Editorials

The murder of Ann Widdecombe is the end of the trust-based society in Britain

The murder of Ann Widdecombe thus turns out to be terror-related, and sheds light on the new reality in Britain’s political climate, as well as a total collapse of trust between the population and the establishment. It also shows that Reform politicians and others on the “far right” are right to fear both for their freedom of speech and for their security. A parallel is the assassination of Charlie Kirk. How many more politically motivated executions are we supposed to tolerate?

The courts conceal an autocratic system that harms parents and children in child welfare cases

It is our unconscious and ignorant politicians who have created such a system. Pursuant to Section 49 of the Constitution (Grunnloven), the Storting could have enacted laws providing genuine oversight mechanisms when the state undertakes something as fundamentally serious as destroying biological ties. In other countries, such deliberate destruction of biological ties would immediately be brought before a genuinely independent court. Not so in Norway.

Praise of terrorism not a criminal offence: Case against Bassam Hussein discontinued

According to the police district in Norway’s central Trøndelag region, praising terrorist attacks is not a criminal offence, and it has therefore discontinued the case against NTNU professor Bassam Hussein. During a meeting at the Literature House in Trondheim, he described Hamas’ 7 October 2023 massacre as “the most beautiful thing that has happened in this century”. Jewish activist On Elpeleg says the decision to discontinue the case will be appealed.

Half a million elected officials in America – Yet politicians and diplomats have eyes only for Mamdani

Zohran Mamdani smiles just as warmly and broadly alongside the notorious, terror-accused and openly anti-gay Brooklyn imam Siraj Wahhaj as he does with Oslo Mayor Anne Lindboe and Norway’s Consul General, Jo Sletbak. Some will argue that this is merely routine diplomacy and World Cup camaraderie. But if so, why have they chosen to place only America’s most radical politician on a pedestal? Perhaps the answer lies precisely there: he is not so far removed from elements of Norwegian politics and the political left with close ties to Islam and radical socialism.

When “far-right” becomes another word for disobedient

When legitimate concern is labelled right-wing extremism, one is not protecting democracy but the narrative of those in power. A recent example is NTB’s description of the slain conservative politician Anne Widdecombe as a “far-right politician”. Widdecombe left the Conservative Party for Reform, which the established media detest and therefore label “far right”. Anyone familiar with Anne Widdecombe knows that this is a malicious falsehood. It comes close to desecrating the dead.

Zelensky seeks to erect a monument to Bandera

Ukrainian versus Polish nationalism: the Ukrainian variety has considerably more skeletons in the cupboard. As those skeletons come tumbling out and Zelensky insists that no one should criticise a man they hail as a hero, but whom the history books describe as a mass murderer, it is not only Zelensky who has a problem. Western leaders have climbed into bed with a right-wing nationalist of the very kind they otherwise brand as extremists and exclude.

Whoever does not love has never known God, for God is love

Love is not merely an attribute God possesses, but something that characterises God’s own life. Love is relational. It gives itself to another and lives in mutual fellowship.

The morning after

Noe skjedde under fotball-VM. Med folk, med nasjonen, som rørte på seg etter å ha vært som en utflytende masse i lang tid. Under VM var det plutselig lov å være nordmann igjen. Det er politisk uspiselig å si det, men vi ser hva vi ser: Selv ikke portvokterne dristet seg til å gripe inn overfor en sterkt nasjonal bevegelse som omfattet hundretusener.

Norwegians were blond and blue-eyed 4000 years ago

Four thousand years ago, a 25-year-old man died on the island of Hitra on the Trøndelag coast. Researchers at the NTNU University Museum have recreated the man, based on the skeletal remains that were found 110 years ago, in 1916. The blond, blue-eyed «Hitra Man» is also based on DNA analyses of a number of other individuals from the same period, with the same DNA composition.

Murder of beloved Ann Widdecombe shocks Britain

Ann Widdecombe was not well known outside Britain, but there the beloved politician was what one calls a «national treasure». That she has been killed is deeply shocking to everyone.