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Is binge drinking in the UK something to be accepted– or even embraced– as a part of British tradition and culture?
According to this report in The Washington Post, that’s what some people are willing to argue.
It is no secret the residents of these isles like a drink or three. An inebriated King James I once [...]

THIS IS A CROSS-POST BY A RABBIT’S EYE-VIEW OF THE HYPERBOREAN NORTH.

The man from family planning liked to prowl around the mountaintop village, looking for diapers on clotheslines and listening for the cry of a hungry newborn. One day in the spring of 2004, he presented himself at Yang Shuiying’s doorstep and commanded: “Bring out [...]

Guest post by Sarah
There was a troubling short article in today’s Independent.
Sarkozy has already caused controversy by expelling Roma from France, and now he seems to be suggesting that Romania should itself intervene to prevent further incursions.
France has urged European leaders to force Romania to stem the flow of Roma gypsies [...]

An excellent editorial in the New York Times on the failure of the Republican party to stand up to the nut jobs in its ranks, as McCain did in 2008:
Having shed much of his dignity, core convictions and reputation for straight talk, Senator John McCain won his primary on Tuesday against the flat-earth wing of [...]

It is not just in the USA and the UK that the population have had to put up with mad revolutionary socialists who do crazy things in pursuit of their idea of a better society. France has suffered its share of these lunatics as well. Below I copy an extract from a 1970 article in [...]

Recently this blog has covered Faraj Hassan, a Libyan man who was detained and placed under control orders for several years in the UK. His death in a motorcycle accident has prompted effusive tributes from British Islamists. Here is another one, this time from Fahad Ansari of Cageprisoners.
This is what passed through Ansari’s [...]

Earlier today, the New York Times reported on  a terrible hate crime:
A cabdriver was attacked Tuesday by a knife-wielding passenger who made anti-Muslim remarks, the police said.
The passenger, Michael Enright, 21, of Brewster, N.Y., hailed the cab at Second Avenue and East 24th Street around 6 p.m. Tuesday, the police said. Twenty blocks north, they [...]

It has been tipped since the early days of the race, but tonight Jon Cruddas has endorsed David Miliband for Labour leader sending an important signal from the left.
Ironically, he reveals this in the New Statesman which today came out in its wisdom and backed Ed Miliband.
“I’m endorsing David because of a couple of contributions [...]

Norm says:
Back in February, at the time of the Gita Sahgal affair, I commented on the danger that, because of the overlap between the milieu of the liberal-left and the global human rights community, some of the moral and political ailments common within a sector of the liberal-left might show up from time to time amongst [...]

Last weekend, the BNP held its ‘Summer School Training Event’, which was billed as follows:
The Summer School is being organised by BNP Training Officer Mike Howson.
“The BNP is placing great emphasis on providing training to enable our key officers to perform their roles with the necessary skill sets,” Mr Howson said.
“Even the most [...]