This has got to be the strangest video by a prominent politician that I’ve ever seen. British Prime Minister Gordon Brown grins inanely, jerks back and forth, and even flaps his arms a bit while delivering a message to bolster public confidence in Parliament by tightening up MP’s expense allowances.
One wonders if this tomfoolery [...]

The British Home Office calls it “search engine optimisation”, but that’s just a euphemism for “manipulation”.  Whatever you call it, it’s idiotic and futile.
Whitehall officials will train pro-West Islamic groups to manipulate their Google search ranking in an attempt to drown out extremist voices online, The Register has learned.
The policy is being developed despite recent [...]

The Tyranny of Nice in the UK.
Renowned political philosopher Kenneth Minogue remarks on a paradox at the heart of contemporary British society. For many years, government policies and public institutions have been based on compassion, empathy, and concern; yet, increasingly, the result is a society manifesting the opposite qualities—indifference, lawlessness, and violence.
Young offenders are [...]

Speaking at a meeting in the British House of Lords on Tuesday, renowned comedian Rowan Atkinson strongly opposed a scheme to remove free speech protection from the offence of “homophobic hatred”.
Mr Atkinson, famous for his roles in Blackadder and Mr Bean, told Peers in the House of Lords: “Do I think that I would risk [...]

Earlier this week, a council in the north of England removed a Christian woman from the roster of approved foster parents after a 16-year-old Muslim girl in her care converted to Christianity and was baptized. It is now alleged that the girl went into foster care after her father physically assaulted her and threatened [...]

Britain’s spineless government
Dutch MP banned from Britain
Labour minister praises Muslims because “secular commentators are afraid to criticise them.”
“Freedom go to hell” and other choice slogans.
When the original screening was cancelled Lord Ahmed told the Pakistani press it was “a victory for the Muslim community”.
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Archbishop of York John Sentamu (at right) defends Christian prayer in today’s Daily Mail.  Defending prayer has become necessary because British Christians are now being persecuted over prayer.
In recent days, prayer has found its way into the headlines for other reasons altogether. Last week, community nurse Caroline Petrie was suspended as a result of offering [...]

Another outrageous act of official discrimination against Christians in the United Kingdom.
A council in the north of England has removed a Christian woman from the roster of approved foster parents after a 16-year-old Muslim girl in her care converted to Christianity. The woman has taken care of more than 80 children in ten years [...]

Peter Hitchens is outraged by the “child welfare” authorities who ordered two young children taken away from their grandparents and given to a homosexual couple for adoption. People in Western societies were encouraged to show tolerance for homosexuals, but now we are being tyrannised into giving approval.
For objecting to having their grandchildren adopted by [...]

Europhile Conservative MP Ken Clarke was only this month elevated to the Shadow Cabinet, but already a major rift has emerged between him and party leader David Cameron.  Mr Cameron has pledged to introduce pro-marriage tax reforms, but Mr Clarke dismisses that as “social engineering”.
“My view of Conservatism is that it’s not for us to [...]

A Church of England bishop has sharply criticised the United States and Great Britain over brutal persecution of Christians in Iraq. The Rt Rev Graham James says the two countries’ invasion of Iraq has contributed to the obliteration of one of the world’s oldest Christian communities.
Despite having very strong Christian traditions, the US and [...]

Yesterday in the British House of Commons, several MPs accused judges and lawyers of using libel laws to clamp down on free discussion of terrorism and its wealthy and powerful financiers.
The Labour MP Denis MacShane, said in Westminster Hall: “The practice of libel tourism, as it is known – the willingness of British courts to [...]

Today’s news brings two more examples of British officialdom presumptuously instructing citizens to avoid causing offence to non-Christians—even though there’s no evidence that anyone other than minor bureaucrats is offended.
First up: Salvation Army bands have been threatened over rattling tins used for money collections.
Members have been forbidden to shake their charity tins – even if [...]

So says British Conservative MP Nick Herbert.
Shadow Justice Secretary Nick Herbert said the controversial act, brought in by Labour, has had the opposite effect of its intentions by devaluing human rights and led to “distorted prioirities” [sic].
He said the result has been to devalue the very language of rights by associating serious violations and abuses [...]

The suicide of British civilisation continues.
A town council in southern Wales has decided that the word “British” should be avoided for fear of causing offence.  Who might be offended?  Just about everyone.
The word ‘British’ can be as offensive as ‘negro’ and ‘half-caste’, according to a race relations body.
The publicly-funded organisation’s views have been adopted by [...]