Sharia law and the relative mercies of French justice
For many years, the grandson of the founder of the Muslim Brotherhood, Tariq Ramadan, has been one of my closest…
A beginner’s guide to the AfD
The German public have, as predicted, kept ahold of nurse. But it is the breakthrough of the AfD into the…
Are refugees welcome to plant bombs on our trains?
It’s all a long time ago now isn’t it? All of three days since someone put a bomb on a London…
The age of the unicorn question
I’ve been in Los Angeles for the last week, and it takes a special set of occurrences for someone to…
Political intolerance is again becoming normal in Europe
Four years ago, I pointed out here that today’s anti-fascists appeared to be getting rather fascistic. The occasion for that observation…
Tower Hamlets is the bleak end-point of diversity
People sometimes accuse me of being an immovable pessimist about our continent’s future. And I normally reply with the simple…
Islamist violence has become a normal part of European life
It’s just over a week since 15 people were killed in an Islamist attack in Barcelona, Spain. It appears that…
How many more times will the Eiffel Tower have to go dark?
I sometimes wonder whether news like this from last week… and news like this from this week… … will ever…
The ‘community leaders’ doing nothing to solve the grooming scandal
There are some foreign words so expressive that you long to absorb them into your own language, to add breadth,…
The reality of Europe’s migrant crisis
So here’s an interesting thing. Footage so striking that even the BBC has run with it. This is the film…
Kevin Myers’ eager critics should feel ashamed of themselves
I have been out of the country for a little while, doing my bit to support the Greek economy. I…
Richard Dawkins is dragged into America’s tedious free-speech war
Anyone who has followed the free-speech wars in America over recent years will know that by now, basically, nobody can…
George Soros vs the nation state
Freedom House is a remarkable and largely admirable organisation. Over the years it has done some great work challenging governments…
Where is the angry backlash against the far-left’s G20 protests?
Imagine if some far right militia had just taken to the streets of Germany. Imagine that the militia covered their…
From Italy to Sweden, Europe is dying
In what I promise won’t become a regular feature, I thought it worth issuing an update under the heading ‘I…
The public vs the politicians
These are difficult times across Europe. From the endless iterations of the eurozone crisis to the Brexit negotiations beginning in…
The ‘hate preacher’ hypocrisy
Well this is interesting. I had got used to the standard response to terror. I had thought that when 22…
Finsbury Park attack: We need a consistent response to terror
So it seems that it has happened again. A third terrorist attack in as many months on London’s streets. Once…
When did British voters start rewarding anti-Semitism?
One of the interesting things about ‘diversity’ is that it allows almost anything to happen. Consider Naz Shah, the MP…
The great Sunni-Shia conflict is getting ever closer to the surface
Several people have been killed in a terrorist attack in Iran today, with Isis claiming responsibility. This has potentially huge…
Blind, bovine hope will get us nowhere – it’s time to change our response to Islamic extremism
Last night seven people were killed and at least 48 injured in terror attacks in London Bridge and Borough. This is the…
Blind, bovine hope will get us nowhere – it’s time to change our response to Islamic extremism
Last Sunday, I appeared on the BBC’s Sunday Politics to discuss the aftermath of the Manchester attack. I said what…
Does Andy Burnham regret his opposition to the ‘Prevent’ strategy?
Perhaps we’re now past the moment of shock. Certainly we’ve moved fairly swiftly past the other stages of post-massacre grief.…
Islamists are very clear about what they want – we just aren’t listening
The meeting place of the two worlds could not have been more sharply defined. In Manchester Arena, thousands of young…
The British broadcaster brave enough to discuss Islamic violence
Last night Channel 4 broadcast a deep and seriously important programme. ‘Isis: The Origins of Violence’ was written and presented…
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