Gavin Mortimer

Is Britain ready for France’s most controversial novel?

5 July 2025 9:00 am

This Saturday is the centenary of the birth of one of France’s most controversial writers. Jean Raspail, who died in…

Corbyn is following in the footsteps of the French left

4 July 2025 9:09 pm

Labour has reacted with scorn to the news that Zarah Sultana has resigned from the party to create a new…

Meet France’s new anti-green movement

30 June 2025 4:46 pm

A new anti-green social movement is gathering momentum in France seven years after the Yellow Vests rocked the establishment. The…

Starmer’s ‘one in, one out’ migrant plan will end in failure

27 June 2025 5:13 pm

Britain and France believe they have found a solution to the small boats crisis. According to reports, Keir Starmer and…

France won’t stop the small boats

18 June 2025 11:05 pm

The BBC have visited the French coast to see for themselves that Nigel Farage (and Coffee House) aren’t making it…

The quiet desperation of Macron’s Greenland visit

16 June 2025 6:37 pm

Emmanuel Macron spent his Sunday in Greenland on what can best be described as an anti-Trump visit. The French president…

Will the L.A. immigration riots reach Europe?

11 June 2025 5:06 pm

The pro-immigration protests that erupted last week in Los Angeles have now spread across the United States. On Tuesday there…

Britain must learn from France’s e-scooter mistake

9 June 2025 5:31 pm

An e-scooter revolution is coming to Britain whether the country likes it or not. “The revolution will hurt a little,…

France’s border patrol is playing a losing game

3 June 2025 9:30 pm

In a 24-hour period at the weekend, 184 migrants were rescued in the English Channel by the French coastguard. The…

The real cause of French football hooliganism

2 June 2025 6:51 pm

Soon after Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) thrashed Inter Milan five-nil to win the Champions League, Ousmane Dembélé urged fans not to…

Europe’s far-left terror threat

28 May 2025 7:11 pm

France will increase its surveillance of all critical infrastructure after saboteurs wrecked two electricity sub-stations in Nice and Cannes last…

Could France’s next president come from the Yellow Hats?

26 May 2025 4:00 pm

When Donald Trump first burst onto the political scene in 2016, comparisons were drawn with a 1950s Frenchman called Pierre…

France is waking up to the threat of the Muslim Brotherhood

24 May 2025 4:00 pm

Emmanuel Macron assembled some of his top ministers at the Élysée on Wednesday. Their purpose was to devise a strategy…

The EU’s power is waning. If only Starmer could see it

20 May 2025 8:55 pm

Britain is back in the big time. Or at least it is according to Sir Keir Starmer, who was tickled…

Could Bruno Retailleau become France’s next president?

19 May 2025 6:35 pm

Emmanuel Macron appeared on French television last week and spoke for three hours without saying anything of interest. It was…

Britain is heading the way of France

14 May 2025 8:41 pm

The backlash against Keir Starmer has begun. Some senior figures within the Labour party have criticised the Prime Minister’s warning…

The hypocrisy of Britain’s military elite

5 May 2025 7:33 pm

Commemorations begin today to mark the eightieth anniversary of Victory in Europe Day. A military procession will leave Parliament Square…

The hypocrisy of Pakistan’s migrant expulsion plan

30 April 2025 7:14 pm

This month Pakistan has expelled more than 80,000 Afghans in what the government has labelled its Illegal Foreigners Repatriation Plan.…

Macron has let an epidemic of violence grip France

28 April 2025 5:43 pm

These have been terrible days in France. On Thursday, a 15-year-old girl was stabbed to death and several of her…

What Pope Francis got wrong about illegal migration

25 April 2025 8:07 pm

Migrants have been pouring into the Mediterranean island of Lampedusa this month. Over 100 on Monday and 344 on Wednesday;…

What could France possibly teach America about free speech?

20 April 2025 3:30 pm

Nearly 300 academics have contacted a French university after it declared itself a safe space for those looking to flee…

Meloni’s mission to ‘make the West great again’ will infuriate Macron

18 April 2025 7:22 pm

Giorgia Meloni met Donald Trump in the White House on Thursday and stated her ambition to ‘make the West great…

Britain and France are too scared to tackle the migrant crisis

17 April 2025 6:35 pm

France has overtaken Germany as Europe’s top destination for asylum seekers. During the first quarter of 2025, France registered more…

Is France too weak to stop the violent attacks on its prisons?

16 April 2025 5:09 pm

A wave of violence is sweeping France as gunmen attack the country’s prisons. In some cases, vehicles belonging to prison…

Europe’s annual migrant crisis is just getting started

15 April 2025 5:34 pm

Irregular border crossings into the European Union dropped by 31 per cent in the first quarter of 2025 to 33,600.…