Big Brother EU to snoop on Internet

Wednesday, 21st May 2008

As of last September telecoms providers must keep all text and phone call records for up to two years under an EU directive, and this is to be rolled out to include all online traffic by 2009 at the latest. More

Why the Dutch turned on the EU

Wednesday, 7th May 2008

During the late 1980s and early 1990s, the Dutch were among the keenest Europeans. Piet Dankert, then Europe minister, drafted a version of the Maastricht treaty that was too federalist even for Luxembourg. But it was not long before a more sceptical view reasserted itself – and the... More

Pubs blame smoking ban for crisis

Wednesday, 23rd April 2008

Sixty-four per cent of pubs in England are losing trade since the smoking ban was introduced, according to a survey published by YorView on behalf of pro-choice group Freedom to Choose. Of those establishments, 98% blame the smoking ban for some or all of the loss of trade. Read the survey,... More

Climate: what they don't want you to hear

Wednesday, 26th March 2008

When a group of scientists met ealier this month in New York to discuss climate change, their conclusions pointed to 'an inconvenient truth' that demolishes the current dangerous othodoxy on global warming. Their declaration challenging what our leaders feed to us was barely covered in the... More

Driving towards freedom

Thursday, 7th February 2008

Liberating our roads through the wise use of "Shared Space" could be the start of a journey back to the personal liberty that has been removed by successive governments and the EU, argues Gregg Beaman. More

Africans accuse EU of paternalism

Saturday, 12th January 2008

When Senegal's President Abdoulaye Wade refused to sign a free trade accord put forward by the European Union last month, he urged that an alternative "partnership deprived of  paternalism and without prejudice" be sought. More

Fighting back against the PC brigade

Thursday, 22nd November 2007

Gregg Beaman reviews a book that pulls no punches in suggesting ways of overturning the political revolution known as "political correctness" that is destroying our country. More

Liberal or libertarian?

Tuesday, 30th October 2007

Gregg Beaman argues that the modern version of liberalism is not at all what the word suggests, often being used as a cover for the sort of authoritarian tendencies displayed by the three largest political parties. Real liberals may actually be closer to what is now called libertarianism.... More

The case for 'zero tolerance'

Sunday, 14th October 2007

It worked in New York and in Middlesbrough, but fundamental changes need to be made before "zero tolerance" policing can be used to fight crime throughout the UK, says Paul Nuttall. More

The curse of political correctness

Monday, 10th September 2007

Paul Nuttall considers the origins of political correctness, what it seeks to achieve and its consequences for society More

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