Celebrating Britishness: politics without the politicians
Maybe you can’t have a strident British nationalism. Maybe that’s the subtextual mistake all those lectern-banging politicians have been making.
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A Virgin Atlantic flight to Las Vegas has returned to Gatwick. The Boeing 747 had problems with its landing gear and appears to have landed safely.
Nearly 15,000 people attend Dresden’s latest march against “Islamisation of the west” – is the movement driven by the middle classes, as claimed – or are there more sinister forces at work?
Non-radical, middle-class Germans are in the majority as thousands of people take part in a march in Dresden against “Islamisation of the west”.
Soldier Ryan McGee, an English Defence League supporter who admitted making a nail bomb and possessing the Anarchist Cookbook, is jailed for two years at the Old Bailey.
The polls have closed and the votes are being counted. Should Scotland be an independent country? That was the question for the Scottish people: tonight, overnight, we will find out the answer.
Maybe you can’t have a strident British nationalism. Maybe that’s the subtextual mistake all those lectern-banging politicians have been making.
There are a panoply of risks associated to Scottish Independence. The transition risks might be survivable, but goodwill is required from London and Edinburgh if it is going to work.
“I came downstairs with no problem, but our producer was shoved back into her room on the 4th floor, pistol to her neck, by a man in black. “
The stand off at the Crimean regional parliament in Simferopol can only be ended through negotiation – any attempt to use force of arms could pitch Ukraine into a dangerous conflict.
The world is waking up to the fact that Obama’s United States is a declining superpower that no longer wants to act like one.
It lies just across the water. A mere 30 miles from the south coast. But our French neighbours have always had the upper hand in effortless “cool”. So why are their musicians descending on London?
English Defence League founders Tommy Robinson and Kevin Carroll are leaving the group, saying it has become too extreme. But anti-racism campaigners say concerns remain over their extremist views.
Tensions rise outside court in Greece as Golden Dawn’s leaders appear in court. But police evidence raises questions about the party – and about whether there is the political will to deter it.
Following the arrest of Golden Dawn’s leader yesterday Paul Mason visits the party’s HQ in Greece and finds the party faithful defiant but disorientated.
This is a pivotal moment for Greece which could see the end of the coalition government itself, if elected Golden Dawn MPs are forced to stand down.