The British state has a long history of appeasing the noisiest troublemakers in Northern Ireland and it's a policy now being pursued with equally deplorable results in relation to Islam, says Ruth Dudley Edwards.
Sallust picks up on the growing sense of division in Britain, reflecting on Tim Stanley’s warning that we're heading towards civil unrest, sparked by mass immigration, two-tier justice and a collapsing social contract.
A visitor to the UK from Australia is worried, seeing widening social, political and economic fractures that leave the UK in danger of a cultural collapse. Hope is not lost, she says, but it is quickly draining away.
Mr and Mrs Watts installed a heat pump in 2008. But it's now approaching the end of its life and the replacement cost is £17k, £10k more than they paid for the original. It's a salutary lesson, says Sallust.
A trainee schoolteacher who failed her probationary period unsuccessfully sued her school because her mentor had imitated a Caribbean accent when quoting the old Lilt drink ad: "Totally tropical taste."
Defective heat pumps will be fitted in new homes under Net Zero plans, the Government has been warned, after it emerged that installations in new builds are unregulated and can be installed by any cowboy.
An interview on Radio 4 this week laid bare Ed Miliband's fantasy thinking on Net Zero. As Amol Rajan pressed the deluded Energy Secretary on how his claims are the opposite of reality, he simply dug in.
An Australian energy safety regulator has switched off five solar farms due to concerns over bushfire risks caused by uncontrolled vegetation. And with China's domination of the market that's not the only worry.
Colin Ferguson spent thousands renovating his home back in 2013 and received a perfect energy rating for his trouble. When he recently installed a heat pump, however, his EPC rating dropped off a cliff.
Shakespeare's Birthplace Trust and woke academics are "decolonising" the Bard by downplaying his genius, linking his legacy to white supremacy and scrubbing "offensive" language from its collections.
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