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The British have showed yet again that their military is the world's best. The Americans have been spending millions of dollars of trying to invent imaging devices that can help them get past invisible trip wires. Meanwhile, Britain's SAS just used "silly string" - the stuff that children use...

Violence exposes France's weaknesses By John Simpson A well-respected BBC World Affairs Editor The violence in France has been brewing for some time Last spring, over dinner in Paris, a close friend of mine who runs one of the biggest opera houses outside the French capital told me...

Writing recently in The Telegraph, columnist Mark Steyn noted that the ongoing riots in France and neighboring countries are likely to exacerbate Europe’s demographic woes. “Europe could face a continent-wide version of the ‘white flight’ phenomenon seen in crime-ridden American cities during...

London calling? Inside IT -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- London calling? The capital has become even more attractive to global businesses thanks to low-cost internet telephony Pete Warren and Michael Streeter Thursday November 3, 2005...

Entrepreneurs, such as Karl Ahmed (a Muslim), are flourishing in Britain. Thanks to its open-market structure, Britain now has more entrepreneurs than any other country in Europe, and has more than even Japan. It's an example that other European countries, such as France, might want to try and...

7000 Harry Potter fans were in Leicester Square in London last night to see the stars attend the world premiere of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. It is suppsoed to be the scariest Harry Potter movie so far (scary for the kids). It will be rated 12A in Britain, whereas all the other Harry...

Britain has more entrepreneurs than any other country in Europe - and today, 19-year-old Martin Halstead - dubbed "Baby Branson" - launched his own airline, Alpha One. He came up with the idea of creating his own airline whilst he was in a coffee shop. By LACHLAN CARTWRIGHT Sun Online A...

UK and Holland - Europe's richest nations (relative to GDP.) Britain and the Netherlands have overtaken Belgium to become the European nations with the greatest wealth relative to gross domestic product. Britain is slightly richer than Holland - making it THE richest country in the whole of...

Americans working at the American Embassy in London have refused (and still refuse) to pay the Congestion Charge. And the Germans (who are also notoriously arrogant) also refuse to pay. The Americans and Germans are claiming diplomatic immunity under the 1961 Vienna Convention, which gives...

The Sunday Times October 30, 2005 For sale: Britain’s underground city Maurice Chittenden WELCOME to Cold War City (population: 4). It covers 240 acres and has 60 miles of roads and its own railway station. It even includes a pub called the Rose and Crown. The most underpopulated town...

So what are the Noughties really like? As a general rule of thumb, a decade doesn't really get going until it's a about half-way through. The Eighties, culturally, didn't really start until 84/85. The Times October 31, 2005 Times2 Oh, come on. This decade isn't that Noughtie Caitlin...

An Italian businessmen, who misled America and Britain by giving them bogus documents that suggested that Saddam was seeking to buy material for nuclear bombs, was in the pay of France. The Italian businessman at the centre of a furious row between France and Italy over whose intelligence...

Fires of 'civil war' erupt in Paris Police in street battles after two teenagers die in chase Jason Burke in Paris Sunday October 30, 2005 The Observer Hundreds of French youths fought with police and set cars ablaze in a northern Paris suburb early yesterday morning in a second...

After the centre of London was destroyed by the Blitz in 1940, London has decided that it's finally time to repair its battered skyline. ----------------------------------------------------------------- The only way is up: high-rise hits Britain, and this time they mean it. Hugh Pearman...

EU schizophrenia (Filed: 29/10/2005) Telegraph London Tony Blair was in Hampton Court this week talking, as usual, about economic reform. Listening to him, you might easily have got the idea that the EU was streamlining and deregulating. So it comes as quite a shock to look at the budget that...

Australia: France undermining world trade BusinessWeek OCT. 24 5:38 A.M. ET France is jeopardizing world trade and preventing millions of people from rising out of poverty by refusing to accept a plan to open European agricultural markets, Australia's trade minister said Monday. The current...

French diplomatic types love to hide their devious designs behind high-minded ideals, such as "justice" in this case. But, when looked at more closely, we usually find the true motivations are more sordid. A good commentary by this blogger on the cynical nature of France's noticeably hasty rush...

EU Commission President José Manuel Barroso, a close ally of Blair and Bush in the Iraq War, gives strong backing for the British stance in the EU and condemnation of French protectionist policies. The Times October 24, 2005 'We cannot hide. EU must accept globalisation or we are nothing'...