Former Tory MP Neil Hamilton tells Tanya Gold about his conversion to UKIP, his rage with the expenses cheats, and where he and wife Christine draw the line in publicising their 'brand'... more
The Alternative Vote referendum is both fascinating and futile at one and the same time. Fascinating because it has the potential to split the governing coalition. Futile because the substantive issue, whether to change Britain's voting system, hasn't a hope of succeeding... more
Classical rhetoric gives us the concept of kairos, or "timeliness". The PM could have done with some of that, having just given a talk on how multiculturalism fosters militant Islam within hours of English Defence League thugs stomping through Luton shouting "Who the f*** is Allah?"... more
To the 80 per cent of gay women who say they plan to have a baby, Dr Kamal Ahuja is already a hero. He tells Sophie Goodchild why he feels compelled to help them... more
Mark Damazer, the departing controller of Radio 4, talks about axing his friend, dating Enoch Powell’s daughter, women presenters and wanting to be England manager.... more
Obituary: Such is the importance of character to the English sensibility that the death of Michael Foot will be lamented more deeply and sincerely than that of more substantial politicians of his age... more
BNP leader Nick Griffin predicts that tonight's Question Time would be 'political blood sport' but said it could propel his party into 'the big time'... more
One thousand hours of archive recordings of leading figures from Salman Rushdie to Quentin Crisp are going online for the first time at the British Library... more
The London Left should return to its old principles and treat people equally regardless of colour and creed - or else the BNP may do better next time... more
Forty years and one day after Enoch Powell's famous speech about immigration, it is clear that he was mostly wrong. The rivers are not "foaming with much blood".... more
Sound check: German industrial metal band Rammstein literally play with fire in their live performances - and now they are about to unleash their singeing spectacle on London. Watch out for your eyebrows
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