The Ground Zero mosque debate shows America, like Britain, pursuing the chimera of attempting to reform Islam

‘A country that used to rule the waves now cannot even fit an aircraft-carrier with aircraft. We have to share with the French’

‘Most of the problems the Equalities and Human Rights Commission has identified could be solved by stopping immigration or having strict entry rules’

‘I would ordinarily side with the atheists and secularists against the Pope. This time, I couldn’t’

‘If international affairs are your bag, you might as well have voted for the Ba’ath Party as the Conservatives’

'The old far-Right terminology just doesn't apply to a defender or women, gays and Jews like Geert Wilders'

'Cameron should have been subjected to the treatment meted out to used-car salesman caught selling duds'

'If fewer of us feel tribal about politics, it is because the parties have been disloyal to the country'

‘If the Cameron clique had spent more time listening to friends they might be preparing for power. As it is, they deserve to lose’

‘The task of reversing the damage to “Broken Britain” may be beyond the ability of any political party, let alone any single leader’