With the kind of breath-taking arrogance that only the French and Germans are capable of, those arch-conspirators Sarkozy and Merkel announce they've agreed a new EU treaty. It's not an agenda for the upcoming summit meeting; it's not up for negotiation; it's not even open to discussion - France and Germany have decided and everyone else has to accept it whether they like it or...

This isn't much of a mystery. To paraphrase Ann Coulter, the only difference between people like Cameron and actual liberals is that The Dave wants the right to beat his servants. As much as current employment laws offers opportunities for shakedowns'n'slacking, they're nothing compared to the discrimination industry, but don't hold your breath for Dave to take on Victims R Us. Ditto, with sword, ...

contribution by Owen Tudor Everyone – regardless of whether they’re involved – has their own explanation of the meaning of this weekend’s 950 worldwide “occupy” protests which have their roots variously in Egypt’s Tahrir Square, Greece’s Syntagma Square, Rothschild Boulevard in Israel and Wall Street in the USA. The prize for breath-taking chutzpah m...

MOTORISTS and traders in Edinburgh are today braced for further misery as a ten-month closure of Princes Street begins to allow repairs on the city's controversial tram r

Party's ability to debate union depends on inspiring confidence from within and taking ownership of the issue

OK, while we’re waiting with baited breath for the next round of hackgate revelations, here’s a succinct explanation of how investigative journalism works in a Chinese context. The other day, China Central TV did an expose of Baidu, which has...

Nick Clegg has a piece in Huffington Post UK today, on media regulation, responsible reporting and replacing the Press Complaints Commission. He calls new news outlets, such as the newly-launched UK version news and comment website Huffington Post, “a welcome breath of fresh air” at a time when public confidence in the media establishment is

A former editor of the Sunday Express is trying to get together a consortium to breath life back into the News of the World. Susan Douglas reckons… “I think News of the World readers want the News of the World, and the team that produces it is still extant and haven’t done anything inappropriate or

“When Operation Barbarossa is launched, the world will hold its breath!” Adolf Hitler In the early hours of June 22 1941 the largest and most ambitious combined military land operation ever mounted was unleashed. Its code name was Operation Barbarossa. Involving some 4 million men, 3,600 tanks, over 4,000 aircraft, and 46,000 artillery pieces, German and Axis forces

It is not often I am shocked by the callousness of the Tory led coalition government, but the letter below which was published in the Guardian took my breath away. Only this morning I heard a Works and Pensions government minister demonising the disabled and long term sick with the usual blanket condemnation. As if they, like the rest of us, do not come in all shapes and sizes. It is becoming incr...