Al-Qaeda’s long march to war

In recent weeks, media reports from both Iraq and Afghanistan have suggested the appearance of a slow evolution of the Islamist insurgents’ tactics in the direction of the battlefield deployment of larger mujahideen units that attack “harder” facilities. These attacks are not replacing small-unit attacks, ambushes, kidnappings, assassinations and suicide bombings in either country, but rather seem to be initial and tentative forays toward another stage of fighting.

There is of course more to be said about this concept, which broke down their concept into a staged plan, originally laid out by the leader of al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, Abu Hajar Abd al-Aziz al-Muqrin. (NOTE: al-Muqrin was dispatched from this world in a fire-fight with Saudi security forces.)

Muqrin told his insurgent readers that the power of the US precluded any expectation of a quick victory. He wrote that the war would progress slowly through such phases as initial manpower mobilization, political work among the populace to establish trust and support, the accumulation of weaponry and other supplies, the establishment of bases around the country and especially in the mountains, the initiation of attacks on individuals and then a gradual intensification of the latter until a countrywide insurgency was under way.

When they get themselves into bigger units, they DO enter a new phase which can be referred to as “targets”. The real question is whether the West has the gumption to stand up against their determination, or whether things will reach the point where it’s a contest with the level of engagement and possible negative outcome as WW-II.

Hopefully we arn’t as dense as the Euros were in the 30’s (with the exception of Churchill and a few others crying in the wilderness), but given the current state of US politics, the Chief wouldn’t make any bets right now.

Renewed riots force extra police into Paris suburbs

The Froggish Islamos are feeling their camel-fodder again, and getting into the spirit of summer cook-outs. The only catch is that their tail-gate parties set the vehicle on fire instead of a grill.

POLICE sent reinforcements to the troubled suburbs of northern Paris yesterday after a night of rioting revived fear of a return to the violence that raged through France’s immigrant housing estates last year.

Seven policemen were injured on Monday night in the town of Montfermeil. Rubber bullets and stun grenades were fired at youths, many of whom were masked and wielding baseball bats. About 100 youths hurled projectiles and petrol bombs at police and public buildings and attempted to storm the home of Xavier Lemoine, the town’s Mayor. The violence was sparked by the arrest of a suspect over the beating of a bus driver.

Let’s see now – the cause of this was the arrest of someone who beat up a bus driver??!! Now THERE’S a human rights violation – unfortunately it was the human rights of the unfortunate bus driver.

Meanwhile, from the point of view of the Islamofascists, the REAL threat was not forgotten: The Evil Jews!

In another sign of continuing racial tension, the Government also ordered an inquiry into an anti-Semitic black group that staged an aggressive march through the Jewish quarter of the capital.

Images show extent of Mugabe’s destruction

Robert Mugabe, Head Honcho in Charge of the sad land of Zimbabwe, has been moving more and more in the direction of becoming an African Pol Pot.

The true scale of a destructive campaign waged against Zimbabwe’s poorest and most vulnerable citizens by their own government has been revealed in previously unseen satellite images.

The pictures show how a community of 30,000 at Porta Farm, outside Harare, was wiped from the map last year, during President Robert Mugabe’s Operation Murambatsvina, or “Restore Order”. Countrywide, these demolition orders resulted in up to 700,000 people being made homeless in the midst of a food crisis.

This African government was supposed to turn Zimbabwe into a benevolent example of post-colonial self-determination after the ouster of Ian Smith’s government of (then called) Rhodesia. Instead, it has turned into an economic disaster of biblical proportions, with elements of Pol Pot’s killing fields. What a waste.

Dictator. Rope. Tree. Some assembly required.

As Hurricane Season Looms, States Aim to Scare

Just a couple of lines from this article are enough to get the gist:

Convinced that tough tactics are needed, officials in hurricane-prone states are trumpeting dire warnings about the storm season that starts on Thursday, preaching self-reliance and prodding the public to prepare early and well.

This save-yourselves approach comes after government agencies were overwhelmed by pleas for help after last year’s storms and strongly criticized as not responding swiftly or thoroughly enough to the public need. Now, officials have said repeatedly, only the elderly, the poor and the disabled should count on the government to help them escape a hurricane or endure its immediate aftermath.

