Month: August 2023

EU Commissioner Eyeing Finnish Presidential Run 

The College of Commissioners could be emptying further, as international partnerships chief Jutta Urpilainen is offered the social democratic candidacy ahead of the January elections.

The Poverty Ravaging Our Streets

The deluded ranks who jump to the defence of thugs fail to understand that they are guilty of the most damaging class condescension.

Libertarian ‘Conservatism’: A Trojan Horse

If we each operate as insulated, atomic individuals, with our own private concepts of human flourishing, then the great work of civilisation-building is impossible.

How Much Ruin Is Left in Britain?

Adam Smith once told a friend reassuringly, “There is a great deal of ruin in a nation.” He meant that nations have deep reserves that may not be visible in a crisis moment. But just how much ruin is there left in contemporary Britain?

Firearms and Freedom

Rather than trying to restrict the ownership of firearms, we should encourage it.

EU Taxpayer Money To Fund Timmermans in Dutch Political Campaign

Dutch anti-globalist firebrand Eva Vlaardingerbroek asked: “Who’s paying for that salary? We are! The deplorables that Frans Timmermans wants to lock up in 15-minute cities while we munch on crickets and bring sacrifices to the climate Gods.”

Sarkozy Advocates for Ukrainian Neutrality and Dialogue With Russia

Sarkozy Advocates for Ukrainian Neutrality and Dialogue With Russia

Continuing dialogue with Vladimir Putin is essential and possible, says Sarkozy, while condemning the West’s stubborn fixation with a contradictory, and unofficial, military commitment that is not officially assumed.

August 19, 2023
Von der Leyen’s Greek Holiday May Botch Pegasus Investigation

Von der Leyen’s Greek Holiday May Botch Pegasus Investigation

Von der Leyen has been accused of a lack of professionalism for holidaying with the Greek prime minister in Crete amid multiple investigations into the Greek government’s use of spyware against opponents and the recent train disaster in Tempi.

August 19, 2023
Anti-Christian Acts Put Pakistan on Fire

Anti-Christian Acts Put Pakistan on Fire

The violence is being fuelled by the mosques, with explicit calls for murder being broadcast from the loudspeakers of Muslim worship buildings, calling on local people to “go out and kill” Christians.

August 19, 2023
France Deploys ‘Floating Dam’ To Prevent Illegal Migrant Departures to the UK

France Deploys ‘Floating Dam’ To Prevent Illegal Migrant Departures to the UK

France is hoping that a floating barrier across a local river will prevent smugglers from picking up migrants in “taxi” boats and ferrying them to the United Kingdom.

August 19, 2023
Climate Alarmism: A New Political Weapon?

Climate Alarmism: A New Political Weapon?

The ecological issue—a ‘green deal’ driving up energy bills; implementing driving prohibitions in cities; condemning cars before their time; making homes unfit to rent or sell—will be at the heart of the European elections next spring.

August 19, 2023
Julian Assange Extradition: A Done Deal?

Julian Assange Extradition: A Done Deal?

Few may be surprised to learn that the British Conservative Party has not been a serious friend of the WikiLeaks founder.

August 19, 2023
VOX Digs Deep—and Young—for New Spokesperson

VOX Digs Deep—and Young—for New Spokesperson

Brought up from a regional parliament, the 28-year-old lawyer is replacing one of the party’s founders.

August 19, 2023
Hannah Arendt and the Disappearance of Authority

Hannah Arendt and the Disappearance of Authority

The disappearance of the fear of hell, Arendt tells us, leads directly to the institutionalization of immorality, and the transformation of the deviant will of a Hitler or a Stalin into state policy.

August 19, 2023
Former Austrian Chancellor Kurz Faces Criminal Charges Over False Testimony 

Former Austrian Chancellor Kurz Faces Criminal Charges Over False Testimony 

Austria’s former Chancellor Sebastian Kurz, once hailed as a political wunderkind, faces three years in prison over charges of making false statements. The trial commences in October.

August 19, 2023
Greek PM Shuts Down Football Fan Groups After Deadly Violence

Greek PM Shuts Down Football Fan Groups After Deadly Violence

The announcement was a response to the stabbing of a 29-year-old outside a Champions League qualifying game in Athens on August 7th.

August 19, 2023
Germany: Faith in Government & Democracy Dives; Bankruptcies Skyrocket

Germany: Faith in Government & Democracy Dives; Bankruptcies Skyrocket

The Chairman of the Association of Civil Servants calls the survey results “terrifying.”

August 19, 2023
Latvia Bolsters Border Defense Amid ‘Hybrid Threat’ 

Latvia Bolsters Border Defense Amid ‘Hybrid Threat’ 

In the 24 hours before the announcement, 96 illegal immigrants had attempted to cross the border from Belarus.

August 19, 2023