Rather than making me into a Tory, my experience of life in Britain under Thatcher ensured that I would never vote Conservative.

The reactions and tributes to Margaret Thatcher's death have illustrated the way in which modern conservatives have emptied the words 'freedom' and 'liberty' of all meaning and import. If (wo)man is judged by the company (s)he keeps, then Thatcher must be judged a champion of despotism and dictatorship, not of freedom or liberty.

Israel Apartheid week is fast approaching and opponents of the Jewish state are busying themselves on campuses up and down the country. With the Red, Green and Black bunting about to go up, sessions by anti-Israel rap artists being advertised and bake sales for the next flotilla being prepared, one can imagine that there is something almost festive about all of this for the event's organisers.

David Cameron hailed the African National Congress (ANC) as a "beacon for the world" in fighting discrimination and oppression as the South African pa...

Jello Biafra might have a crazy name but he is the voice of sanity when it comes to confronting the increasingly influential cultural boycott against Israel