LBC reports: An investigation has revealed that a man known only as ‘Mr X’ worked as a personal bodyguard for Ismail Haniyeh, who was Hamas’ leader in Gaza between 2007 and 2017. He then successfully applied for asylum and eventually indefinite leave to remain in the UK, and was able to plot an antisemitic attack…
Predictable
Predictable
15 Oct 2026 Leave a comment
in defence economics, economics of crime, Economics of international refugee law, International law, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, laws of war, war and peace Tags: British politics, Gaza Strip, Middle-East politics, war against terror
Britain risks running out of gas this winter
11 Oct 2026 Leave a comment
in economics of climate change, energy economics, environmental economics, environmentalism, global warming Tags: British politics
By Paul Homewood The Telegraph is warning that Britain risks running out of gas this winter. Full story here. The warning follows the publication of the Winter Supply Outlook by ENTSOG, the European Network of Transmission System Operators for Gas: https://www.entsog.eu/media/38034
Britain risks running out of gas this winter
Julio Alberto Barajas-Servin: When Electoral Lies Become Justiciable
02 Oct 2026 Leave a comment
in Public Choice Tags: British constitutional law, British politics, free speech
Wales has done something unusual – it has enacted a duty to prohibit electoral lies before deciding what the prohibition will look like. Since 27 June 2026, section 13 of the Government of Wales Act 2006 has required the Welsh Ministers to make provision against false or misleading statements of fact made to affect who […]
Julio Alberto Barajas-Servin: When Electoral Lies Become Justiciable
Munich: The Agreement That Failed to Preserve Peace
01 Oct 2026 Leave a comment
in defence economics, economic history, International law, war and peace Tags: British politics, Nazi Germany, World War II
On 30 September 1938, the leaders of Great Britain, France, Italy and Nazi Germany signed the Munich Agreement, handing the Sudetenland—the predominantly German-speaking border regions of Czechoslovakia—to Adolf Hitler’s Germany. The Czechoslovaks themselves were not parties to the agreement. It was presented as a settlement intended to prevent another European war. British Prime Minister Neville […]
Munich: The Agreement That Failed to Preserve Peace
The U.K. Version of the Laffer Curve Strikes Again
29 Sep 2026 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, economic growth, economic history, entrepreneurship, financial economics, fiscal policy, history of economic thought, labour economics, labour supply, macroeconomics Tags: British politics, taxation and investment, taxation and labour supply
There are two reasons why I periodically write about the Laffer Curve. I want my left-leaning friends to understand to understand that higher tax rates on productive behavior will lead to less taxable income and some foregone tax revenue. I want my right-leaning friends to understand that tax cuts are only self-financing in rare cases […]
The U.K. Version of the Laffer Curve Strikes Again
Aberdeen hydrogen bus fleet sold for just 6% of original public investment
19 Sep 2026 Leave a comment
in economics of climate change, energy economics, environmental economics, environmentalism, global warming, transport economics, urban economics Tags: British politics
Last year, I reported how all of these buses had been mothballed because of a lack of hydrogen supply in Aberdeen. Presumably the eco-nutters thought it came out of thin air! The post Aberdeen hydrogen bus fleet sold for just 6% of original public investment appeared first on Watts Up With That?.
Aberdeen hydrogen bus fleet sold for just 6% of original public investment
Unity Mitford-Hitler’s groupie
18 Sep 2026 Leave a comment
in defence economics, war and peace Tags: British politics, Nazi Germany
Unity Valkyrie Freeman-Mitford (8 August 1914 – 28 May 1948) was an English socialite best known as a devotee of Adolf Hitler. Both in Britain and Germany, she was a prominent supporter of Nazism and fascism, and formed part of Hitler’s inner circle of friends.Following the declaration of World War II, Mitford attempted suicide in Munich, and was officially allowed safe […]
Unity Mitford-Hitler’s groupie
Andy Burnham, the Premiership, and the Roman Catholic Relief Act 1829
12 Sep 2026 Leave a comment
in constitutional political economy, economics of bureaucracy, economics of religion, Public Choice Tags: British constitutional law, British politics, Freedom of religion, religious discrimination
Andy Burnham announced today that his constitutional responsibility for advising the Sovereign on ecclesiastical appointments has been transferred to the Lord Chancellor. This was necessary because, as a Roman Catholic, Burnham is barred from tendering this advice by s. 18 of the Roman Catholic Relief Act 1829. S. 4 of the Jews Relief Act 1858 […]
Andy Burnham, the Premiership, and the Roman Catholic Relief Act 1829
Populist political party folly
08 Sep 2026 Leave a comment
in Economics of international refugee law, International law, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, politics - Australia, politics - New Zealand Tags: British politics, France, Germany
I wonder whether the massive support for the (AFD) Alternatives for Germany party in the Saxony state election, along with the sight of hundreds of Brits trying to stop illegal migrants arriving by boat from France, while Pauline Hanson’s One Nation, out rates all the other parties, will finally get western elites to face the […]
Populist political party folly
UK advice for asylum seekers
04 Sep 2026 Leave a comment
in economics of crime, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics Tags: British politics
The UK Government has published a guide for asylum seekers who are living in the UK while awaiting a decision. A summary of the booklet is: You should not rape women. You should not try to have sex with someone who is asleep, drunk, or unable to consent clearly. You should not have sex with children.…
UK advice for asylum seekers
#OTD
28 Aug 2026 Leave a comment
in economic history, liberalism Tags: British politics, economics of slavery
Lord Mountbatten: The Assassination That Shook Britain and Ireland
28 Aug 2026 1 Comment
in economics of crime, law and economics Tags: British politics
On the morning of 27 August 1979, Louis Francis Albert Victor Nicholas Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma, a member of the British royal family and one of the most prominent figures of the twentieth century, was assassinated by the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA). The bombing, carried out while Mountbatten was aboard his fishing […]
Lord Mountbatten: The Assassination That Shook Britain and Ireland
“The Cascade of Dysfunction That Helped Doom Jason Arday”
21 Aug 2026 1 Comment
in economics of crime, economics of education, law and economics, liberalism, Marxist economics Tags: British politics, free speech, political correctness, regressive left
An excellent piece today by Jesse Singal in The Dispatch; the whole thing is worth reading, but here are some… The post “The Cascade of Dysfunction That Helped Doom Jason Arday” appeared first on Reason.com.
“The Cascade of Dysfunction That Helped Doom Jason Arday”
The Omagh Bombing
16 Aug 2026 1 Comment
in defence economics, economics of crime, law and economics Tags: British politics, Northern Ireland, war against terror
The Omagh bombing, which took place on August 15, 1998, stands as the deadliest single atrocity of the decades-long sectarian conflict in Northern Ireland known as the Troubles. Just four months after the historic signing of the Good Friday Agreement, a car bomb exploded in the busy centre of Omagh, County Tyrone, in an attack […]
The Omagh Bombing
Millions of households could face threat of emergency blackouts
14 Aug 2026 Leave a comment
in economics of climate change, energy economics, environmental economics, environmentalism, global warming Tags: British politics, climate alarmism, solar power, wind power
By Paul Homewood h/t Ian Cunningham We are rapidly turning into a third world country where our electricity grid is concerned: From the Telegraph: Emergency power cuts could be imposed on millions of households at short notice to avoid nationwide blackouts, under new rules introduced by grid bosses.
Millions of households could face threat of emergency blackouts
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