Category: COMMENTARY

The Hit Job on Farage: Handing Him the Keys to Number 10

Post-Brexit, the British public is wise to the fact that attempts to delegitimise the popular vote are an attack not on Farage but on the electorate itself—a final Hail Mary from a dying establishment.

Christmas Markets Under Attack

As Christmas approaches, we should celebrate the resilience of normal people and defend a tradition that has become so important to millions.

When ‘EU Values’ Suddenly Become Optional 

From climate rules to migrant quotas, Brussels is quietly retreating on policies once sold as non-negotiable—revealing how power, not principle, ultimately shapes EU decision-making.

The Genie’s Out of the Bottle

CCTV and facial recognition technology is unethical at its core, and a planned expansion is bound to be deployed cheaply and disastrously.

Brussels Burns, the Countryside Holds the Line

Brussels Burns, the Countryside Holds the Line

The fierce protest by farmers and livestock producers in Brussels delivered an unexpected result: a last-minute delay to the EU–Mercosur agreement.

December 19, 2025
The Hit Job on Farage: Handing Him the Keys to Number 10

The Hit Job on Farage: Handing Him the Keys to Number 10

Post-Brexit, the British public is wise to the fact that attempts to delegitimise the popular vote are an attack not on Farage but on the electorate itself—a final Hail Mary from a dying establishment.

December 19, 2025
The Moral Cowardice of Defending Female Genital Mutilation

The Moral Cowardice of Defending Female Genital Mutilation

A paper co-authored by 25 academics is demanding the the West stops “stigmatising” child abuse to appease migrant communities.

December 18, 2025
Christmas Markets Under Attack

Christmas Markets Under Attack

As Christmas approaches, we should celebrate the resilience of normal people and defend a tradition that has become so important to millions.

December 18, 2025
Autonomy, Identity, and the Future of European Farming

Autonomy, Identity, and the Future of European Farming

Europe must acknowledge that agricultural diversity cannot be effectively governed through exclusively centralised instruments.

December 18, 2025
When ‘EU Values’ Suddenly Become Optional 

When ‘EU Values’ Suddenly Become Optional 

From climate rules to migrant quotas, Brussels is quietly retreating on policies once sold as non-negotiable—revealing how power, not principle, ultimately shapes EU decision-making.

December 17, 2025
Portuguese Establishment Media Are Collapsing Like Dominoes

Portuguese Establishment Media Are Collapsing Like Dominoes

The legacy media crisis is not entirely the fault of the loss of credibility of the journalistic class but it certainly helped.

December 17, 2025
<em>L’Espresso</em> Pays Tribute to Pedro Sánchez’s Corruption

<em>L’Espresso</em> Pays Tribute to Pedro Sánchez’s Corruption

While Spaniards count down the collapse of Sánchez’s unpopular, corruption-ridden government, a magazine has crowned him Person of the Year 2025.

December 16, 2025
The Genie’s Out of the Bottle

The Genie’s Out of the Bottle

CCTV and facial recognition technology is unethical at its core, and a planned expansion is bound to be deployed cheaply and disastrously.

December 16, 2025
Europeans May Not Love Trump—but Many Agree With Him

Europeans May Not Love Trump—but Many Agree With Him

The “weak” elites he attacks are the real enemies of European democracy.

December 15, 2025
De Wever Puts Belgium First Against EU Lawlessness

De Wever Puts Belgium First Against EU Lawlessness

With neither Brussels nor any EU member state at war with Russia, the illegality of the EU Commission’s planned action is not really under dispute.

December 15, 2025
The Vatican Rejects Female Diaconate, but the Judgment “Is Not Definitive”

The Vatican Rejects Female Diaconate, but the Judgment “Is Not Definitive”

This asymmetric prudence reflects an ecclesial climate in which every ‘no’ must justify itself, while every ‘yes’ is welcomed as progress.

December 14, 2025