Simon Heffer's Blog, page 22

Why are ministers holding Britain back?

Ministers too often exercise power poorly and for their own sakes rather than in the interest of the country

Trump and Fury are victims of the internet mob that hates free speech

Britain traditionally respects the right of people to make fools of themselves

The European monster is in its death throes

The idealism of Schengen is unsuited to a world of armed psychopaths. No wonder Le Pen is flourishing in French elections

Syria vote proved that the PM can behave like a bully. He will live to regret it

There were many reasons for not backing air strikes, and sympathy with Isil was only one of them

Labour's moderates must split from the mad Maoists

There is a concerted effort to abolish pluralism in the Labour Party, not least by threatening anyone who seeks to practise it by articulating an opinion that opposes Corbyn

Christmas revives belief in cricket's traditional festive spirit

Let���s leave our emotions out of the war in Syria

We are in Isil's sights in any case. Their mentality is unaffected by notions of appeasement

There's something rotten at the heart of the Tory party

Others should do the decent thing and follow Shapps

Ken Livingstone is a vile bully who belongs in Jeremy Corbyn's party

Livingstone was out of order when he used mental illness as a political weapon. But the New Politics is dominated by such nastiness

Paris is tragic proof that Enoch Powell was right about threats to our country

Where the toxin of hatred exists ... it needs to be treated as incitement and punished accordingly