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September 21, 2024
Christopher Tomlinson
Politics
UK

‘The Sky is the Limit!’ – Farage Rallies Thousands at ‘Reform UK’ Conference.

Brexit leader Nigel Farage MP has forecast that his Reform UK party can win the next British general election. He told supporters in Birmingham, England, that the party was now consistently gaining new voters, supporters, and activists, will of whom are fed up with the establishment parties.

Farage, who was elected into the British parliament earlier this year, addressed thousands of delegates at his party’s annual conference on Friday and Saturday, saying, “The energy, the optimism, the enthusiasm that we’ve got in this room is not something that can be replicated by any other political party in this country.”

“The sky is the limit,” he remarked, laying the groundwork for the next five years of campaigning that will hopefully see him returned as Prime Minister to 10 Downing Street by 2029.

Farage took shots at recently elected, far-left Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer, who has been revealed to have taken expensive clothing donations from wealthy donors.

Speaking of why he decided to quit his job as a broadcaster at GB News, among other ventures, to run for office, Farage noted the failure of the past Conservative government, which has seen a surge of violent crime and mass migration on a scale not seen in the UK in generations.

PROFESSIONALIZING REFORM.

Farage explained that the party would vet candidates at all levels of the party in the future as part of his bid to professionalize the party.

“We haven’t got time, we haven’t got room, for a few extremists to wreck the work of a party that now has 80,000 members and rising by hundreds every single day,” he said.

According to Farage, Reform UK needs to look to the example of the Liberal Democrats, who, despite winning far fewer votes nationally, were able to win 72 seats in parliament due to the first-past-the-post system.

Calling for the party to be credible on the ground everywhere, he stated that Reform UK can bring “success after success.”

“If we do those things – I never thought I’d say this – but I genuinely believe we can change the future of politics, the future of our country, perhaps get back a bit of pride of what it is to be British, respect our history, stand up for our values,” he said.

The first speech, from Friday, begins at two hours and six minutes, here:

The second speech begins around one hour, 18 minutes in, here:

Picture by Stuart Mitchell/IncMonocle and used with permission.

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Brexit leader Nigel Farage MP has forecast that his Reform UK party can win the next British general election. He told supporters in Birmingham, England, that the party was now consistently gaining new voters, supporters, and activists, will of whom are fed up with the establishment parties. show more

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September 20, 2024
Immigration
UK

GLOBALIST OPEN BORDERS: How Delaware Cops Helped a Stranded Albanian Migrant Reach the UK.

An Albanian crossing by boat illegally from France to the United Kingdom attempted a distress call to the port of Dover but reached and was helped by police in Dover, Delaware, 3,500 miles away instead. On August 27, the Dover Police Department in Delaware received a distress call that led to an unexpected international rescue operation.

The caller reported that his ship was sinking. However, the emergency was happening in the English Channel, more than 3,500 miles away from Delaware’s capital. The Albanian illegal, seeking urgent help for his brother’s sinking vessel, mistakenly contacted the wrong Dover. Despite the significant geographic error, Communications Operator MacKenzie Atkinson noted the vessel’s coordinates and the nature of the emergency.

Within four minutes, her colleague Connor Logan established contact with the French Coast Guard, His Majesty’s Coastguards, and the United Kingdom’s Maritime and Coastguard Agency’s Coordination Center. Eventually, the call successfully reached the appropriate emergency services in Dover, England.

On September 5, the UK’s Coordination Center confirmed that the vessel was located, and all aboard were picked up.

“The caller had conducted an internet search for the ‘Dover Police Department,’ and the first result was the Dover, Delaware Police Department. The family member believed they were contacting Dover, England, but reached our agency in the United States,” Delaware police said.

While it is unknown if the caller is involved in human trafficking, many Albanian nationals have been linked to the criminal activity in the English Channel as recently as July, when a smuggler was sentenced to nine years in prison for helping hundreds of migrants reach the UK illegally. Albanian drug gangs have also been found paying for the passage of illegals to recruit them as drug dealers once they reach Britain.

