Many in the 1970s predicted the demise of the railway. A new book by Richard Faulkner and Chris Austin tells how the foresight of a select few saved the trains

The Prime Minister’s alliance with Angela Merkel may help save Europe’s failing currency, if his policy doesn’t tear apart his party

Anyone who voiced concern about the rate of immigration into Britain was branded a racist. They weren’t racist. They were right

From the Occupy movement to George Galloway and Julian Assange, misogyny is still a disturbing feature of radical left-wing politics