Immigration
France’s civil war…
...and the struggle facing Europe
French connection
It was as if Andrew Marr and his guests on Start the Week on Monday morning were standing on the…
How ancient Athens handled immigrants
Among all the arguments about how many non-EU immigrants we should let in, campaigners are proposing a scheme for private…
Lush, lyrical, exquisite
Brooklyn is a wee slip of a thing compared to the Bond film, Spectre, and cost $12 million, as opposed…
The Australian example
For many years, Australia has been turning away boats filled with migrants. From a remove, this looks cold–hearted — a…
France’s new reactionaries
The nation’s intellectuals are being roiled by issues of immigration, sovereignty and freedom of expression
What the Great British Bake Off really says about Britain
There was an interesting news item on the television the other day. A transgendered chap was hoping to become the…
At least these rioters hate the right people
I was unable to join the violent protests held by Class War at the Cereal Killer Café in London last…
Barometer
Available for parties Labour deputy leader Tom Watson said that leaving his party to join the Liberal Democrats would be…
Trouble brewing
Indian magnate Nirmal Sethia on what the English get wrong about tea – and the other countries seeking to recruit our discontented non-doms
Barometer
Old bags The government announced details of a compulsory 5p charge for single-use plastic bags in shops. Plastic bags have…
Livy on immigration policy
In the migration crisis, the EU is currently acting just like the ancients, as if border controls did not exist,…
The Australian way
Turning back boats saves lives
Christianity is silent on my great moral dilemma
Proximity shouldn’t make a difference — should it? We were on a beach on the European side of the Mediterranean,…
Migrant
Al Jazeera, the Qatari broadcaster, is going to use refugee instead of migrant in its English output. ‘The umbrella term…
Don’t act white, act migrant
Black British boys are being held back by fear of betraying their background. Immigrant children know how to deal with that
Stop health tourism
Speaking after the Stafford hospital scandal in 2010, the then newly appointed Health Secretary, Andrew Lansley, grandly announced plans for…
Barometer
Caught working The government announced a crackdown on illegal workers. How many illegal workers are caught in Britain? — From…
Who’s running Libya?
Certainly not the government that Cameron hopes will help fix the migrant crisis. He’d be better off talking to my old driver
High life
I have signed an affidavit for a hearing in the High Court stating that Janan Harb was, to my knowledge,…
Ali Baba and the 300 hostages
The kidnappers who prey on desperate migrants in Greece’s border badlands
Diary
‘Hello. I’m lesbian threesome,’ the young lady tells Taki. ‘And I’m Mongolian rampage,’ says the young man beside her. We’re…
Europe’s great game
Merkel’s crisis is David Cameron’s opportunity
Dick Whittington for the 21st century
Novels of such scope and invention are all too rare; unusual, too, are those of real heart, whose characters you…
High life
When I founded the American Conservative 13 years ago — the purpose being to shine a light on the neocon…
