On 12th August, the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg decreed that our country’s refusal to allow prisoners to vote breaches their human rights. Fortunately, there was no demand for the UK to pay any compensation. Were the judges […]
A few days ago, we published an article discussing the development of a Commonwealth Free Trade area However, the links with these nations goes deeper than just trade. There is a common language which binds the 53 Commonwealth nations together […]
The Commons Political Reform Committee think that the 800th anniversary of Magna Carta next year is the right time for a fresh debate on the pros and cons of a written constitution. According to the MPs, the UK was currently […]
David Cameron’s recent reshuffle saw Philip Hammond replace William Hague as Foreign Secretary. Since resigning as party leader following the disastrous flop of the half-heartedly eurosceptic Conservative General Election campaign in 2001, Hague has given up all pretentions at euroscepticism. […]
A FUTURUS Special by Anthony Scholefield Director, FUTURUS 1914 INTRODUCTION The commemoration of the one hundredth anniversary of the outbreak of the First World War is also an occasion to reflect on how this tragedy came to engulf Europe and […]
‘Torquil Dick-Erikson, the journalist who first alerted us to the iniquitous Corpus Juris criminal code has had a letter printed in the Daily Telegraph. We reproduce it below: GET CARTASir, Magna Carta is to be celebrated by David Cameron’s administration, […]
