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The royals' need for secrecy…

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A little-noticed aspect of a current Parliamentary bill is an amendment to the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act. In short, the royal family’s communications with government will be completely excluded from the act.

How can we allow this to happen?

The so-called ‘royal family’ places itself at the head of [...]

Facts about immigration…*

A migrant still arrives every minute, despite the government’s new ‘tougher’ controls.

We must build a new home every six minutes for new migrants.

England is already, with Holland, the most crowded country in Europe  (except Malta)

Immigration will add 7 million to the population of England in the next 24 years – that is [...]