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Category: UK
July 19, 2024
Christopher Tomlinson
News
UK

Local Government Uncovers Over 6,500 Lost Votes from Election Day.

England’s Wandsworth Council has discovered a significant error in the election results for the Putney constituency (electoral district), revealing that 6,558 votes were initially missed on election day, amounting to approximately 15 percent of the original turnout. Despite the error, the outcome of the election remains unchanged, confirming Labour‘s Fleur Anderson as the MP for Putney, a position she has held since 2019.

Due to the reissue of results, candidates across parties saw their vote counts increase by 13 to 17 percent.

The Conservative Party has raised concerns about the competence of the election team, particularly since the parliamentary election count was overseen by a new Labour administration. Wandsworth Council had been controlled by the Conservatives from 1978 to 2022.

Peter Graham, a Tory councilor (councilman), voiced strong concerns over the handling of the situation, stating, “It’s extremely concerning that the Council knew the official declaration was wrong, failed to tell anyone, and then concealed a correction on its website.”

The incident has sparked broader concerns about other constituencies where narrow majorities could potentially have been affected by errors. Several races in Britain’s July 4 snap election were decided by thin margins.

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England's Wandsworth Council has discovered a significant error in the election results for the Putney constituency (electoral district), revealing that 6,558 votes were initially missed on election day, amounting to approximately 15 percent of the original turnout. Despite the error, the outcome of the election remains unchanged, confirming Labour's Fleur Anderson as the MP for Putney, a position she has held since 2019. show more
July 18, 2024
Christopher Tomlinson
Economy
UK

UK Labour Govt Puts Deep State in Charge of Economy in King’s Speech.

Britain’s new Labour government promised to focus on infrastructure, housing, and transport investment to stimulate the country’s economy but has admitted it may take more than a year to see any results. Labour Party leaders made the concession during the King‘s Speech opening Parliament on Wednesday.

A notable centerpiece of the announced legislation is the promotion of “economic stability.” The proposed “Budget Responsibility Bill” mandates that decisions align with the judgments of the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR), an unelected deep state body tasked with producing financial forecasts. Under these reforms, the OBR’s role in evaluating policy affordability and its potential impact on growth is significantly reinforced. This grants the OBR unprecedented influence over governmental policy decisions.

A crucial moment will come this summer when the OBR assesses whether Labour reforms will bolster economic growth. Depending on the OBR’s findings, there may be less pressure to implement spending cuts or tax hikes. Conversely, if the reforms are deemed insufficient, the government may face tough decisions in the upcoming Autumn Budget and Spending Review.

Prior to the King’s Speech on Wednesday, Labour announced it would scrap the Rwanda deportation scheme, which would have allowed the country to transfer boat migrants claiming asylum to the African country. 

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer’s government has also stated it will release tens of thousands of prisoners early to relieve prison overcrowding.

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Britain's new Labour government promised to focus on infrastructure, housing, and transport investment to stimulate the country's economy but has admitted it may take more than a year to see any results. Labour Party leaders made the concession during the King's Speech opening Parliament on Wednesday. show more
July 17, 2024
Christopher Tomlinson
News
UK
War
World

Boris Johnson Lobbies Trump for Ukraine After Speech to Audience of Empty Chairs at RNC.

Former British prime minister Boris Johnson met with former President Donald J. Trump on Tuesday and lobbied him to prolong the Ukraine war. Johnson posted a picture of his meeting with the America First leader shortly after delivering a speech to a nearly empty room at the Republican National Convention (RNC).

Johnson said President Trump was on “top form” following the failed assassination attempt against him in Pennsylvania, writing on X (formerly Twitter), “We discussed Ukraine, and I have no doubt that he will be strong and decisive in supporting that country and defending democracy.”

It is a marked change of attitude from the supposedly right-wing Briton, who said “America is unreservedly back as the leader of the free world and that is a fantastic thing” after Biden replaced Trump.

Prior to Trump’s victory in the 2016 election, Johnson joined much of the political establishment in trashing then-candidate Trump as “unfit to hold the office of President of the United States.”

