Observe, if you will, the controversy surrounding Suzanne Moore and Julie Burchill's transphobic comments on Twitter and in the Observer respectively. Why it is that so many supposed feminists - Janet Street Porter, Julie Bindel and the aforementioned two for example - seem to have such a problem with transsexuals...

Ukip has apparently now moved up in the Great British public's esteems. Now Britain's 'third party' they provide a 'common sense' attitude to the economy, EU, crime and, if pushed, immigration.

When they talk about immigration of course, it is once again 'common sense' and they are in no...

A ceasefire has been reached in Israel-Palestine and people can again, for now, sleep peacefully. With the tragedy of 160 dead in Gaza and five dead in Israel, things are settling back into calmed tension. However, in the UK, a lesser known controversy is brewing closer to home.

The North...

So, Theresa May has blocked the extradition of Gary McKinnon on the basis that, as someone who suffers from Asperger's Syndrome, he will be a suicide risk? In spite of the fact that he is allegedly responsible for one of the biggest military computer hacks of all time our Home...

Some would have said the notion of a Muslim Brotherhood-ruled Egypt was a fantasy. On YouTube it is possible to find a video of Gamal Abdul Nasser, former dictatorial President of Egypt, speaking on the subject of the Muslim Brotherhood in the 1950's. Looking very modern and urbane - as...

In two weeks the arms fair Farnborough is coming to the UK with its official welcome reception to be held in the Natural History Museum. Masquerading as an airshow, the fair will bring together 37 buyer countries including Algeria, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia and Libya.

The arms companies (whoops, I suppose...

Exit polls just released have Syriza and New Democracy almost neck-and-neck in the Greek elections. Although there is no chance of Syriza achieving clear majority, it will be the most successful showing for a hard-left party (I disregard terms like "extreme-left" or "far-left" as a attempt to try and equate...

I remember reading an article by David Mitchell a while back in which he criticised viewers of Would I Lie to You? who would take seriously the casual class warfare between him and Lee Mack. He used this as a basis to emphasise the need to base opinions on actions...