DATE : 4 April 2016 AUTHOR : Lynda Rose
In 2015 the pictures of destruction by ISIS/Daesh of the Temple of Bel (also known as Baal Shamin) in Palmyra rightly shocked the world, and attempts to safeguard the world’s historical heritage from future acts of senseless aggression are to be applauded. However, the reconstruction of the temple arch in Trafalgar Square on April 19 […]
READ MOREDATE : 21 February 2016 AUTHOR : Lynda Rose
That at least is the impression given by David Cameron, triumphantly announcing his deal with the EU ahead of the Referendum on June 23rd. Just to recap, the negotiations have apparently achieved a seven-year restriction on in-work benefits (which Mr Cameron claims will reduce migration from the EU into Britain), permanent exemption from ‘ever-closer’ union […]
READ MOREDATE : 11 February 2016 AUTHOR : Lynda Rose
In its drive to counter terrorism, the Government’s yet to be introduced Counter-Extremism Bill will, if and when passed, bring into law Extremism Disruption Orders (EDOs), primarily aimed (we are told) at combatting hate preaching by radical Islamists. Of which, in the UK, we presumably have a great number. Any measures to combat Islamic terrorism […]
READ MOREDATE : 6 February 2016 AUTHOR : Lynda Rose
According to Reuters, on 30th January 2016, hundreds of thousands of protesters gathered in the Circus Maximus in Rome to protest the introduction of same sex unions and gay adoption. Organisers reportedly estimated that around two million people attended the rally, the crowd so big that they were forced to spill out into the surrounding […]
READ MOREDATE : 31 January 2016 AUTHOR : Lynda Rose
In the House of Lords, UKIP Peer Lord Pearson of Rannoch’s query whether reading the Bible in public would soon be classified as an anti-Muslim hate crime was dismissed as fanciful. But only last year street preacher Mike Overd was convicted of a public order offence after quoting an allegedly ‘homophobic’ verse from the Bible. […]
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