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An Albanian crossing by boat illegally from France to the United Kingdom attempted a distress call to the port of Dover but reached and was helped by police in Dover, Delaware, 3,500 miles away instead. On August 27, the Dover Police Department in Delaware received a distress call that led to an unexpected international rescue operation. show more
September 16, 2024
Christopher Tomlinson
Crime
UK

Prisoners Freed Early Already Back in Jail.

Prisoners let out on early release as part of a scheme to free up space in the United Kingdom’s overcrowded prison system are already back behind bars days later. Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and his Labour government released around 1,750 prisoners early on Tuesday, earlier this week, and are expected to release a further 1,700 on October 22.

Some have already returned to prison, with one remaining free for only 36 hours. Most of those who are back in jail violated the terms of their release, limiting who they are allowed to meet or live with and requiring them to meet with probation officers.

Martin Jones, the chief inspector of probation, predicted that many prisoners would inevitably end up back in custody, predicting that as many as a third were likely to commit new crimes within the year. The latest Labour scheme allows for the release of prisoners who have served just 40 percent of their sentences.

While Prime Minister Starmer is releasing violent criminals, including one convicted of manslaughter over the machete killing of a 14-year-old boy, the prison system has been filling with those arrested in connection to recent anti-mass migration protests and riot.

Anti-mass migration protestors, who took to the streets following the fatal stabbing of multiple young girls in Southport, England, allegedly by a migration-background teenager, received years in prison for as little as shouting at police dogs or chanting, “Who the f**k is Allah?”

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Prisoners let out on early release as part of a scheme to free up space in the United Kingdom's overcrowded prison system are already back behind bars days later. Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and his Labour government released around 1,750 prisoners early on Tuesday, earlier this week, and are expected to release a further 1,700 on October 22. show more
immigration
September 16, 2024
Christopher Tomlinson
Economy
Immigration
UK

Low Paid Migrants Cost Taxpayers Nearly $200k by Retirement Age.

Low-paid migrants are costing taxpayers nearly $200,000 each by the time they reach retirement age in the United Kingdom, as they contribute far less than they receive in government services like healthcare. Losses reach over $650,000 each if they live to 80 years old, and well over $1 million if they live to 100.

The figures come from the United Kingdom’s Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR). They state that “average” British-born workers create a net surplus for the state of just under $370,000 by the time they retire. While skilled migrants can provide a boost to the British economy, low-skilled migrant workers account for as much as 60 percent of the total migrant workforce in Britain, according to the watchdog Migration Watch UK.

Notably, the OBR reached these conclusions despite loading the statistics in migrants’ favor, by treating British-born residents’ childhood education and healthcare as a debt but assuming the migrant workers would not have any dependants, such as children, jobless spouses, or elderly relatives.

Low-skilled migration could present the United Kingdom with long-term economic problems if over half of the migrants earn less than the average salary. Debt could expand to 350 percent of GDP by 2074.

The country is also dealing with the costs associated with illegal boat migrant arrivals, which cost millions of dollars daily.

According to another report, released earlier this month, migrants who do not work at all are costing British taxpayers billions per year. Government Office for National Statistics (ONS) data estimates that jobless migrants cost $11.1 billion annually.

When social services, healthcare, transport, and other factors are considered, the amount could rise to over $26.6 billion annually.

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Low-paid migrants are costing taxpayers nearly $200,000 each by the time they reach retirement age in the United Kingdom, as they contribute far less than they receive in government services like healthcare. Losses reach over $650,000 each if they live to 80 years old, and well over $1 million if they live to 100. show more
September 13, 2024
Jack Montgomery
Crime
Immigration
UK

Another Muslim Rape Gang Convicted.

Seven Muslim grooming gang predators have been sentenced for child sex abuse offenses against two girls in Rotherham, England. Their crimes date back to the 2000s, with many such groomers only being prosecuted years or decades after the fact. This is a result of Britain’s woke police forces, prosecutors, and child protective services being reluctant to pursue the predominantly Muslim, Pakistani-heritage offenders and neglecting their mostly white, working-class victims due to fears they would be accused of racism for taking action.