Since resigning as Prime Minister in 2022, Johnson has become a lobbyist for Ukraine and war with Russia. In September of last year, Johnson begged Trump not to withdraw support.

Reports indicate Johnson personally sabotaged a peace deal between Ukraine and Russia in the early stages of the war in 2022. Naftali Bennett, the Prime Minister of Israel at the start of the conflict, has revealed he helped to negotiate a ceasefire, but NATO powers including the U.S. and Britain where Johnson was then still Prime Minister, “blocked it.”

Russia’s President Vladimir Putin later confirmed this during an interview with Tucker Carlson earlier this year, saying a negotiated peace agreement had been made in Istanbul, Turkey, but Johnson dissuaded Volodymyr Zelensky from signing.

Following the interview, Johnson pilloried Carlson, calling him a tool of the Kremlin. Carlson said he reached out to interview Johnson, but the former prime minister demanded a million dollars to appear.

In May, footage emerged of Johnson praising Ukraine’s neo-Nazi Azov Brigade at a private London club.

Jack Montgomery contributed to this report. 

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Former British prime minister Boris Johnson met with former President Donald J. Trump on Tuesday and lobbied him to prolong the Ukraine war. Johnson posted a picture of his meeting with the America First leader shortly after delivering a speech to a nearly empty room at the Republican National Convention (RNC). show more
July 17, 2024
Jack Montgomery
Immigration
UK

Great Britain’s Last Ethnic Minority Leader Resigns as Left Turns Back to White Men.

The Zambia-born First Minister of Wales, Vaughan Gething, is resigning. With the Labour politician’s elevation in March, every national leader in Great Britain was an ethnic minority. Now, all of them have gone.

Humza Yousaf, First Minister of Scotland, was the first to lose office. The Pakistani-heritage Muslim resigned as leader of the left-separatist Scottish National Party (SNP) in April. He had been facing a no-confidence vote after breaking a coalition agreement with the Greens, who propped up his anti-free speech administration in the Scottish government—roughly equivalent to a U.S. state government.

Unlike Scotland and Wales, England lacks a devolved government, with the British central government administering its domestic affairs. Until July 5, the British government was led by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, an Indian-heritage Hindu. He has been replaced by Labour’s Sir Keir Starmer after leading the Conservatives into their worst-ever general election defeat.

Neither Yousaf, Sunak, nor Gething became national leaders after winning at the ballot box; all of them were installed by their parties between elections.

Yousaf’s leftist party has replaced him with John Swinney. Like Starmer, he is a white man in his sixties. Gething’s replacement is yet to be determined, but another white man is the favorite to replace him: Jeremy Miles.

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The Zambia-born First Minister of Wales, Vaughan Gething, is resigning. With the Labour politician's elevation in March, every national leader in Great Britain was an ethnic minority. Now, all of them have gone. show more
July 16, 2024
Christopher Tomlinson
Immigration
UK

Mass Migration Drives Largest Population Increase in 75 Years.

The population of England and Wales has seen its most substantial annual increase in 75 years. According to Office for National Statistics (ONS) figures released on July 15, the increase was driven by a surge of over one million arrivals from overseas in the span of a year. The ONS also highlighted the fact the British nations saw their lowest number of births since 2002.

According to the data, between mid-2022 and mid-2023, an additional 610,000 people were added to the combined population of England and Wales, bringing their total population to 60.9 million. Scotland and Northern Ireland, the United Kingdom’s other constituent Home Nations, keep separate statistics.

Natural population change among existing residents in England and Wales nearly balanced out, with only 400 more births than deaths.

While London recorded higher levels of inward migration compared to other regions, an exodus of the hyper-diverse capital’s existing residents to other parts of England and Wales slowed its overall growth rate to 0.9 percent.

This population increase is the highest since 1948, when there was a surge in overseas soldiers returning after World War II and a baby boom.

Britain’s new Labour government has already scrapped plans to transfer boat migrants to Rwanda, which has been followed by an uptick in illegal immigration.

Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner has stated that the leftist government will spread asylum seekers across the country.

