Former shadow Home Secretary David Davis said last week that the Conservative Party’s “conservatism” has been “significantly diluted” by alliance with the country’s third party, the Liberal Democrats.
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September 18, 2011
Does the United Kingdom have a new Conservative Party?
September 17, 2011
Trust in British politicians at all-time low
A just-published report by the Committee on Standards in Public Life shows that the British public trusts their politicians less today than prior to the election. The findings were based on polls conducted between 2004 and 2010. Fifty three percent of those polled in 2010 — the last time the poll was taken — felt that only a few or no politicians are “in touch with what the public thinks important.”
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September 11, 2011
Media blackout on EDL leader’s six day-long hunger strike
The BBC reported this week that Shaker Aamer, a “close associate” of Osama bin Laden, and the “remaining British detainee” at Guantanamo Bay prison, is on hunger strike. You might be surprised to learn, then, that the leader of the controversial anti-Islamist movement Tommy Robinson has also been on hunger strike for the past week, in a British prison.
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September 6, 2011
University study: UK more fearful of immigrants after riots
A recent study funded by the University of Nottingham’s Integrating Global Society group has found that the British public feels significantly more threatened by “minorities” since the four days and nights of rioting in England during August.
The study was led by Dr Mark Pickup and Dr Matthew Goodwin from the School of Politics and International Relations at the University of Nottingham, and Dr Eline de Rooij from Nuffield College at the University of Oxford, with logistical assistance from You-Gov-Cambridge.
According to their findings, “in the aftermath of the riots – citizens felt more threatened.”
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September 4, 2011
English historian: “hands off our land.” But what about the people?
Abigail Howarth: barred from a position with the Environmental Agency in 2007 for being "White English"
There is an interesting article on the concept of Englishness, the English countryside, and England, in the Telegraph by historian Sir Roy Strong today. He reminds us of the importance of the countryside in the English national identity, talks about England’s relationships to Scotland and other states in the Union, and reminds us of its artistic culture. So far, so good.
August 30, 2011
The UK Government Must Represent The Working Class
Many people had hoped that the Conservative Party would be different from its predecessor, the Labour Government, which rode roughshod over the wishes of the electorate, especially the working class that once formed its base. After coming to power in 1997, Labour allowed immigration to spiral out of control, radical Islam to rise up in the UK, and Britain to relinquish more sovereignty to the European Union.
August 13, 2011
Britain’s riots and the entitlement culture from top to bottom
First published by Hudson New York
Anarchists smashing up the RItz. “Student” mobs attacking the Conservative Party HQ. “Anti-globalist,” anti-capitalist, and pro-Hamas demonstrations in London. Britain has seen it all over the last few years. Its recent history is stuffed full of Leftwing violence masquerading as serious politics. No wonder, then, that the BBC and respectable, high-profile individuals on the Left, were convinced that last weeks rioting and widespread violence against police and passersby, muggings and looting were a messgage about “social justice” and Government cuts.
As more and more graphic details filled the news, and with this position apparently indefensible, the “protesters” were recast by the tax-payer funded BBC as the “poor,” merely seeking a crust of bread and a hand up. Next, as viewers began calling in to point out that these “poor” people were communicating via their Blackberries, and looting designer stores, the narrative shifted to worrying about “football fans” who had come out to defend their neighborhoods against mob violence arson attacks.
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