Mohammed Amar, 42, received a 16-year sentence for two counts of indecent assault. Yasser Ajaib, 39, was sentenced to six years for one count of indecent assault. Mohammed Zameer Sadiq, 49, was given a 15-year term rape conviction and engaging in sexual intercourse with a girl under 13. Mohammed Siyab, 49, received a 25-year sentence for two counts of rape, one count of sexual intercourse with a girl under 13, and trafficking. Tahir Yasin, 38, was sentenced to 13 years for eight counts of rape. Ramin Bari, 37, received a nine-year sentence for four counts of rape. Abid Saddiq, 43, already convicted in 2019 for rape and indecent assault, faced additional charges, earning another 24-year term. All will likely be eligible for early release on license long before these terms are complete.

STATE FAILURE.

Described as a “persistent and cruel sexual offender,” Siyab waved to his family as he was led from the court.

One survivor delivered a powerful victim impact statement, recounting the horrific abuse she endured from the age of 11. She revealed that she was forced to engage in sexual acts, groomed at school, and plied with drugs and alcohol. By age 16, she had been raped by over 150 men.

Only a fraction of Britain’s Muslim groomers have faced justice, with a report earlier this year finding Greater Manchester Police, alone, has left at least 96 known suspects at large. Tech entrepreneur Elon Musk, a vocal critic of Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer—a former chief prosecutor—asked in August if Muslim grooming gangs are still operating in Britain on his X platform. Multiple victims responded that they are.

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Seven Muslim grooming gang predators have been sentenced for child sex abuse offenses against two girls in Rotherham, England. Their crimes date back to the 2000s, with many such groomers only being prosecuted years or decades after the fact. This is a result of Britain's woke police forces, prosecutors, and child protective services being reluctant to pursue the predominantly Muslim, Pakistani-heritage offenders and neglecting their mostly white, working-class victims due to fears they would be accused of racism for taking action. show more
September 12, 2024
News
UK

Britain Cuts Heating Benefit for Pensioners, Sends $1Bn More to Ukraine.

Britain’s leftist Prime Minister, Sir Keir Starmer, and his Labour government are cutting winter fuel assistance for pensioners as the country is set to give nearly a billion dollars more to Ukraine. The assistance cuts could force pensioners reliant on the payments to cut back on heating, resulting in thousands of deaths during cold weather.

Beginning this autumn, pensioners in England and Wales who do not receive pension credit or other means-tested benefits will lose their winter fuel payments, typically ranging from £100 to £300. In response to allegations that the cuts could cause pensioners to die from cold, Business Secretary Jonathan Reynolds claimed that this year’s state pension is higher than last year’s, and energy bills have decreased.

Every year, hundreds of old-age pensioners across Britain die during the winter months, and data from Labour themselves claims that as many as 4,000 could die due to the fuel cuts. A majority of 120 votes upheld the Prime Minister’s proposed fuel payment cut, with only one Labour MP voting against the government’s measure.

Meanwhile, the UK government also announced this week that it would be giving Ukraine a further £600 million (nearly $800 million) in aid after Foreign Secretary David Lammy met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in Kyiv. Lammy stated that the money, in the form of £242 million in direct aid and $484 million in World Bank loan guarantees, would go toward Ukraine’s conflict with Russia—providing the Eastern European nation with fiscal support and military equipment.

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Britain's leftist Prime Minister, Sir Keir Starmer, and his Labour government are cutting winter fuel assistance for pensioners as the country is set to give nearly a billion dollars more to Ukraine. The assistance cuts could force pensioners reliant on the payments to cut back on heating, resulting in thousands of deaths during cold weather. show more
September 12, 2024
Jack Montgomery
Crime
UK

London Mayor Sadiq Khan Wants Ex-Prisoners to Jump the Line for Public Housing.