What a concept in this day and age: individuals and families taking responsibility on their own for preparing for emergencies! This is fundamenally in opposition to the “nanny state” syndrome. This can only be a good thing…to get the idea that the government REALLY can’t protect you from your own stupidity and lack of judgement.

In first, Hizbullah aims rockets at Israeli strategic targets

The Iranian-sponsored Hizbullah has for the first time targeted a strategic facility in Israel. Military sources said Hizbullah and Palestinian groups fired Katyusha rockets along the entire Lebanese border with Israel. They said the Hizbullah strike on Sunday targeted at least one strategic facility and paralyzed infantry outposts and ground defenses over a 70-kilometer frontier.

Iran is apparently throwing some gas onto the fire:

Meanwhile, Israel has reported the transfer of an advanced Iranian-origin rocket to Hizbullah. Israeli officials said the unnamed rocket was the most advanced in Hizbullah’s arsenal and could strike major population centers. They deemed the rocket the first strategic weapon of Hizbullah.

Note to Iran: Israel has a very limited inclination to tolerate this sort of thing. Iran could easily find its own “strategic sites” acquiring bulls’-eyes…and what a pity THAT would be. Heh heh heh.

“We Are Determined”

In an interview with SPIEGEL, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad discusses the Holocaust, the future of the state of Israel, mistakes made by the United States in Iraq and Tehran’s nuclear conflict with the West.

The Chief recommends reading this carefully. At risk of being repetitious, if people had really looked at what was saind in Mein Kampf, a lot of blood, toil, sweat, and tears could have been saved.

Iranian President Ahm-mad-on-a-jihad Ahmadinejad has a frighteningly discrepant view of reality, and if (when) he fully acts in accordance with it, there will be BIG problems. This is one scary dude!

Dick Durbin: Consult with Mexico on Border Fence

Illinois Donk Senator Dick “Turban” Durbin has expressed his willingness to bend over and assume the position for Mexico with regards to the status of the US border with the great cesspool of corruption and feckless illegality that exists along said border.

The number two Democrat in the Senate is urging the House of Representatives not to repudiate a provision in the immigration reform bill that would force the U.S. to consult with Mexico before building a border fence.

“To think that we would build a fence without any conversation or consultation with Mexico – that doesn’t make sense,” Sen. Dick Durbin told “Fox News Sunday.”

Excuse me…it doesn’t make any sense that we have to consult. It’s OUR country, not theirs (et), inspite of what Turban Durbin and others of his ilk would like to see.

What’s the actual flap about? How’s this grab you:

“CONSULTATION REQUIREMENT — Consultations between United States and Mexican authorities at the federal, state, and local levels concerning the construction of additional fencing and related border security structures along the United States-Mexico border shall be undertaken prior to commencing any new construction, in order to solicit the views of affected communities, lessen tensions and foster greater understanding and stronger cooperation on this and other important issues of mutual concern.”

NOw, if SOMEONE in Washington would consult like this: “¡Hey muchachos! We’re building a fence. Try to breach it at your own risk! Violators will be stopped – dead or alive! ¿Comprende?

EU privacy ruling threatens chaos on flights to US

The Eurocrats apparently still don’t get it at all, 9-11, and the Madrid, and London bombings, etc. notwithstanding.

Millions of tourists and business travellers planning to fly to the United States were left in legal limbo yesterday after the European Union’s highest court struck down an agreement on sharing the personal details of passengers with US authorities….The Passenger Name Records (PNR) agreement governs 34 pieces of personal information that must be handed by airlines to the American authorities within 15 minutes of a plane taking off. It came in as a counter-terrorist measure demanded by Washington after September 11.

The case against the PNR agreement was brought by the European Parliament, which claimed it infringed the fundamental rights of citizens.

How’s THIS for fundamental rights: Euros have a fundamental right NOT to fly into the US without meeting our requirements! Of course, with their US counterparts unwilling to enforce out laws with regards to Mexican illegals, why would they have any expectation that the US would enforce regs against Eurotrash either.

Unfortunately, they may well be right.

Power corrupts both parties

A rare bipartisan unity was achieved in the House of Representatives this week. What was it that brought lawmakers together? A determination to win the war on terror? A plan to secure our borders? A compromise to save Social Security from bankruptcy?

Nah. Democratic and Republican leaders in the House joined together to protest the search the FBI made last weekend of the offices of Rep. William Jefferson (D., La.), who is under investigation for allegedly accepting a bribe from a Kentucky businessman. Partisan differences are set aside when (and apparently only when) the privileges of lawmakers are threatened.

