Month: June 2023

Britain Poised to Unite the Right?

Farage has officially gone public with his intention to re-enter the fray. Whatever else might be said about him, his track record of leading insurgencies is second to none.

Knife Violence in Germany Prompts Bans

The idea has been germinating since last January’s Brokstedt tragedy, a mass stabbing on a train where a 33-year-old stateless Palestinian killed a 17-year-old girl and her 19-year-old boyfriend with a kitchen knife.

Meloni Building Regulations Target Mosques

The Fratelli d’Italia party is capitalising on the Italian state’s failure to recognise Islam as an official religion to radically clamp down on what structures Muslims can turn into prayer space.

Swedish PM Promises Reform After Mass Shooting

After a deadly mass shooting over the weekend and years of being Europe’s capital of gun crime, Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson has promised some justice reforms but it remains unclear what effect they might have to deter the ongoing violence.

Spanish Government To Employ 101 Journalists

Spanish Government To Employ 101 Journalists

Taxpayers will foot the bill for Sánchez’s desperate effort to stay in office.

June 9, 2023
Spain and the Fear of Electoral Fraud

Spain and the Fear of Electoral Fraud

The former socialist mayor has warned that holding elections during the summer, requiring holidayers to vote by post, may be a set-up for electoral fraud.

Believe in Believers

Believe in Believers

Those of us committed to fighting back against the ‘woke’ must come to terms with the fact that only Christianity is potent enough to defeat the cult of diversity, equity, and inclusion. Non-believers need not convert, but it is time for us to get out of the way.

June 9, 2023
Commission Insists New Anti-Corruption Body Will Make a Difference

Commission Insists New Anti-Corruption Body Will Make a Difference

The EU’s new ethics body to oversee corruption in Brussels “will not be toothless,” Commission VP Jourová promised, before having to admit that the agency won’t have real authority to hold Eurocrats accountable.

June 9, 2023
After the Deluge: Dam Disaster Proves Devastating

After the Deluge: Dam Disaster Proves Devastating

Thousands dislocated, the threat of disease, renegade landmines, agricultural fields lost to the water: Three days after Ukraine’s Nova Kakhovka dam’s breach, the extent of the devastation is sinking in.

Spain’s Supreme Court Affirms Rape Sentence Reductions Under Left’s Law

Spain’s Supreme Court Affirms Rape Sentence Reductions Under Left’s Law

The day after the Supreme Court’s pronouncement, another rapist had his 12-year sentence reduced by five years.

June 9, 2023
EU and U.S. Chide Kosovo Over Stalemate with Ethnic Serbs

EU and U.S. Chide Kosovo Over Stalemate with Ethnic Serbs

The joint U.S. and EU shot across Pristina’s bow came after last week’s flare-up of violence, when dozens of NATO soldiers were injured during fierce scuffles with Serb protesters in northern Kosovo.

Rampage: Syrian Refugee Stabs Several Toddlers on French Playground

Rampage: Syrian Refugee Stabs Several Toddlers on French Playground

A Syrian refugee who lived in Sweden for ten years stabbed six people, including four children, at a French park after being rejected for asylum in France just days prior.

June 9, 2023
Annecy: <em>Encore Une Fois</em>

Annecy: <em>Encore Une Fois</em>

Stabbing innocent people is not cowardice; cowardice is sacrificing the nation’s children, rather than face the reality of your own lunatic immigration policies.

June 9, 2023
Fiscal Forecast: Should Hungary Join the Euro?

Fiscal Forecast: Should Hungary Join the Euro?

Judging from the comments by central bank president György Matolcsy, Hungary could join the euro in 2030 or soon thereafter. Would such a membership be good for Hungary?

June 8, 2023
It Begins: Ukraine Officially Announces Counteroffensive 

It Begins: Ukraine Officially Announces Counteroffensive 

Ukraine has officially announced the start of a much-awaited counter-offensive in an effort to turn the tide of the country’s conflict with Russia.

June 8, 2023
Digging for Spanish Gold

Digging for Spanish Gold

Robbins’ study of the Golden Age might be called a work of skepticism in that it “refuses to create a unitary narrative, a single interpretive vision” of the period, but instead dissects it piecemeal under a microscope.

June 8, 2023