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The sightings of mystery big cats in the UK has been well-known for years, with not many people taking them seriously. However, for some reason, sightings of leopard-like, puma-like or lynx-like big cats have increased over the last few years, with an average of four sightings EVERYDAY. The...

Britain and Japan prove the most generous countries in giving aid to the victims of the tsunami. Not only have both of those countries given more money than any other country, they have both given a larger contribution of the money that they pledged than almost anyone else, and are both FAR...

This is how Britain's EU allies, the eastern European states of the EU, think about Blair's mission to sort out the dreadful Common Agricultural Policy. If anyone, it is Slovenia which understands Britain and its stubborn insistence on the rebate for as long as the common purse is an infusion...

Oil sands mining becomes profitable By The Washington Post FORT McMURRAY, Alberta -- Along Highway 63 here the rolling hills give way to massive open pits, huge waste ponds and tangles of pipes and refining equipment that spew smoke into the air. In the pits, shovel trucks load dirt into...

More proof that Britain was right to keep the £. The countries that have the Euro are grinding to a halt. Eurozone's growth 'is grinding to a halt' Ambrose Evans-Pritchard, Telegraph 24/6/05 The eurozone is sliding towards a Japanese-style "liquidity trap" and may have trouble holding...

The UK is still well on its way to becoming Europe's largest economy. Foreign direct investment has plunged in France and Germany, who both have the euro currency. France (probably needless to say) is the worst hit, with its inward investment alomost HALVED. The UK, on the other hand, saw its...

Thousands celebrate solstice at Stonehenge Staff and agencies Tuesday June 21, 2005 A man jumps in the air from the top of one of the stones as the sun rises over Stonehenge. Photograph: Peter Macdiarmid/Getty An estimated 21,000 people today gathered at Stonehenge to watch the sun rise...

Leave Bush alone, Geldof warns stars By Hugh Davies (Filed: 21/06/2005) Bob Geldof has reportedly warned a top recording artist not to publicly criticise the White House during the worldwide television broadcast of the Live 8 concerts next month. The warning came after Geldof insisted that...

Blair insists the UK will get rid of its rebate only if France and other rich EU countries reduce or get rid off their CAP subsidies. U.K.'s Blair Says He Will Seek New EU Budget Accord `Quickly' June 21 (Bloomberg) -- U.K. Prime Minister Tony Blair said he will seek a new agreement on the...

France under Chirac has been a disaster. He's alienated the US, the UK, Japanese, Eastern Europeans, Now the Dutch and Swedes. The Italians are no fans of him. A new likely successor to Shroeder, Angela Merkel is no fan of Chirac, even tabling a German parliamentary motion to support Britain on...

Germany held hostage by France to manipulate them to oppose the war to remove Saddam Hussein's regime and liberate Iraq from an evil dictator. From The Telegraph - Germany seeks closer ties with Britain By Anton La Guardia Chancellor was a 'prisoner' of French president in 'catastrophic'...

Why the British are right to try to persuade the French to reduce their CAP subsidies. How Europe cheats Africa Heather Stewart describes how the EU's cosseted farmers are helping to keep a continent in poverty Sunday June 19, 2005 The Observer If Africa is to be freed from poverty...

From The Sun - From MICHAEL LEA in Brussels THE Sun’s Tractor Boys ploughed through Brussels yesterday to ram home the message: “Hands Off Our Rebate.” Our sparkling blue tractor was adorned with Sun logos to draw attention to the massive EU spending on farm subsidies. And we made sure it...

THE ANGLOSPHERE CHALLENGE By James C. Bennett Why the English-Speaking Nations Will Lead the Way in the Twenty-First Century Despite repeated predictions of the decline of America and the other English speaking nations (the anglosphere) as the world's pathfinding cultures, James C. Bennett...

THE SUN THE rumblings of a political earthquake can be heard across Europe. More countries chuck the EU constitution into the dustbin. Humiliated French President Jacques Chirac is derided by his own countrymen as the Sick Man of Europe — the title the French once bestowed on Britain. German...

Blair Seizes on EU Deadlock to Promote U.K.'s Pro-Growth Agenda June 16 (Bloomberg) -- U.K. Prime Minister Tony Blair is seizing on the European Union deadlock over the constitution and budget as a chance to push British pro-business and Free-Market policies on the slower growing continental...

Frm The Sun - French milk EU for too long ... WITH masterly understatement, Tony Blair says there is “sharp disagreement” between him and Jacques Chirac. What he means is that the grasping French President is hanging on to his country’s EU handouts like a miser on a flagday. And he wants...

Paris and London are battling it out to host the 2012 Olympics in what is now a two-horse race. On Monday, London stunned Paris by unveiling a new Olympics Park, the largest new park in Europe for 150 years. The decision on which city will host the 2012 will be made in just 22 days' time...

France Widens Search for Ecomonic Answers By JOHN LEICESTER Associated Press Writer June 13, 2005, 1:53 AM EDT PARIS -- Generations of French children have grown up on the "Asterix" comic books and the myth of the leisurely British who were conquered by Rome because among their shortcomings...

Strike One: Net contribution to the EU budget per capita 2003 France £19 UK £42 Strike Two: Common Agricultural Policy receipts per capita 2003 France £117 UK £45 Strike Three: Prime Minister Blair raised eyebrows on arriving in Berlin last night by going straight into lengthy talks with...