What a joke this continuing farce is. It brings to mind something approaching (if not achieving QUITE yet) a state of Byzantine decadence….and we’re supposed to respect these people? Give me a break!

Tim Johnson gives Mexico veto power

Sibby reports on SD Senator Johnson fecklessly agreeing to cede US soveriegnty to Vincente Fox’s Mexico. What else could it be called when a foriegn power is to be granted a veto authority over what its neighboring country does in it’s own land!

Rope. Traitorous Senator. Tree. Some assembly required.

CIRA=Corruption, Ignorance, Recklessness, Arrogance

The sheer staggering awfulness of CIRA (the Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act McCain-Kennedy Open Borders and Illegal Alien Amnesty Act(r), passed by the U.S. Senate yesterday) is just beginning to dawn on me. Heritage’s Robert Rector, who knows what he’s talking about, called it “the worst bill I have seen in 25 years.” The only thing to question there is the 25. This might easily be the worst bill ever.

This piece is as concise a summary of the breath-taking scope of this legislative abortion as it is possible to write. Read it and weep!

I will not vote for any politician who helped pass this bill; I will not vote for any politician who says so much as a word in its favor – make that a syllable – and I will not even vote for any politician who agrees to go into conference on this horror. How big are Capitol Hill garbage bins? That’s the only place this heap of dreck belongs.

HEAR, HEAR!

Immigration Deal at Risk as House GOP Looks to Voters

Interesting account here, of various reactions to the McCain-Kennedy Open Borders and Illegal Alien Amnesty Act(r). Looks like the Congresscritters are getting a message that the voters are NOT happy campers, that in fact they show signs of being mad as hell, and not inclined to take the crap any longer on this issue.

Hopefully there are enough House members shuddering into awareness that the McCain-Kennedy Open Borders and Illegal Alien Amnesty Act(r) goes down in flames.

The truth about global warming – it’s the Sun that’s to blame

Global warming has finally been explained: the Earth is getting hotter because the Sun is burning more brightly than at any time during the past 1,000 years, according to new research. A study by Swiss and German scientists suggests that increasing radiation from the sun is responsible for recent global climate changes.

Dr Sami Solanki, the director of the renowned Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research in Gottingen, Germany, who led the research, said: “The Sun has been at its strongest over the past 60 years and may now be affecting global temperatures.

Oh oh! Just in time to meet up with Algor’s new propaganda movie on how it’s all the fault of us and our evil SUV’s.

Other scientists have taken note of this also (understatement alert!):

Dr Bill Burrows, a climatologist and a member of the Royal Meteorological Society, welcomed Dr Solanki’s research. “While the established view remains that the sun cannot be responsible for all the climate changes we have seen in the past 50 years or so, this study is certainly significant,” he said.

“…is certainly significant…” DUH! But the good Dr. Burrows goes on and, wonder of wonders, takes things to their logical conclusion:

“It shows that there is enough happening on the solar front to merit further research. Perhaps we are devoting too many resources to correcting human effects on the climate without being sure that we are the major contributor….”

So much for Kyoto!

The research adds weight to the views of David Bellamy, the conservationist. “Global warming – at least the modern nightmare version – is a myth,” he said. “I am sure of it and so are a growing number of scientists. But what is really worrying is that the world’s politicians and policy-makers are not.

Now THERE’S a mouthful! Who would have EVER thought that policymakers suffered from a reality gap. I mean, they’re right on top of the border situation, aren’t they? (Oh. Never mind.)

“Instead, they have an unshakeable faith in what has, unfortunately, become one of the central credos of the environmental movement: humans burn fossil fuels, which release increased levels of carbon dioxide – the principal so-called greenhouse gas – into the atmosphere, causing the atmosphere to heat up. They say this is global warming: I say this is poppycock.”

Indeed!

Bush Orders FBI-Congress Documents Sealed

President Bush stepped into the Justice Department’s constitutional confrontation with Congress on Thursday and ordered that documents seized in an FBI raid on a congressman’s office be sealed for 45 days. The president directed that no one involved in the investigation have access to the documents taken last weekend from the office of Rep. William Jefferson, D-La., and that they remain in the custody of the solicitor general.

Bush’s move was described as an attempt to cool off a heated confrontation between his administration and leaders of the House and Senate.