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The population of England and Wales has seen its most substantial annual increase in 75 years. According to Office for National Statistics (ONS) figures released on July 15, the increase was driven by a surge of over one million arrivals from overseas in the span of a year. The ONS also highlighted the fact the British nations saw their lowest number of births since 2002. show more
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July 14, 2024
Jack Montgomery
Election 2024
UK

Farage Flying to America to Support Trump: ‘We Have to Stand Up for Democracy.’

Reform Party leader Nigel Farage is flying out to America to support Donald Trump following the assassination attempt against him in Butler, Pennsylvania, on Saturday. The Brexit champion says he would have been at the rally where the shooting took place if not for his last-minute decision to stand for Parliament in Britain’s snap election on July 4.

“I will go and see my friend. I’ll listen to his acceptance speech at the [Republican National] Convention on Thursday, and I’ll do it not just as a friend, but I’ll do it because we have to stand up for democracy. We have to stand up for people to be able to campaign,” he said.

“If we don’t, we’re absolutely sunk.”

Farage and Trump are longtime allies. In 2016, Trump supported Brexit, and Farage supported Trump on the campaign trail.

Farage was among the first people to meet with President-elect Trump after his victory over Hillary Clinton, Raheem Kassam, Editor-in-Chief of The National Pulse, and other leading Brexit supporters.

Trump congratulated Farage following his parliamentary breakthrough on July 4, calling him “a man who truly loves his country.”

Saturday’s assassination attempt saw Trump was struck in the ear by a rifleman, named by the authorities as Thomas Crooks of Bethel Park, PA. The National Pulse identified Crooks as a 2021 donor to the Progressive Turnout Project through the Democratic donation platform ActBlue.

While Trump has not been seriously wounded, supporters standing near him sustained more severe injuries, with at least one reported killed.

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Reform Party leader Nigel Farage is flying out to America to support Donald Trump following the assassination attempt against him in Butler, Pennsylvania, on Saturday. The Brexit champion says he would have been at the rally where the shooting took place if not for his last-minute decision to stand for Parliament in Britain's snap election on July 4. show more
July 11, 2024
Jack Montgomery
UK
War

British Military Chief Warns Third World War ‘Probable’ in the Next Five Years.

General Sir Patrick Sanders, Chief of the General Staff of the British armed forces until June, claims Russia, China, and Iran are “the new Axis powers,” and arguably more of a threat than the Second World War alliance of Germany, Italy, Japan, and others.

“They are more interdependent and more aligned than the original Axis powers were,” he argues, claiming a Third World War is probable if Britain and the West more generally do not expand their militaries and military production capacity within the next few years.

“Most estimates will tell you that we’ve got somewhere between five and 10 years before Russia recapitalizes and is able to pose the sort of threat that it did before the Ukraine war,” he said.

Reflecting on British military capabilities, Sir Patrick expressed concerns about his country’s readiness to undertake large-scale operations, saying it is no longer capable of fighting a conflict like the Falklands War.

Previously, Sir Patrick said Britain is now in a “pre-war” phase. The Prime Minister of Poland, Donald Tusk, is using the same language, telling the press, “I know it sounds devastating, especially to people of the younger generation, but we have to mentally get used to a new era. We are in a pre-war era. I don’t exaggerate. This is becoming more and more apparent every day.”

The National Pulse reported earlier this year that Russian shell manufacturers are currently outproducing the U.S. and Europe by a factor of three to one.

Meanwhile, expensive high-tech weaponry sent to Ukraine by the U.S. and its allies is fast becoming obsolete due to Russian jamming technology.

Chris Tomlinson contributed to this report. 

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General Sir Patrick Sanders, Chief of the General Staff of the British armed forces until June, claims Russia, China, and Iran are "the new Axis powers," and arguably more of a threat than the Second World War alliance of Germany, Italy, Japan, and others. show more
July 11, 2024
Christopher Tomlinson
Politics
UK

Media Admits ‘Fake Candidates’ Hoax Against Farage’s Reform Party Is Fake News.

The British media now admits that none of Nigel Farage‘s candidates in the British elections were fake. The Guardian and other outlets had been pushing conspiracy theories that some Reform Party candidates may have been generated by artificial intelligence (AI).

