It was the speech which cemented Winston Churchill’s position as Prime Minister after the miraculous evacuation of British forces from the beaches of Dunkirk. The rousing words of defiance about how Britain would ‘never surrender’ after Britain’s humiliating retreat from marauding Nazi troops are the best-known utterances of the wartime PM. But a new documentary … Read more
Channel 4 has been blasted for a ‘spineless surrender to the PC police,’ over the sacking of SAS: Who Dares Wins star Ant Middleton after he shared controversial views on the Black Lives Matter protesters and Covid-19. Today Channel 4 has said it will no longer work with the 40-year-old because ‘our views and values … Read more
A Uighur prisoner has sent a message from inside a detention camp to claim Chinese authorities are instructing children as young as 13 to ‘regret and surrender’. Merdan Ghappar, who was once a model for online retailer Taobao, provided a chilling first-hand account of China’s highly secure and secretive detention system. The 31-year-old was able … Read more
Yet again, the future of Cecil Rhodes hangs in the balance. Intimidated by a delirious mob, the governing body of Oriel – his and my Oxford college – voted to remove the statuette of the 19th-century diamond magnate from its niche high above the city’s high street. Yesterday, the inevitable backlash began, as a former … Read more