Attention Schlachtbummelers: here's an eloquent defence of Chinese military prowess, with specific reference to the Sino-Dutch war over Taiwan. I'm not sure the comparison bears as much weight as the article says. A ragtag colonial garrison at the far end...

There has been a festival of beating up on Mr Hester at the RBS's bonus that the last Labour government authorised. Since much of left wing politics is based on the unjustifiable optimism of lefties brains combined with their rejection of God and all morality ( though they are too igniorant to realise it ) they can be forgiven for using envy in the way little Red Ed has been doing. Nick Clegg...

Europe can only recover the confidence of global markets if the weaker European economies boost their growth with structural reforms, says Merkel

They said South Carolina would be Mitt Romney's big test. Tonight, he failed it. The networks have called the primary for Newt Gingrich, and CNN's exit poll shows him beating Romney 38-29. It's an astounding turnaround, considering that Romney led by around 10 points just a few days ago. The Romney campaign is already trying to claim it's not too disappointed by the result R...

We took a severe beating in late 2010, from which we’re still not entirely recovered. From here, we can go in two directions: we can build a Higher Education policy that we can be proud of, or we can leave our policy in the pieces it’s currently in, and prepare for 2015’s brutal assault. It’s

Tony and Cherie Blair are renowned - some may say notorious - for enjoying the largesse of wealthy friends. But even by their own standards, their closeness to one of Hollywood's best connected couples may take some beating.

Tony and Cherie Blair are renowned - some may say notorious - for enjoying the largesse of wealthy friends. But even by their own standards, their closeness to one of Hollywood's best connected couples may take some beating.

Poll leader says presidential election is a choice between the free market or poverty

Dymaxicon doesn't accept 'submissions'. I'm not a particularly submissive person, and I have always resented that writers were always cast in a submissive role... no one should ever be in the position of accepting or rejecting. So says California-based Samizdatista Hillary Johnson about Dymaxicon, the new model publishing company she set up as an imprint of Agile Learning Labs....

Chi Onwurah MP, Labour’s Shadow Minister for Innovation and Science, commenting on David Willetts’ speech on science today, said: