Defining British Citizenship: Empire, Commonwealth and Modern Britain (British Politics and Society)
A Pint of Unionist Lite (Free subscription) | yesterday
UKIP MEP, Nikki Sinclaire:has secured a pledge from the US Secretary of State of Homeland Security to protect the British identity of UK citizens travelling to the United States.Seemingly a bad show that we're having to rely now on the US of A to protect our national identity but, as per usual from the UKIP, things are not exactly what they may seem...but first, the obligatory...
Circle of 13 (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
The Ministry of Defence turned large parts of the country into a giant laboratory to conduct a series of secret germ warfare tests on the public. A government report just released provides for the first time a comprehensive official history of Britain's biological weapons trials between 1940 and 1979. Many of these tests involved releasing potentially dangerous chemicals and micro-organisms over vast...
Dickiebo (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
A British Muslim cleared of an al-Qaeda plot to blow up transatlantic jets was spared jail yesterday for keeping a loaded gun at his home. Donald Stewart-Whyte, 23, hid a modified pistol, silencer and ammo in a bag under his stairs. But he was released after a jury decided he was not in possession of the [...]
Liberty Scott (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
Yes, you read correctly. British Muslims now organised to defend the interests of the British constitutional system and freedoms. On Saturday 31 October an Islamist group called Islam4UK had planned a demonstration to promote applying Shariah law in the UK. Its express purpose being the Islamification of British society. The group cancelled at the last minute, but a counter demonstration...
The Observer (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
Pardoned mercenary says others accused of Equatorial Guinea coup plot 'should face justice' Simon Mann today vowed he would testify in a British court against Sir Mark Thatcher and others involved in the 2004 plot to overthrow the government of Equatorial Guinea. As he prepared to leave the African state after being pardoned for his part in the coup attempt, Mann, 57, said he wanted other people...
kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
A British coup-plotter who has been freed in Equatorial Guinea says he is grateful for being pardoned by the government and regrets his role in the affair.
FreeThoughtManifesto (Free subscription) | yesterday
... their electronic communications. Taking a page from America's political police force, the FBI, the British state is beefing-up an ever-growing watch list of "domestic extremists." As we know, that trend has taken on a Kafkaesque life of its own here in the heimat . Secrecy News reports that during a Q&A last year with the Senate Judiciary Committee, FBI Director Robert S. Mueller...
Click World News (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
... his account, was horrible. Let's say, for the sake of argument, that in addition to being a "citizen journalist" she was also a British citizen. Of course, the movie-taker shooting the end of the life of the beautiful Iranian protestor did something horrible too. Imagine, not trying to help or comfort her as she bled to death in front of him. Okay, let's concede he...
Scripting News (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
... his account, was horrible. Let's say, for the sake of argument, that in addition to being a "citizen journalist" she was also a British citizen. Of course, the movie-taker shooting the end of the life of the beautiful Iranian protestor did something horrible too. Imagine, not trying to help or comfort her as she bled to death in front of him. Okay, let's concede he...
Bare Naked Islam (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
No, not here in the U.S., home of the Fort Hood Muslim mass murderer, but in Britain, where Muslims have been rioting, raping, and murdering British citizens for a lot longer. (FYI: this story comes from a MUSLIM website) On Thursday 5th November three Muslim students were stabbed just outside of City University, after being surrounded by [...]
Sify (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
British citizens who have been forced into marriages overseas are being asked to cover the costs of their repatriation to the UK, The Independent has learnt.
The Independent (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
British citizens forced into marriages overseas are being asked to cover the costs of their repatriation to the UK. The victims, many of whom have been through violent and traumatic ordeals by the time they reach British officials, are being told to cover the costs of their flights back to the UK, either out of their own pockets or by finding friends who are willing to pay for...
Boston Globe (Free subscription) | yesterday
HARTFORD, Conn.—A Connecticut judge is deliberating whether to let prison officials continue force-feeding an inmate who has been on a hunger strike for more than two years.Hartford Superior Court Judge James Graham heard closing arguments Tuesday in the case of William Coleman, a British citizen who has ingested only fluids since September 2007.Coleman is protesting his conviction for...
NewsBusters (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
... by the Bay," attorney "Alan Shore," played by James Spader , takes up the case of British citizen "Benyam Kallah" suing the government, oddly in state court, over Kallah's torture at the Guantanamo Bay facility after he was picked up in Afghanistan where he claims he was doing "humanitarian" work. On the witness stand, Kallah describes the torture...
FreshTrend (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
“Keep Calm and Carry On” is one of the most iconic phrases to arise from WW2. Originally published on the brink of war in 1939, the propaganda poster reminded British citizens to face the oncoming struggle with grace & bravery. Nowadays its meaning is just as potent, captured here in a handmade pendant. It’s a [...]
