate the Americans who still today hold the country by — if not the […]
Could BoJo really be the keeper of Britain’s moral compass? on October 7, 2017It’s not always easy being a woman in the suited and booted world of politics. Just asks Theresa May, she who is no grocer’s daughter. As she was delivering her keynote speech to the annual Tory party conference — Ms May found herself upstaged somewhat. And not just by her own cough. But by two […]
Nawaz wants to be anarchy on October 6, 2017For Nawaz Sharif, the show must go on. And this latest Act has seen Nawaz return to form, playing to the cheap seats. The deposed Prime Minister is, he assures his supporters, a man who respects the peoples’ verdict. That he has said so means it must be true. Except that the will of the […]
Nawaz the comeback kid tramples democracy on October 5, 2017Peoples around the world — from the Iraqi Kurds to the Catalan — are using the tools of democracy to fight for their fundamental right to self-determination. Yet here in Pakistan, we are expected to sit back and silently watch as our institutions are hijacked by those who had been charged with strengthening them. The […]