A liberal society should permit cultural or religious minorities to wear distinctive clothing - but only if that doesn’t get in the way of an institution’s ability to enforce basic standards of security, which the full veil most definitely does, since it obscures the identity of the person beneath the covering. But it does more even than that. It destroys nothing less than the presumption of equality on which human communication is based. ...read
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The election of Australia's new PM Tony Abbott is clear evidence that genuine conservative policies can win elections
Something truly astounding has happened, writes MELANIE PHILLIPS.The best political candidate for a country's future has won a general election. A true conservative won a general election on true conservative principles. This has just occurred in Australia where the leader of the Liberal (conservative) Party, Tony Abbott, has been elected Prime Minister by a landslide. ...read
A rapier of steel under a blanket of bonhomie. What the bully boys of broadcasting today could learn from Frost
All too often, it is only when someone dies that people suddenly publicly discover that individual’s many virtues. That is almost certainly the case with Sir David Frost, the broadcaster and media mogul who died at the weekend. Sir David's hallmark characteristic was his affability and niceness. And it was this good-natured quality that encouraged people to drop their guard. ...read
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- French are acting like NAZIS': British charity boss sparks anger by saying Calais migrants are being treated like Jews - as UK anarchists infiltrate the Jungle to fight its closure tomorrow
- ISIS militants WILL launch terror attacks on Britain as they are forced out of Iraq: Minister's warning over defeated British jihadis in Mosul who will return to UK to wreak terror
- Group of Iraqi migrants including a BABY are discovered alive in the back of a lorry where they had been hidden for TWO WEEKS
- BREAKING NEWS: Dad's Army creator Jimmy Perry has died aged 93
- £5k bill after not seeing GP in five years: Grandmother forced to pay for medical treatment despite having insurance after falling ill on holiday as GP had struck her off under new NHS rules
- Disgraced teacher will not fight a classroom ban 'after spending three hours in bed with a boy, 17, on his prom night' despite claiming she was the victim of a set-up
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- Lady Shifty takes a 13-mile helicopter trip to go shopping: Armed with a £27,000 handbag, shameless Tina Green hops to Nice from the Monaco tax-haven where she shovelled millions from BHS
- Britain should UNILATERALLY boost sanctions on Russia, Labour's defence spokeswoman claims - despite Jeremy Corbyn's sympathy with the Kremlin
- Quitting the EU could take so long we will need a transition plan, Hilary Benn warns in his powerful new role running the Commons Brexit committee
- 'Clearly the Church didn’t handle it well': Former Archbishop of Canterbury admits he should face criticism over ex-bishop sex abuse 'cover up'
- Trump's 'Gettysburg address' makes closing argument for choosing him and unveils 'first 100 days' agenda as he promises 'the kind of change that only arrives once in a lifetime'
- Trump furiously denies offering porn star $10k to spend the night with him a year after marrying Melania: The Donald says he would have 'no interest in ever knowing' latest accuser, who says pajama-clad tycoon groped and kissed her in hotel room
- 'I've got Palin, Chachi and the best Baldwin brother, Stephen': Alec Baldwin and Tom Hanks ridicule the presidential debate on SNL
- Heartbreaking moment devastated construction worker realizes two of his coworkers had drowned in a Boston trench after a water pipe line burst
- No comment: Clinton has 'nothing to say' about Wikileaks email revealing $12M quid pro quo with Morocco's king that an aide said was a 'mess' of her own making
- Queen 'at the centre of row between her sons as Prince Charles blocks Prince Andrew's request for Beatrice and Eugenie to be given full-time royal roles'
- 'Hopefully screaming my name in agony': James Woods gloats over the death of his Twitter nemesis whom he sued for $10M after the anonymous user called him a 'cocaine addict'
- Divorce at first sight? Wedding guests reveal disastrous moments they knew the bride and groom would split
- 'It's only an engagement': Outrage as boy, 12, is to marry his 11-year-old cousin and the couple is given father's blessing in Egypt
- Shocking video shows two teen girls brutally attacking a man with a cane after he told them to get off his lawn
- Knock knock, who's there?... Hillary who? Katy Perry and Miley Cyrus visit dorms to drum up support for Clinton - but the students seem more concerned with their selfies
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