Russia is not the threat she appears | Dominic Lawson
Ironically, this obsession with a deft Russian hand reaching into the heart of Western democracies only adds to Putin’s mystique and his carefully constructed image of power. Putin is an effective ruler but he is encumbered by large-scale geopolitical forces which point to a process of gradual and unforgiving Russian demise. Much of Russia’s actions in recent years, whether it be the annexation of Crimea, tampering in Western democracies, or the obliteration of Aleppo, actually stem from a position of weakness- not strength.
Rome burns, put down your fiddle | Sam Hall
We have an innate tendency towards creation. We are God’s chosen species, made in his image, and therefore at some level also have the capability to create. Not merely for function- to keep us sheltered from the elements, well-fed and watered- but to go beyond, to create a civilisation… This tendency for beauty and creation is all too often overridden by a desire to destroy.
France’s epidemic of church attacks | Tom Colsy
Only a week before the iconic staple building of the Île de la Cité in Paris was engulfed in flames in April 2019- with its fate uncertain for the duration of the blaze as fears of a total structural collapse were held- an article in the Times was published documenting the growing prevalence in spates of unprovoked desecration, vandalism and violence at France’s Catholic holy places.
Britain’s long campaign against slavery | Dominic Lawson
The murder of a man five thousand miles away has prompted anger. But elements within our own population have seized upon it for political purposes. This is intended to demoralise the British people into being ashamed of their history. One key aspect of this has been the role of the British empire in the African slave trade. Weaved into a grand narrative which, alongside empire, posits that the British people are uniquely contaminated with a form of secular original sin.
‘Defund the Police’? | Sam Hall
So let’s spell it out: poor people can’t afford private security like rich people can. Rich private security companies will profit where the police fall. Eventually, the left will demand private security for all. Otherwise known as the Police. In the meantime, it will be the poorest in society who suffer as social workers and psychologists are left to pick up the pieces. This is just another case of leftist intellectual elitism.
Britain’s role in the new Cold War | Dominic Lawson
If there was ever any hope that the pandemic would have put a pause to the Chinese state’s ambitions, that has been dashed in spectacular fashion by the full absorption of Hong Kong into the jurisdiction of mainland China. The newly introduced security bill, which focuses on disrupting succession movements and opposition to Beijing’s CCP, means that Hong Kong will be subjected to the same strict security-intelligence regime as exists on mainland China.
Operation Hong Kong | Dan Mikhaylov
The gradual yet imminent Chinese usurpation of Hong Kong is a sword of Damocles looming over both the city’s residents and the international community. Its blade can become lethal, provided its existence is unaddressed. The mere fact that China is due to acquire control over the much troubled area of Hong Kong does not presuppose that it may obtain it before 2047. Giving way to breaches of the Sino-British Joint Declaration will only strengthen the CCP’s belief in its impunity, embolden it to grow more daring in its geopolitical ambitions, and provoke further diplomatic confrontations.
Christendom has only itself as an ally in a world of woke | Sam Hall
To attack Christians in this country is very anti-establishment and very woke. Telling some Hindu Nationalists in a former British colony that they are bigoted, ignorant thugs for attacking someone on the grounds of religious belief? Not so much. Ironically no-one in the woke brigade wants to be accused of being a colonial sympathising racist bigot in the process, do they? That kind of anti-Christian bigotry is far easier to get away with as a result.
How China uses globalisation as a weapon | Dominic Lawson
It may seem obvious that allowing a ruthless military regime to have dominance of the globe’s most vital goods (including, ironically, the world’s medical supplies) is dangerous. But very often, people require disaster to wake them from their complacency. For too long, economic globalism has been treated like a fact of nature. Instead, we must remember that it is ideology and like all ideologies it can be expunged. Because if it isn’t, we risk this current crisis becoming nothing more than a speed bump in the building of a world ruled by the Chinese Communist Party.