In order to try and stop Israel from doing what it needs to do for survival by preventing Iran from obtaining nukes, the Obama administration announces new sanctions against Iranian financial institutions! The response to this brand of US foreign policy used as an attempt to combat an Islamist regime bent on the total destruction of Israel can be accomplished using these four article headlines: Al...

There a brand spanking new poll out today by the Washington Post and ABC News supposedly showing President Obama topping GOP front runner Mitt Romney nationally. It claims that 55% of the respondents dislike what they're hearing from the GOP candidates in general, that 57% approved of what they heard from President Obama's State of the Union address and that he tops Romney in a general e...

The defence committee says it is "shocking" that 40% of armed forces redundancies have been compulsory, while no civilian staff have been forced out of a job.

Michael Jennings is now, as he recently said here that he would be, in Israel. Knowing my fondness for amusing multilingual signs, he today emailed me this photo, taken in Acre: At first I thought that "Crusader" was some kind of business brand, although on second thoughts probably not. Maybe ... actual crusader latrines? To clear up any doubt, Michael added: It means exactly what it says. Yes ind...

The Sunday Times lists the ‘Top 500 Apps in the world’ (£) today, and I’m pleased to say that The Spectator’s brand new app ranks no.4 in its ‘news apps’ category. The newspaper categorises the apps the ‘the good, the mad and lovely’ and ours emerges as little of all three. What we have sought to do with the new app is combine our blogs and the ...

... he wouldn't be a liberal, would he? Nevertheless, ignoring that fundamental rule of the universe, if Miliband was smart, then he'd realise he a tailor-made opportunity to 'detoxify his brand' - as Satan's Representative in No 10 would no doubt put it - simply by throwing scum like this under the bus. Nothing sums up the demented nature of the modern left better than a soi-dissant socialist par...

The election for London mayor will be of national significance, because despite Boris Johnson’s efforts to distance his personal brand from that of the Tory Party, the current London mayor is a class-war Conservative, and Cameron needs to hold London as a stepping stone to defending his government at the next general election. On Boris

While spectators are being urged to abandon their cars and embrace public transport, 4,000 brand new BMWs have been ordered to escort dignitaries and officials to events. The fleet of the German cars will include more than 3,000 BMW 3 and 5 Series saloons, which will be permitted to beat the traffic by using specially

That's the title of a brand new Pajamas Media column by David Gerstman, whose Middle East media analysis appears here from time to time. Here's a slice: Two weeks ago, columnist Thomas Friedman created a controversy in his column “Newt, Mitt, Bibi and Vladimir“ when he wrote: I sure hope that Israel’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, understands that the standing ova...

Opposition parties brand a £15m fund to support college mergers as a "college closure budget" to force them into "shotgun marriages".