London Mayor Sadiq Khan says convicts sent to prison for their crimes should be rewarded for their lawbreaking by being prioritized for taxpayer-subsidized social housing on release. The Labour Party politician believes giving ex-cons housing will encourage them not to commit further crimes.

“For us the big challenge is there is no housing in London, a big shortage of housing in London,” he said at a Crime and Justice Commission event organized by The Times, insisting it is time for “an honest conversation with our constituents about the reasons why people who have offended and come out of prison may need to jump in the queue to get housing to avoid them reoffending again.”

Questioned as to whether convicts being released from prison early by Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer should be among the criminals who benefit from social housing priority, he confirmed: “A certain percentage. Yeah, it’s the honest conversation we’ve got to have with people across our respective cities and stuff to explain the reason we’re doing this.”

Migrants and their descendants already occupy an enormous share of social housing in Britain’s hyper-diverse capital. For instance, 74 percent of all Somalis in London are in social housing, and migrant-headed households occupy 47.6 percent of the city’s social housing stock overall.

Statistics are not held for people with British citizenship but of recent migration background, although figures for religion and ethnicity give some indication. For instance, 37.6 percent of Muslim households and 41-45 percent of black African, black Caribbean, and “other black” households in London are in social housing. The ‘White British’ figure is only 16.3 percent.

Labour Party strategists are currently being brought to America to advise the Democrats ahead of the U.S. election.

Image via Flickr.

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London Mayor Sadiq Khan says convicts sent to prison for their crimes should be rewarded for their lawbreaking by being prioritized for taxpayer-subsidized social housing on release. The Labour Party politician believes giving ex-cons housing will encourage them not to commit further crimes. show more
September 10, 2024
Jack Montgomery
NatSec
UK
War

CIA, MI6 Chiefs Praise Ukrainian Invasion of Russia for Inflicting War on ‘Ordinary Russians.’

CIA Director William Burns and MI6 Chief Richard Moore made an unprecedented joint appearance in London on Saturday, discussing the Ukraine war. The event, hosted by the globalist Financial Times, saw both intelligence leaders praise Ukrainian forces’ incursion into Russia’s Kursk region.

Moore commended Ukraine’s controversial counter-invasion of Russia as “typically audacious and bold on the part of the Ukrainians,” praising it for having “brought the war home to ordinary Russians.” The surprise offensive on August 6 has bogged down in recent days but saw success early on, with around 500 square miles of Russian territory seized.

However, while portrayed as a great embarrassment for Russian leader Vladimir Putin, the Kursk operation may prove to be a significant strategic mistake. Ukraine has used limited reserves, armed with valuable Western equipment such as American HIMARS artillery systems and British Challenger 2 tanks, for the offensive—meaning they cannot be used to reinvigorate Ukrainian forces buckling under a grinding Russian offensive in the Donbas region.

The Kursk offensive does not appear to have diverted enough Russian resources from the Donbas to halt Russian offensive operations in that theater, with the Ukrainians losing several towns and villages as the Russians close in on the vital logistics hub of Pokrovsk.

CIA NOT ‘INTIMIDATED’ BY RISK OF NUCLEAR WAR.

As well as discussing Kursk, Director Burns revealed there “was a moment in the fall of 2022 when there was a genuine risk of the potential use of tactical nuclear weapons.”

However, he said is the “the view of my agency” that Americans should not be “unnecessarily intimidated by that.”

This cavalier attitude towards the threat of nuclear war contrasts with that of former President Donald J. Trump. The America First leader says the threat of “nuclear warming” should be a far greater concern than global warming or climate change and that he will work to de-escalate conflicts in Ukraine and elsewhere immediately if he is reelected.

Trump’s anti-war stance has earned him the support of pro-peace former Democrats, such as Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Tulsi Gabbard, while neoconservative warmongers such as Dick Cheney are endorsing Kamala Harris.

Image by Walter Duerst. 

