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June 19, 2024
Jack Montgomery
Media
UK

Yes, You Still Need a ‘License’ to Watch TV in Britain. Farage Says He’ll End It.

Brexit leader Nigel Farage, whose Reform Party is outpacing the governing Conservatives ahead of a July 4 snap election, says a Reform government will scrap the TV license that funds the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC).

By law, every Briton who watches live television is required to purchase a TV license for £169.50 (~$215.25) a year—£57 (~$72.40) a year for the handful of people who still only have a black-and-white set—even if they do not watch any BBC content.

The state enforces the license fee through criminal fines for non-payment. Failure to pay such fines can result in imprisonment.

Conservatives and populists argue the BBC harbors institutional bias despite its legal obligation to be politically neutral. The broadcaster often slants public discourse in favor of mass migration and multiculturalism and injects woke ideology into educational and entertainment content.

In August, The National Pulse reported how BBC News repeatedly doctored a report on homosexual pedophile Andrew Way, removing references to the fact he is a Pride organizer and drag queen.

Farage believes the compulsory license fee is out of date and unjust. He argues the BBC should transition to a subscription-based model and allow television viewers to choose whether or not to fund it.

He has also argued that scrapping the licence would relieve financial pressure on British households and incentivize the BBC to offer content the public actually wants to see rather than content serving an ideological agenda.

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Brexit leader Nigel Farage, whose Reform Party is outpacing the governing Conservatives ahead of a July 4 snap election, says a Reform government will scrap the TV license that funds the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC). show more
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June 19, 2024
Jack Montgomery
Lawfare
UK

Tommy Robinson is Being Hauled Before the Courts AGAIN.

Independent journalist and anti-grooming gangs activist Tommy Robinson is facing contempt of court charges. The Conservative Party-controlled Attorney General’s Office (AGO) has initiated potential contempt proceedings after the far-left ‘Hope Not Hate’ group – the UK equivalent of the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) – funded by George Soros, alleged he violated a court order.

In a libel case concluded in 2021, Syrian migrant Jamal Hijazi sued Robinson. He had repeated claims Hijazi had assaulted girls at Almondbury Community School in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, in October 2018, resulting in a lawsuit. The courts sided with Hijazi, ordering Robinson to pay damages and legal costs and imposing an injunction prohibiting him from repeating the allegations.

Hope Not Hate, which also targets Raheem Kassam, Editor-in-Chief of The National Pulse, presented a dossier to the AGO claiming Robinson has repeated the allegations. The High Court will hold a hearing on potential contempt proceedings on July 29.

The state previously imprisoned Robinson for contempt of court after he filmed Muslim men accused of exploiting young girls outside a courthouse in May 2018, breaching a reporting ban. Jurors subsequently convicted all of them.

This latest attempt to drag Robinson in front of the courts follows a case brought against him by the Metropolitan Police, collapsed in an embarrassing fashion. The London police force arrested and pepper-sprayed Robinson after he refused to comply with an order to leave a march against anti-Semitism, claiming his mere presence in public was “likely to cause harassment, alarm, and distress to others.”

Police bail conditions after this arrest included a near-total ban on entering London, but a judge ultimately determined officers had no lawful order against Robinson when they detained him.

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Independent journalist and anti-grooming gangs activist Tommy Robinson is facing contempt of court charges. The Conservative Party-controlled Attorney General's Office (AGO) has initiated potential contempt proceedings after the far-left 'Hope Not Hate' group – the UK equivalent of the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) – funded by George Soros, alleged he violated a court order. show more
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June 18, 2024
Jack Montgomery
UK

UK Tories Turn to Brexit Betrayer Boris Johnson.

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s Conservatives (Tories) are turning to Sunak’s former boss, Boris Johnson, to save them from “20 years” in opposition. Current projections show Sir Keir Starmer’s Labour Party winning a landslide legislative majority, with Nigel Farage’s Reform Party leading the Tories in the polls.

Tens of thousands of letters bearing Johnson’s signature will reach voters this week. He has already penned a handful of paywalled articles urging Dail Mail readers to vote Conservative.

According to one party source, Johnson “cut[s] through,” which is “a rarity in this Conservative campaign.” However, while in-person campaigning by Johnson is under discussion is currently under discussion, allies of the former prime minister are briefing the press that they think it is unlikely.

The former prime minister resigned and ultimately left Parliament altogether in the wake of a homosexual, underage sex scandal cover-up. In 2019, the Conservatives gained their largest parliamentary majority since the 1980s under Johnson, as promised to ‘Get Brexit Done’ and reduce immigration. However, his botching of Brexit, abject failure on immigration, and mismanagement of the Wuhan virus pandemic significantly reduced his “cut through.”

