Bandwagons are infuriating, especially those that offer a claim to some sort of victimhood. Last week saw a long overdue rally against Islamophobia, after journalistic luminary Mehdi Hasan wrote a brave piece detailing his experiences at the hands of racist trolls. When he asked 'who's with me?',

The UK for the last 10 years has tried to extradite Abu Qatada, a terror suspect, to Jordan where he faces trial on charges of terrorism. The European Court of Human Rights however ruled last week that such a deportation is illegal because Qatada is likely to face an unjust...

It's almost tragicomic that only death brings people the recognition they deserved whilst alive.

This is true for Christopher Hitchens who, though increasingly famous in his last days, will only now have his vast catalogue read by the many it should already have reached. As eulogies mount, praising a...

On Saturday the Telegraph front page ran a story about the Tory commitment to reclaim rights from Europe. The new battle lines are drawn over issues of 'social policy', over which the Court is alleged to be trespassing upon the proper domain of Parliament and Ken Clarke is committed to...

As St. Paul's and the Corporation of London suspend action to legally evict the protesters, Occupy London have little cause to celebrate. The Corporation has declared a mere ceasefire, not an end to hostilities. And the overtures emanating from the cloisters of St. Paul's must be taken with a pinch...

Protests have two aims: to garner publicity and air a grievance. The Occupy London Stock Exchange movement has succeeded with the former but not the latter. It's the failure to substantiate a coherent complaint that is the movement's weakness. "The 99%" is the only enduring idea...