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CIA Director William Burns and MI6 Chief Richard Moore made an unprecedented joint appearance in London on Saturday, discussing the Ukraine war. The event, hosted by the globalist Financial Times, saw both intelligence leaders praise Ukrainian forces' incursion into Russia's Kursk region. show more
September 10, 2024
Jack Montgomery
Crime
News
UK

WATCH: Criminals Celebrate as Far-Left Govt Frees Them Early, Drug Dealer Pledges ‘Lifelong’ Support.

Criminals and their associates have been pictured pumping their fists, popping corks, and giving reporters the middle finger as they walk out of prison early, thanks to Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer. One of the inmates being sprung by the Labour government in England and Wales, drug dealer Djaber Benallaoua, said he was now a “lifelong Labour voter.”

On winning Britain’s July 4 snap election with a record-low share of the popular vote, Starmer claimed freeing thousands of prisoners early was the only way to ease prison overcrowding—although the British state has consistently managed to find additional funding and space to host boat migrants crossing the English Channel illegally. Over 5,000 convicts are set to be let loose after serving as little as 40 percent of their terms over the next six weeks.

Conveniently, the move creates space for anti-immigration demonstrators receiving lengthy prison terms for as little as making “hostile gestures” at police while protesting the murder and wounding of young girls, allegedly by a migration-background mass stabber, in Southport, England. Some have been arrested for merely posting “grossly offensive” messages or “inaccurate information” about immigration and the alleged killer on social media.

While some freed prisoners expressed gratitude to the Labour government—”Thank you, Sir Keir Starmer, you’re the best,” said one convicted fraudster—others admitted they or their fellow inmates would soon be victimizing the public again.

“Most people re-offend, so they’ll be straight back in,” remarked Shane Devlin, who had been convicted of inflicting actual bodily harm on his victim.

Some suggested the preponderance of foreigners in British prisons is a primary cause of the overcrowding in prisons—but Starmer moved to block deportations as soon as he entered office.

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Criminals and their associates have been pictured pumping their fists, popping corks, and giving reporters the middle finger as they walk out of prison early, thanks to Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer. One of the inmates being sprung by the Labour government in England and Wales, drug dealer Djaber Benallaoua, said he was now a "lifelong Labour voter." show more
September 10, 2024
Christopher Tomlinson
Crime
UK

Two-Tier Justice: Police Admit Soft Touch on Pro-Palestinian Protestors.

London’s Metropolitan Police admit the force made several mistakes in handling various pro-Palestinian protests after Hamas attacked Israel last October, failing to arrest those publicly calling for jihad, among other provocations. Matt Twist, responsible for public order policing in the Met, told the Policy Exchange think tank that police were reluctant to make arrests—but denied that the force engages in two-tier policing.

“[T]here is no such thing as two-tier or differential policing – there are, in fact, an infinite number of tiers of policing, depending on the threat, harm, and risk,” he claimed.

A Policy Exchange report found that over two-thirds of British adults believed pro-Palestinian protests turn city centers into no-go zones, and they would abandon plans to visit during the demonstrations.

British police have been accused of engaging in two-tier policing during the anti-mass migration protests in late July and early August, sparked by the murder of three young girls in Southport, allegedly by a migration-background teenager. Several protestors have received years in prison for as little as shouting at police. Others have been arrested for posting “misinformation” on social media. Some of those detained or sentenced are as young as 12.

However, despite a strong riot police response to anti-immigration demonstrators, Muslim counter-demonstrators were allowed to run amok, attacking white people and local pubs. Local police claimed the lack of police intervention was due to a decision to let the Muslim community police themselves.

Image by Steve Eason.

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London's Metropolitan Police admit the force made several mistakes in handling various pro-Palestinian protests after Hamas attacked Israel last October, failing to arrest those publicly calling for jihad, among other provocations. Matt Twist, responsible for public order policing in the Met, told the Policy Exchange think tank that police were reluctant to make arrests—but denied that the force engages in two-tier policing. show more