Well, yes, it COULD be described that way…but…Emperor Misha at Anti-Idiotarian Rottweiler comes up with a connect the dots sequence that ends with this unfortunate suggestion in relation to the President’s action:

A cynical person might be led to believe that there was some sort of implied message hidden in there somewhere, something along the lines of “of course, what happens regarding your precious “safety in your offices” AFTER the 45 days depends entirely upon the result of negotiations between you guys in the House and my guys in the Senate”, but that would just be… ridiculous. Right?

Ridiculous? Misha reports, you decide. Check out his reasoning, though it doesn’t make a pretty picture.

UPDATE:
Another post at the Rottie includes a dynamite clip of CNN talking head Jack Cafferty ripping a strip from Congress’ hide over this. It’s well worth checking it out!

With this, and Lou Dobbs drilling the Senate on its just passed Open Borders and Illegal Alien Amnesty Act, could CNN be attempting to turn over a new leaf, and do some…fair and balanced coverage? Time will tell if this is a pattern, or just a couple of flukes.

A.C.L.U. May Block Criticism by Its Board

Why be surprised at ANYTHING this bunch of feckless weasels does! They already have no credibility, this just lays it out even more openly than was the case before.

The American Civil Liberties Union is weighing new standards that would discourage its board members from publicly criticizing the organization’s policies and internal administration.

“Where an individual director disagrees with a board position on matters of civil liberties policy, the director should refrain from publicly highlighting the fact of such disagreement,” the committee that compiled the standards wrote in its proposals. “Directors should remember that there is always a material prospect that public airing of the disagreement will affect the A.C.L.U. adversely in terms of public support and fund-raising,” the proposals state.

Given the organization’s longtime commitment to defending free speech, some former board members were shocked by the proposals.

Apparently at least a few of them still have some live brain cells.

Blair’s crackdown on freedom is an inspiration to tyrants

The Chief has noted in prior postings, that the trending of domestic programs and measures in Blair’s Britain has been one that has resulted in an ever more intrusive role of the government. This UK commentator builds his case, and comes to a similar conclusion:

This plague of Labour legislation may not much affect the criminals and illegal asylum-seekers of Britain. But the laws give the likes of Mugabe the pleasure of saying, tu quoque: you are up to it as well.

Britain has something far more precious and more important to give the world than the £4.6 billion of overseas aid, and that is the idea of freedom. It is not shortages that cause famine, but tyranny. No tyrant can survive for too long in the face of a free press and a free civil society. The sad thing is that we are losing our moral authority to export our greatest asset.

Keep ‘America’ in Michigan schools

Censoring the word “America” from our own schools is something Josef Stalin, Adolf Hitler and Osama bin Laden would never have thought possible. Michigan has done it without a whimper.

The Michigan State Education Department has left reality behind and has apparently moved into the realm of hallucination. In the words of Isaac Asimov: “Such folly smacks of genius. Lesser minds would be incapable of it.”

In perhaps a well-intentioned, but pernicious example of political correctness, (note from the Chief: We all know what is used to pave the road to hell.) the Michigan Department of Education is attempting to ban the words “America” and “American” from our public schools. Even though the word “America” appears in the department’s own civics and government benchmarks, the department’s style protocol for the Michigan Education Assessment Program requires that “America” and “Americans” be expunged from our testing and grade level expectations. Last week, the department ordered that our hard-working teachers not utter the words.

Every time something totally stupid pushes the envelope of political correctness, something else even wierder always seems to happen. If the people of Michigan swallow this jug of stale piss, then we’re even farther gone than I had feared.

Side note: Is it a coincidence that Michigan has one of the largest US communities of Islamics in the country? One has to wonder.

Senator McCain…On New York Stage

Senator John “Manchurian Candidate” McCain (RINO-AZ), has apparently been working to garner support from the northeast country-club wing of the GOP, which regretably is still all too alive and active.

Along the way he took a healthy poke (by name) at Rush Limbaugh, Lou Dobbs, and Michael Savage for contributing to what he feels is a regretable anti-illegal alien sentiment in the country. (The NERVE of them and their listeners to resist and oppose the course that he, and his ilk have carefully planned out for us to follow!)

If the GOP continues in the McCainiac direction, get out the butter, ’cause the party will be toast.