Reform Party candidate Mark Matlock became an unwitting viral sensation after digitally altering an image of himself. Unfounded rumors spread that he was an AI-generated candidate. The Guardian ran a lengthy article suggesting Reform was “under pressure to prove all its candidates were real people”—only conceding there was “no evidence any of the candidates are fake” nine paragraphs into their story.

Despite the Liberal Democrats fueling the conspiracy theories, demanding Reform “come clean with evidence,” the BBC now confirms it has “found no evidence that any of Reform’s candidates were fake.”

Former prime minister Rishi Sunak called the July 4 election on extremely short notice. This forced Reform, which won five seats in the election, to field a number of so-called “paper candidates” who did little or no active campaigning.

These included “friends, relations, office workers,” a spokesman explained.

Farage has promised his five-man contingent will be a “bridgehead” in Parliament, holding the governing Labour Party to account. He hopes they can form the basis for a mass movement for electoral reform and a new government in 2029.

Jack Montgomery contributed to this report. 

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The British media now admits that none of Nigel Farage's candidates in the British elections were fake. The Guardian and other outlets had been pushing conspiracy theories that some Reform Party candidates may have been generated by artificial intelligence (AI). show more
July 11, 2024
Jack Montgomery
Culture
UK

WATCH: Nigel Farage Sworn In as a Member of Parliament for the First Time.

Reform Party leader Nigel Farage has been sworn into Parliament as Nigel Farage MP, after taking his oath of allegiance to King Charles III. Reform’s other MPs were sworn in on Wednesday.

Farage, who will represent the Clacton-on-Sea constituency (electoral district) in the House of Commons, swore the traditional oath on the King James Bible: “I swear by Almighty God that I will be faithful and bear true allegiance to His Majesty King Charles, his heirs and successors, according to law. So help me God.”

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Despite being arguably the most influential British politician of the last 20 years, with a long career as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) prior to Brexit, it is the first time Farage has been elected as a Member of Parliament (MP).

This is due in large part to the British electoral system being hostile to new parties.

Reform came third by share of the popular vote and earned five MPs in Britain’s July 4 snap election—a significant breakthrough, but one that highlights major issues with the First-Past-the-Post system.

The victorious Labour Party received one MP for every  24,000 votes cast for it, while the formerly governing Conservatives received one MP per 56,000 votes. Reform, by contrast, received one MP per 820,000 votes.

The Liberal Democrats, who placed fourth in terms of the popular vote, received 71 MPs—one for every 49,000 votes.

The sixth-placed Scottish National Party (SNP) received nine seats, and the tenth-placed Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) tied Reform on five.

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Reform Party leader Nigel Farage has been sworn into Parliament as Nigel Farage MP, after taking his oath of allegiance to King Charles III. Reform's other MPs were sworn in on Wednesday. show more
July 9, 2024
Christopher Tomlinson
Politics
UK

Tony Blair Calls on New UK Leader to Increase Tax by $64 Billion.

Former Labour leader and prime minister Sir Tony Blair has called on Sir Keir Starmer’s new Labour government to take an additional £50 billion ($63.9 billion) in tax from the public.

Blair, a mentor to Prime Minister Starmer, says the hikes may be necessary in a report by his institute.

Starmer’s Chancellor (Treasury Secretary), Rachel Reeves, has already signaled a review of public finances, claiming the situation is worse than she expected—and sparking fears the new administration is laying the groundwork for tax rises.

Blair’s report emphasizes the importance of harnessing artificial intelligence (AI) to boost productivity. It argues that without a substantial growth boost, Britain will have to increase the tax burden by tens of billions of pounds by 2029 just to stabilize debt levels.

In his first days in office, Prime Minister Starmer has already axed the Conservatives’ Rwanda migrant deportation plan, canceling the deportations of thousands of illegal aliens.

The Rwandan government will not refund hundreds of millions of pounds given to them to prepare housing for the deportees and cover other costs associated with the scheme.

Starmer is also considering releasing as many as 40,000 prisoners early in order to ease overcrowding, endangering the public.

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Former Labour leader and prime minister Sir Tony Blair has called on Sir Keir Starmer's new Labour government to take an additional £50 billion ($63.9 billion) in tax from the public. show more