Theresa May succeeded yesterday in achieving her aim. Of the three Brexit outcomes that could have emerged from the EU summit, she has gained the one most likely to meet her core objective – survival as Prime Minister, at least for the moment. There is not...
Alex Morton: Riots, looting, pillaging, yellow vests. France shows what Britain could face if Brexit is blocked.
Alex Morton is Director of Policy at the Centre for Policy Studies, and was a member of David Cameron’s Downing Street Policy Unit. In nine days, we are due to leave the European Union with no deal. Parliament has twice voted down the proposed deal. The Cabinet is...
Cologne: 600+ women reported assaults, only three men convicted of sexual offences
The disgusting events of New Year’s Eve 2015 in Cologne have sadly not seen strong justice delivered, with new analysis done by the German media showing that just three men were subsequently convicted of sexual offences. Latest stories direct in your inbox Sign up for...
Nearly 200 children left without secondary school place in Hertfordshire
More than 180 children in Hertfordshire have been unable to currently get a place at a local secondary school due to a surge in demand. There has been increase of 460 applications in just one year, leading to Hertfordshire County Council being unable to offer a place...
44 migrants arrested after boarding Dover-bound ferry
A large group of migrants were arrested on Saturday evening after boarding a ferry that was docked in Calais, due to head to Dover. French police arrested a total of 44 migrants, who entered a supposedly secure area and got onto the ferry by using ladders. Regional...
Government scheme to prevent illegal migrants renting breaches European Convention
The government’s ‘Right to Rent’ scheme breaches law under the European Convention on Human Rights, the High Court has ruled. Once again the British government are being overruled on policy. Right to Rent made landlords responsible for checking the immigration status...
Hospitals and schools struggling to cope with population surge
Britain’s ridiculous, irresponsible population surge driven by mass migration is having real-life consequences when it comes to the country’s infrastructure.Two stories today illustrate this point perfectly. Firstly, the government are looking to scrap the four-hour...
Unskilled Migration Down, Skilled Migration Up
New ONS figures have revealed that EU migration is down substantially from the date of the referendum, and non-EU migration is up. Many liberal Brexiteers campaigned to use Brexit as an opportunity to end ‘passport discrimination’ against people from outside the EU,...
Net migration still running at nearly 300,000 per year
Mass migration has continued, with new figures from the Office for National Statistics today showing that net migration for the year ending September 2018 was running at 283,000. 627,000 people arrived in one year including 85,000 Brits, 202,000 EU migrants and...
Rachel Wolf: On policy, it’s not the Independent Group that’s driven to the margins. It’s the Conservative Right.
Rachel Wolf is a partner in Public First. She was an education and innovation adviser at Number 10 during David Cameron’s premiership, and was founding director of the New Schools Network. Will the former Conservative and Labour Members of the Independent Group find...
