No comment from embassy, Kurds or Home Office.
“A leading opinion pollster says Jean-Marie Le Pen’s share of the vote in the presidential election could reach 32%, swelled by disaffected conservatives, parts of the far left, and an unknown number of abstentions and spoiled ballots”.
Looks like the French pollsters joining the anti-Le Pen alliance. This is probably an attempt to frighten lazy voters [...]
“police have so far failed to find proof of their suspicion that - contrary to Yard protestations at the time - the killers may have been shielded by corrupt officers.” - from Guardian
So credence is given to those who have been saying all along that the murder enquiry into Stephen Lawrence’s death failed because of [...]
“To my mind that was the right verdict,” says Griffiths, who believes the trial was driven by the “politics of race”. “Questions have to be asked as to the propriety of bringing this prosecution based on the evidence they had. The officer in charge of the investigation said he couldn’t discontinue the case because it [...]
When cultures clash in a climate of fear by Ian Buruma:
Immigrants, sometimes from the old colonies, are the pious ones now. They still have the religious fervour which the host countries have rejected.
This can cause problems. Think of the Muslims in Britain, burning effigies of Salman Rushdie, and calling for his death. Or think [...]
You cannot make this stuff up. The Victoria Climbie enquiry has been told that the Met was…you guessed it..institutionally racist in its in its handling of the investigation into the death of the child. As usual, the accusation is unaccompanied by either arguments or evidence, but that is not the point. Like rape, [...]
The final chapter of Kenneth Minogue’s brilliant political primer provides a concise
analysis of our modern political malaise. For those struggling to understand the
rise of political apathy, the slow death of democracy or the rise of extremisms and
those seeking to adapt to the new political world, I strongly recommend getting and
reading the book.
I present, in the [...]
Excellent article in today’s Times
“Spanish prime minister Jose Maria Aznar considers multiculturalism, for example, to be one of the great threats to Europe. “Multiculturalism is precisely what splits society,” he said. “It is
not living together. It is not integration.” - Guardian.