While in Korea, Linebarger masterminded the surrender of thousands of Chinese troops who considered it shameful to give up their arms. He drafted leaflets explaining how the soldiers could surrender by shouting the Chinese words for 'love', 'duty', 'humanity' and...

Inspired by the genius of Banksy and the perpetual, revolutionary words of Bobby Sands. "They will not criminalise us, rob us of our true identity, steal our individualism, depoliticise us, churn us out as systemised, institutionalised, decent law-abiding robots. We refuse to lie here in dishonor! We are not criminals, but Irishmen! This is the crime of which we stand accused. Never will they labe...

The Democrats just successfully voted to allow Nancy Pelosi to urinate on Article I of the Constitution and use the Slaughter Solution to 'deem' ObamaCare passed without an actual roll call or vote. In other words, the fix is in. The rollcall of Jackasses who voted for this travesty is here: And courtesy of the NRO's Jim Geraughty,here's a list of highly vulnerable Dems that ne...

...when it comes to the Lib Dem's offical election song, performed by the Liberal Democrat Community Choir: You can, er, buy it on iTunes if you like. Hat-tip: Guido

GORDON Brown yesterday echoed the famous words of one of his predecessors when he suggested he plans to go on as party leader – whatever the election result.

This is splendid almost beyond words. Now go make your own! Hat tip to John Farrier...

David Cameron was accused of being the friend of criminals as Labour stepped up the pre-election war of words on criminal justice.

Michael Wolff's portrait of David Cameron in the latest issue of Vanity Fair is well worth reading, even it it's a weird kind of a beast. Wolff concludes – at the start of the piece, as it happens – that he's "impressed" by the Tory leader. But then spends the best part of 2,000 words spraying out quotes and observations which will harden the attitudes of Camer...

Ahhh, dear old Senator Mccain. How charming that someone of his age still believes in fairy tales: Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) is seeking bipartisan support to block Senate Democrats from using special parliamentary tactics to pass healthcare reform.{...} He implored centrist Democrats to think about the consequences. He even invoked President Barack Obama’s own words to make his case. And Mc...

One story which has been rumbling along in the background of Ashcroft and Chilcot – and, indeed, over the past few months – is the fallout from Andy Burnham's claim that NHS bodies are now the state's "preferred provider" of healthcare in this country. With those two words, in a speech last September, the Health Secretary appears to have pulled the process of reform...