On Wednesday morning, the Supreme Court unanimously declared that Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s prorogation of Parliament was unlawful. To summarise, Lady Hale said: ‘The decision to advise Her Majesty to prorogue Parliament was unlawful because it had the effect of frustrating or…
As if there was any doubt remaining, the Liberal Democrats have just confirmed how hypocritical they are. During their party conference on Sunday, the Liberal Democrats voted overwhelmingly to revoke Article 50 and stop Brexit should they win a majority at the…
“Vote to leave the EU to ensure law-making power returns to our sovereign national Parliament.” Those were the words of the leading campaign group to leave the EU: Leave. EU, words that were repeated constantly throughout their campaign to encourage voters to leave by…
In 2011, at the beginning of the Syrian civil war, Russia provided financial and indirect military aid to Bashar Al Assad. Then from 2015 they started providing direct military involvement. Their reasons for doing so were quite clear. Assad’s regime was favourable…
Last week, a two-year journey that has surely been wracked with hellish emotions and nerves came to an end for YouTuber, Mark Meechan. Mr Meechan, whose YouTube name is Count Dankula, was officially declared guilty of communicating a ‘grossly offensive’ video…
Russia, the unconquerable giant straddling both Europe and Asia, has always been viewed with suspicion by the West. The home of communism for nearly seventy years, it has done more to influence European politics than almost any other nation. Recently…
The term ‘special relationship’ was coined by Winston Churchill, during a tour of US universities, as he described Anglo-American unity in the face of the Cold War. Since then it has been used time and time again to explain why the US…
On Sunday Oprah Winfrey, the noted talk show host, philanthropist, and actress, gave a speech that resonated with those watching the Golden Globes. So good was the speech that it had actresses and actors in tears, and it earned her…
When she came to power, Theresa May was seen as a balancing force between those who wanted to remain in the EU, and those who wished to leave as quickly as possible. Despite being on the Remain side herself during the…