Fury as Israel president claims English are ‘anti-semitic’ Israel’s president has accused the English of being anti-semitic and claimed that MPs pander to Muslim voters. By David Harrison and Adrian Blomfield in Jerusalem telegraph.co.uk Israel’s President Shimon Peres said that England’s attitude towards Jews was Israel’s “next big problem”. Photo: REUTERS Shimon Peres said England was “deeply pro-Arab … and anti-Israeli”, adding: “They always worked against us.” He added: “There is in England a saying that an anti-Semite is someone who hates the Jews more than is necessary.” His remarks, made in an interview on a Jewish website, provoked anger … Continue reading English are ‘anti-semitic’ – Israel

Ann Widdecombe just got sexy Ann Widdecombe may be a virgin, but by putting dance ahead of the Pope the ex-MP has shown an admirable lust for life Victoria Coren guardian.co.uk, Sunday 1 August 2010 00.05 BST Article history Ann Widdecombe has never seemed more human. Or, some might say, human. Just kidding; that always looked like flesh and blood to me. Suspicions of robotism are a standard joke about any right-wing MP, given extra currency because Miss Widdecombe is a virgin. But I don’t find that especially odd. Were it not for alcohol and the desperate, lonely men of … Continue reading Ann Widdecombe is sexy

Fat. Obese. Who cares? We’re too obsessed by size When neo-puritans imply that slimness equates to virtue, we’re on dangerous ground Ruth Sunderland The Observer, Sunday 1 August 2010 Article history Obese. As a euphemism, it is useless. That big round “o” and that sibilant “s” – just the sound of it makes me think of the fat kid at school who would slyly pinch your arm when no one was looking. Health minister Anne Milton dislikes the O-word too: she set off a row last week by saying doctors should stop using it and instead tell people they are … Continue reading Fat. Obese. Who cares?

Yousaf Raza Gilani’s comments follow cancellation of trip to Britain by Pakistan’s spy chief Saeed Shah guardian.co.uk, Saturday 31 July 2010 21.32 BST Article history Pakistani activists burn an effigy of David Cameron. Photograph: Rizwan Tabassum/AFP/Getty ImagesPakistan‘s prime minister hit back today at remarks by David Cameron linking the country to the export of terrorism. Yousaf Raza Gilani, the normally conciliatory premier, used a speech to make the highest level response from Islamabad so far to Cameron’s comments during his trip to India. Reports suggest that an official from the British high commission in Islamabad, possibly the deputy chief of … Continue reading Pakistan’s prime minister condemns David Cameron’s terror claims

Smokers’ Corner: Radical sheep Nadeem F. Paracha dawn.com Quite like Dr Noam Chomsky, award-wining writer, Arundhati Roy, can be one of the most predictable intellectuals this side of the post-Cold-War left. And also like Chomsky (and Naomi Klein), Roy too is fast becoming the provider of the intellectual fodder that loud, post-9/11 advocates of right-wing claptrap sumptuously feed upon. It is due to this feeding frenzy by the so-called anti-West activists who cleverly use leftist critiques of the West to give ‘intellectual weight’ to their otherwise contemptuous spiels of religious and political hatred. This is gradually rendering people like Chomsky, … Continue reading Arundhati Roy and Noam Chomsky are sheep

Ethnic conflict has led to violence at various times in the country’s history A popular Urdu proverb goes ‘mulla ki dor masjid tak’ meaning some people are only concerned with what affects them directly. Pakistan complies with this proverb when it comes to provincialism. There are different social, cultural and ethnic groups in Pakistan. These ethnic groups aren’t led by a tribal chieftain or an elder. In the 21st century the urbanity of ethnically associated people has evolved. The geriatric level of living has been abandoned. People don’t believe in tribal chieftains leading their ethnic group but a political leader … Continue reading The time for ethnic politics is over