Friday, 5 June 2009

A selection of recent media reports

Racism isnt right
Sir: Reference is made in the headlines of Fraser Nelsons article on the BNP (The rise of British racism may be horribly close, 30 May) to far Right politicians. Surely Mr Nelson does not imagine that there is anything right-wing about the BNP?
The Spectator (05-Jun-2009)

Europe agrees how to open door to dozens of Guantánamo detainees
Brussels boosts Obama's plan to close detention...
Guardian Unlimited World Latest (05-Jun-2009)

Poll: Right-wing party second in Dutch Euro vote
MIKE CORDER Associated Press Writer= THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) â A right-wing, stridently anti-Islam Dutch lawmaker's party won more than 15 percent of votes in the country's European Parliament elections Thursday, according to the national broadcaster's exit...
Guardian Unlimited World Latest (05-Jun-2009)

Payout suspect fights us
AN al-Qaeda suspect who landed a human rights payout has fled to Afghanistan to fight British soldiers, it was feared last...
Online Sun (05-Jun-2009)

Denmark sends mixed messages on the EU
Margrethe Auken, the vivacious face of far-left politics in Denmark, is the most prominent, and surprising, convert from Euroscepticism to enthusiasm about engagement with the European...
Financial Times (05-Jun-2009)

Freedom of speech
05/06/2009 Once tipped for Tory leadership, former minister Michael Portillo is now free to say the unsayable on immigration, Westminster - and security of...
Inside Housing (05-Jun-2009)

TEBBIT: SHARIA LAW JUST LIKE THE KRAYS
TORY grandee Lord Tebbit last night compared sharia law to the system of arbitration run by the Kray brothers in Londons East...
Sunday Express (05-Jun-2009)