Opinion

Lily Bandehy will be burning a hijab again

On Sunday 1 February at Youngstorget, Oslo, I will once again burn the hijab. This is the fourth year I have done so. But this year the act feels heavier, more painful, and more necessary than ever, writes Lily Bandehy on Facebook. “I burn the hijab in solidarity with the 36,500 families who have lost loved ones, with the more than 10,000 who have lost their sight, and with the hundreds of thousands of wounded, disappeared, and arrested Iranians inside Iran.”

Iranian ambassador invited to dinner at the Royal Palace

Invitations to the Royal Palace tell us who we are willing to sit at the table with and what values we are willing to set aside.

Politicians are being hounded because “toe the line” no longer works

When politicians consistently work against the will of the people, prioritise other countries over Norway and cede resources and sovereignty to the EU, they cannot demand respect. They incite political hatred when they make Norwegians’ lives worse and claim the opposite. People struggle to get by, and the few who have the energy to get involved can be character assassinated. Maybe that’s the point.

When freedom becomes a crime, the world must react

In Iran, you can be imprisoned or killed for showing your hair or loving the wrong person. Yet Iran is given international legitimacy. It is undignified. Norway should react against the regime and actively support Iranian freedom fighters.

War game off Taiwan went so badly for the US that it was cancelled

The Heritage Foundation created a war theatre about Taiwan based on artificial intelligence in which the US came off so badly that the Pentagon demanded parts of it be blacked out, even though it was based on open sources.
Such a war theatre is of course relevant to the discussion about Greenland. It is the US that will fight the war against China. A defeated USA will not be able to defend either Europe or Greenland.

USA lashes out at WEF and globalisation

Sovereignty is your borders. You have the right to have borders. You should not outsource the production of medicines. You shouldn’t outsource the production of semiconductors. You shouldn’t outsource your entire industrial foundation and let it hollow out from under you. You should not be dependent. Because that is fundamental to your sovereignty. And if you’re going to be dependent on anyone, it damn well better be on your best allies.

What would Trump pay for Queen Maud Land?

The idea of Denmark ceding a (former) colony to the US obviously causes offence. But it has happened before in history. And the US has bought new territory on a number of occasions. The sale of Greenland benefits the entire West and should be a no-brainer. In any case, today’s territorial boundaries are not frozen in perpetuity.

Greenland: NATO’s red line

This memorandum is based on a recognition shared across broad political circles in the United States and Europe: Western security is under pressure from Russia and China, and the burden-sharing within NATO has for a long time been unbalanced. The purpose is to demonstrate why the solution is not to weaken NATO or replace the […]

The focus on DEI prompted London police to hire rape offenders

Police in the UK, particularly the London Metropolitan Police, are more concerned with achieving their five-year plans for diversity and inclusion than preventing crime. A number of people convicted of rape and other offences have become police officers.

London: Arrest warrant issued for those who tackled black flasher on the Tube

A busy afternoon on the London Underground ended with a semi-naked black man being apprehended by fellow passengers. But now it’s the passengers who stopped him who could face punishment!