On Tuesday an historic trial commences in Belgium. It will be the first time that doctors have faced criminal charges over euthanasia since it was legalised in 2002. Three of them have been charged with illegal poisoning. If convicted, they face stiff prison sentences. The deceased was a 38-year-old woman, Tine Nys, who died in 2010. Three doctors […]
Nick Timothy, citing the left-wing failure to address the decades-long scandal of Asian grooming gangs, their attempts to silence free speech on university campuses and also the attacks upon Labour leadership candidate Rebecca Long-Bailey for her moral rejection of abortion up to birth for the disabled – even though her views have not affected her […]
In what has become an annual tradition, Oxfam has released its yearly “Time to Care” report. And in what is becoming another annual tradition, the report is meaningless garbage. You probably haven’t heard of the “Time to Care” report, but you’ve almost certainly seen its headline finding: “The world’s 2,153 billionaires have more wealth than […]
The pontificate of Pope Francis has been many things to many people, but an under-reported litany of allegations against the pontiff appears to be the one area of concern that high-ranking supporters of the Argentine are struggling to contain.
People with Down Syndrome are showing the world that there should be no limitations to what they can achieve. Karen Gaffney amazed Irish audiences in 2017 when she shared her story of becoming a champion swimmer, TED talker and recipient of an honorary doctorate, shattering many of the stereotypes of people with Down Syndrome – […]
The European Commission (the executive branch of the EU) for the next five years has recently taken office under the Presidency of Ursula von der Leyen. The 27 members of the Commission (one from each member state – the departing UK has not named a commissioner) form a cabinet government and together they propose legislation, […]
Roger Scruton who died on January 12 was a remarkable person. He grew up in Ancoats, a part of Manchester captured in L.S Lowry’s distinctive paintings. The son of a socialist school teacher Scruton became perhaps the most eloquent of modern thinkers to reject socialism and all its works. Unlike many of the déclassé left […]
Not all abortions end an unwanted pregnancy, and that makes a difference to the women Does the termination of an unwanted pregnancy harm women’s mental health? No more than giving birth in such circumstances, according to mainstream social scientists and medical associations. Perhaps. But what about women who terminate a wanted pregnancy? A new study […]
Lost in the Christmas festivities was another tragic episode in Nigeria’s ongoing strife between Islamic militants and the Christian population of a deeply divided country ravaged by lawlessness.
There’s nothing more terrifying than fire. And Australia is being burnt to a crisp. Across the continent, particularly in the coastal region on the eastern seaboard between Sydney and Melbourne, the scenes are apocalyptic. In the air, gigantic plumes of smoke drift thousands of kilometres across the Tasman Sea, covering glaciers in New Zealand with […]
President Jair Bolsonaro has vetoed the adherence of Brazil to the United Nations’ Agenda 2030, a wide-ranging social, economic and political program that some fear would lead to a global government.
2010 – 2020 had its fair share of very good attempts at pulling the wool over people’s eyes, with the new phrase “fake news” being coined to cover the age old habit of spreading porkie pies.