Dull Hillary stumbles and the memory of Bill lingers on

In a weighty speech to journalists at the National Press Club in Washington yesterday, the senator squandered an opportunity to shine before a critically important audience – the journalists who will present her to the public if, as expected, she declares her candidacy for the 2008 nomination.

It began well enough. Resplendent in a lemon yellow two-piece and expensively bejewelled, her star power was plain the moment she entered the room. Everywhere, necks craned for a sight of the immaculately coiffured New York senator. But then she lost it. The half-hour speech was achingly dull, a meandering lecture on energy policy which left the audience stifling yawns.

Quality, or the lack thereof, tells in the end. Ultimately the Clintons are a real world manifestation of the Snopes clan found in William Faulkner’s mythical Yoknapatawpha County, Mississippi.

Bush, Congress at Growing Odds Over Policy on Palestinian Arabs

As Prime Minister Olmert prepares for his first official meeting with President Bush since his election in March, a clash is emerging between Congress and the White House over whether America should have formal diplomatic relations with the Palestinian Authority now that it is effectively controlled by the terrorist group Hamas.

Let’s see. Bush pushed for greatly expanding the role of government in education, and health care. He’s afraid (apparently) to fully exercise US power to successfully conclude the current middle-east war games. He had obviously been malfeasant in defending the soveriegn borders of the United States. Now he comes in support of cozying up to the Palestinian Authority – which is now under the management of the hard-core terrorist based Ham-Ass Hamas.

Is there ANYTHING conservative left in the White House? I wonder where.

The House of Representatives this morning is set to pass the Palestinian Anti-Terrorism Act of 2006, legislation that would instruct the State Department to cut ties with Palestinian Authority officials and restrict everything except the barest of humanitarian aid to the Palestinian Arabs. Unlike other legislation supported by the pro-Israel lobby in Washington, the bill under consideration has little in the way of waiver authority for the president to overrule the intentions of Congress.

Thank God for the House. It may well be the last sane branch of government that we have left.

Scientists build caramel-powered margarine-making fuel cell

Scientists from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) have found that waste from confectionery production could be used to produce useful amounts of hydrogen for electricity generation. The feasibility study used sugar-rich waste from a Cadbury’s factory to power a fuel cell.

This is kind of neat. Hydrogen is a perfect non-polluting fuel: it releases water as it’s exhaust. The only drawback to shifting to a hydrogen-based energy economy is the ability to economically produce enough hydrogen – which usually is a very energy-intensive process.

Now, if we could just figure out how to eliminate those pesky problems with designing fusion power plants….

World’s most expensive mobile number is 666 6666

The Chief is rather skeptical about all of this stuff here…except for the ultimate reality of the devil.

Having seven sixes as your mobile number might seem devilish to some, but interpretations vary. A brief dip into the weird world of numerology shows 666 is seen as holy in Judaism because it represents six directions – up, down, north, south, east and west. Others equate it with the Arabic word “ellah” meaning God.

On a techy note, the first Apple Computer sold for $666.66, the sixth letter of the Hebrew alphabet is w – so www. shows how evil the internet is. And finally, Viagra has a molecular weight of 666.7g/mol. More nuttiness here.

This article had more 6-6-6 lore than anyone outside of the realms of conspiracy needs to know about. Perhaps it would have been better if this article had been run on June 6th. (6/6/06)

U.S.-based vessels can’t fly N. Korean flag

This is a real no-brainer.

The Bush administration quietly imposed additional economic sanctions on North Korea earlier this month by barring U.S. companies from flying North Korea’s flag on freighters, tankers and fishing vessels, some of which are linked to illegal smuggling. The sanctions took effect May 8 and were announced by the Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Controls. They prohibit U.S. companies or foreign companies based in the United States from owning, leasing, operating or insuring any ships that fly North Korea’s flag.

The Chief is frankly surprised that this needs to be spelled out. Who in their right mind would flag US owned ships in North Korea?

Oh, yeah. Those guys who think that the ONLY worthy goal of their existance is the accumulation of every possible dime:

The sanctions were imposed in response to government reports that shipping companies were buying North Korean flag registry to evade other nations’ strict regulations and vessel-inspection rules.

“North Korea is aggressively selling its flag as a flag of convenience,” said one administration official, who noted that the number of ships using North Korean registry is growing. “One would think that in light of North Korea’s illegal activities, U.S. companies would not want to be registered in North Korea.”

