Islamist terrorists slaughtered in London, now ethnic English embrace Hamas
Who, that July week of 2005, as London reeled from the worst terrorist bombings in its history with 52 people dead and hundreds injured, would have believed that…
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We have outgrown ancient superstitions, but we live with holy relics marked ‘science’
Although religion has fallen out of fashion, I do not think that religiosity itself has.
Flip-flops, dead mink and fake Russia panic: Denmark’s Frederiksen takes over Council
Denmark took over the rotating presidency of the European Council on July 1.
Want to exercise freedom of speech? Not when European lawfare cuts your throat
It’s no secret that Europe has a serious problem with free speech.
NATO retains a splendid future, could even go worldwide
The almost unanimous NATO commitment to a sharp increase in the member-countries’ military budgets at the meeting of NATO leaders last week was a complete legitimisation…
Dirty-tricks Tusk refuses to accept victory of Nawrocki in presidential election
Prime Minister Donald Tusk does not back down. On June 1 his candidate for president Rafal Trzaskowski lost the vote to the Conservative Karol Nawrocki.
Mitsotakis leads EU corruption-soaked government but von der Leyen does nothing
Greece is bleeding, and the Mitsotakis government is wielding the knife.
Western civilisation inching Mecca-wards: Muslims govern London, soon NY
In November, the world will learn whether its second great Anglophone city is to be governed by a Muslim, following the decade-long triumph of Saddiq Khan in London.
Defeated Simion may be back if new coalition fails to grasp gargantuan deficit
The Brussels elite breathed a sigh of relief last month when Bucharest mayor Nicușor Dan defeated conservative populist George Simion to become Romania’s new…
Defence now: Europe learns intentions require capabilities
The spectacular raid on Fordow nuclear complex showed Europe the limits of multilateral diplomacy when confronted with irreconcilable demands.
Ukraine in the EU would mean ‘€2.5 trillion’ costs forced on EU taxpayers
Where should political power ultimately lie? Eurocrats believe that the burden of responsibility is too heavy for the simple citizen to bear;
Dodging a proxy war with China in Iran: Trump’s gambit and Europe’s irrelevance
Trump’s swift halt to the 12-day Iran war in June 2025 wasn’t just about Tehran’s nukes.
International law had its era, but for now it seems over
The 19th-century British philosopher Jeremy Bentham famously dismissed the idea of universal human rights as "Nonsense on stilts.
Trump delivers to the Jews ‘a state of unconditional legitimacy’
Rarely in recent years has the tendency of Western European and Canadian leaders to bustle about international crises, inflicting mindless pieties about “cease-fires”…
Whether hard power or soft power, Europe is no longer there
This week marks the latest NATO summit.
No to history, no to tradition, no to morals: Europe now forces its new ideology
Today, 24 June, is St John the Baptist’s Day.
The truth about NATO: ‘Double-dealing, deceit, smarmy incompetence’
When and if President Trump addresses the NATO conference that begins in The Hague today, I trust that he’ll announce the withdrawal of the US from the alliance.
France is becoming the Sinaloa drug cartel’s ‘new Mexico’
Last month saw police raids in France and Belgium meant to crack down on Europe’s vast illegal drug problem.
Exclusive: Minister says EU energy policies frustrate Member States’ efforts to lower prices
Csaba Lantos, Hungary’s Minister for Energy, tells Brussels Signal that plans by the EU for a full embargo on Russian energy will lead to a price explosion across…
For Trump, force is an option, war is not
Donald Trump thundered “no more wars” to cheering crowds in 2024. Yet, on 21 June 2025, US jets obliterated Iran’s nuclear sites.
The Left resorting to dirty tricks to sabotage the will of right-wing governments
Italy held five referendums on labour rights and migration policy on June 8th and 9th.
St John of Patmos saw it coming: EU digital identity will know everything
In Patmos, where the Evangelist John foresaw a “mark” controlling trade, a shopkeeper scans her phone to pay taxes.
EU now the union of genital mutilation and castration for children
A rather petty algorithm brought to my screen a Le Monde article (Europe’s most discredited newspaper, second only perhaps to El País) lamenting the “odious…
Wilders’ plan: Voters will have to choose him or left-tinged chaos
Many observers think Dutch populist politician Geert Wilders was crazy to dissolve the government he had spent so many years trying to be a part of.
Peace through strength: Where it matters, Israel is becoming more accepted
I am in no position to predict the final outcome of the Iran-Israel conflict, but from a historical perspective, the odds of Israel emerging stronger are quite favourable.
Austrian politicians are threatening gun controls after school shooting
On June 10, Austria suffered one of the deadliest school shootings in its history when a man killed 10 people and injured 11 more at his former high school before…
US allies uttering platitudes on Iran which would just prolong the crisis
Once again, America's European allies and Canada are floundering around the Middle East crisis, flapping their arms ineffectively and uttering platitudes of moral…
Exclusive: Lawyer behind George Simion tells us what really happened in presidential campaign
Question: Mrs. Silvia Uscov, you coordinated the legal team of the sovereignist-conservative candidate George Simion.
Fruitcake intellectuals who don’t care about ‘thought’
In Italy, self-styled “intellectuals” have recently been commemorating the centenary of The Manifesto of the Anti-Fascist Intellectuals in 1925.
China’s EV trap: Preach Green, get a cheap car, lose your job
Buckle up, China’s electric vehicle market is a wild brawl. Prices plummet fast, and executives sling insults like playground bullies.