A normally sane American citizen MIGHT think that, but unfortunately needs to be reminded of these bottom feeders, and others of their ilk like those who peddled off advanced missile technology to the ChiComs.

Traitorous businessmen. Ropes. Trees. Some assembly required.

Sen. Feinstein plan expands illegals pool

A Senate Democrat yesterday introduced a proposal to expand the pool of illegal aliens eligible for citizenship to include anyone who sneaked across the border before Jan. 1. Under the amendment filed yesterday afternoon by Sen. Dianne Feinstein of California, all illegals who can prove they arrived before the start of this year would be issued an “orange card,” which would provide a path to U.S. citizenship.

One can only wonder what in the heck is in the water up there. I know, it IS Di-Fi after all, but still…you might think that even the Donks could figure out that LOTS of people want the borders controlled.

There has to be an especially hot corner in hell for these feckless wonders who are actively working towards the ending of the American Republic.

N.Y. HEZBOLLAH HUNT

The Hezbollah terror group – one of the most dangerous in the world – may be planning to activate sleeper cells in New York and other big cities to stage an attack as the nuclear showdown with Iran heats up, sources told The Post.

The FBI and Justice Department have launched urgent new probes in New York and other cities targeting members of the Lebanese terror group. Law-enforcement and intelligence officials told The Post that about a dozen hard-core supporters of Hezbollah have been identified in recent weeks as operating in the New York area.

The Chief thinks that we would have been well served if we had cleaned out the Hezbollah rats’ nest in Lebanon years ago, all the more so since there is evidence that they are the receivers and holders of Saddams WMD’s. Oh well. If we don’t fight ’em over there, then it looks like we get to deal with them here.

The Plan to Replace the Dollar With the ‘Amero’

The idea to form the North American Union as a super-NAFTA knitting together Canada, the United States and Mexico into a super-regional political and economic entity was a key agreement resulting from the March 2005 meeting held at Baylor University in Waco, Tex., between President Bush, President Fox and Prime Minister Martin.

What does this have to do with the Inaugural oath to “protect and defend the Constitution of the United States”??? If one takes the words at face value, maybe the Moonbats ARE right, and Bush IS worthy of impeachment for failing to observe his oath of office.

“Why then doth treason never prosper? When it does, none dare call it treason!”

Former President Clinton agrees with Bush immigration plan

As if the plan itself wasn’t bad enough, did anyone REALLY need any other reason to think it was bad?

Former President Bill Clinton on Sunday said President Bush is doing a good job on immigration reform, praising his call for better border security and moderation in dealing with illegal immigrants. “I basically think President Bush has done a good job with this,” Clinton told a convention of shopping center developers. “I’m different with him on nearly everything, but I think he’s done a good job with this.”

If it gets the Bubba Seal of Approval, that totally nails it for all time that the Bush-Senate Border Abolition Act is worthy of nothing but being roundly rejected.

Bauer on slow-boat to China

Such a deal. Left hanging until January. If you don’t know what this is about, watch “24”.

German Mistrust of Muslims and Islam Grows

Reality Check!

Experts fear new conflicts after a study published this week showed most Germans doubt the Western and Islamic worlds can peacefully coexist. Mistrust of the 3 million Muslims living in Germany appears to be growing.

In spite of official attempts to promote dialog among religions, distrust of Islam continues to grow, with 60 percent of Germans expecting tension between traditional German society and immigrants from Muslim countries, according to an Allensbach study commissioned by the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung newspaper. “Germans are increasingly of the opinion that a lasting, peaceful coexistence with the Islamic world will not be possible,” the researchers said in the survey, released Wednesday.

Voters want Blair in the dock over loan scandal

This is acontinuing saga – sort of like watching a slow-motion train wreck. As noted by the Cheif previously, except for the terror war, Blair has been harmful as basically an Ingsoc-lite who has consistently enacted programs that have lessened the traditional rights of Englishmen” and enhanced a collectivistic and centralized scheme of government.

Tony Blair should face criminal charges over the “cash for honours” scandal if Scotland Yard’s investigation finds that Labour broke the law, voters believe.

A survey for The Sunday Telegraph shows that 54 per cent of those polled believe seats in the House of Lords were offered in return for secret loans or donations to Labour, or for funding of the Government’s City Academies programme. Only 28 per cent believe they were not.

To be continued.