Despite campaigning as a populist, Johnson governed from the left, heavily influenced by his liberal wife, Carrie Johnson, née Symonds. Prime Minister Sunak, who had been Johnson’s Chancellor of the Exchequer (Treasury Secretary), continued the same policies—although the two are now bitter enemies, reducing the chances of Johnson taking a full role in the election campaign.

Johnson now spends much of his time touring America and Continental Europe, lobbying for more war with Russia. He praised Ukraine’s Neo-Nazi Azov Brigade as “heroes” in London recently, and posed for pictures with their Waffen-SS-inspired flag.

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Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's Conservatives (Tories) are turning to Sunak's former boss, Boris Johnson, to save them from "20 years" in opposition. Current projections show Sir Keir Starmer's Labour Party winning a landslide legislative majority, with Nigel Farage's Reform Party leading the Tories in the polls. show more
June 18, 2024
Jack Montgomery
Health
UK

British PM Rishi Sunak Says He’s ‘Not Against’ Legalizing Euthanasia.

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is “not against” legalizing euthanasia “in principle.” The Conservative leader, facing a historic defeat in the snap election on July 4, says it is “just a question of having the safeguards in place, and that’s where people have had questions in the past.”

Labour Party leader Sir Keir Starmer, projected to replace Sunak after the upcoming election, has pledged to legalize euthanasia, now rebranded “assisted dying” from the previous “assisted suicide” rebrand. However, his party election manifesto does not include the contentious policy.

Sir Keir cast a vote in favor of legalizing euthanasia in 2015, but the bill failed 330 to 118. Wes Streeting, Sir Keir’s Shadow Health Secretary, also cast a vote for the 2015 bill. This year, Streeting said he “sort of lean[s] towards” legalizing euthanasia, provided he has “reassurance that no one would feel coerced into ending their life sooner, that no doctor would be coerced or forced to take part in ending someone’s life in that way.”

SLIPPERY SLOPE. 

Doctors and midwives in Britain have a “conscientious objection” opt-out from aborting babies. However, this has been undermined by the Supreme Court created by Tony Blair in 2009. While clinicians are not forced to take a “hands-on” role in abortions, justices insist they can be forced to supervise abortionists and book women in for terminations.

Western nations that have legalized euthanasia, such as the Netherlands, Belgium, and Canada, are rapidly expanding their scope beyond a handful of terminally ill people.

Canadian doctors have approved “medical assistance in dying,” or “Maid,” for people facing financial difficulties.

Dutch doctors are euthanizing healthy young people who complain of depression.

Belgian doctors have even euthanized a 23-year-old woman complaining of trauma after she was caught up in an Islamist terror attack in Brussels as a minor—though she was physically unharmed.

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Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is "not against" legalizing euthanasia "in principle." The Conservative leader, facing a historic defeat in the snap election on July 4, says it is "just a question of having the safeguards in place, and that’s where people have had questions in the past." show more
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June 17, 2024
Jack Montgomery
UK

Could Farage be Prime Minister by 2029? – ‘Absolutely.’

Brexit leader Nigel Farage has outlined his ambition to become Prime Minister in 2029, using the July 4 snap election to “establish [a] bridgehead in Parliament” and build a national movement for “genuine change” over the next five years. When the BBC asked if Farage believes he can become Prime Minister by 2029, he replied, “Yes, absolutely.”

He elaborated, saying, “The disconnect between the Labour and Conservative, Westminster-based parties and the country, the thoughts, hopes, and aspirations of ordinary people, are so far apart from where our politics is. And the funny thing is they show no signs of changing.”

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has put forward Penny Mordaunt, Leader of the House of Commons, as his representative in multiple seven-way debates featuring Sunak’s Conservatives, the Labour Party opposition, and Britain’s major third parties, including Reform. Farage commented that Mordaunt and Labour Deputy Leader Angela Rayner “sounded the same” during these debates, noting there are “no real, fundamental differences between” Labour and the Conservatives.

Mordaunt, firmly on the left of the Conservative Party, recently published a Bill Gates-endorsed book praising Black Lives Matter and railing against “white privilege” and “transphobia.” She also criticizes British leaders of the past for being too “long-term, male, patient, predictable, factual, planned, heterosexual, white, Christian, Western” in their thinking. Sunak’s elevation and promotion of her as a possible successor suggest the Conservatives are not abandoning their center-left politics.

POLLS. 

Farage’s Reform Party is currently polling ahead of the Conservatives, with Farage projected to win the parliamentary constituency of Clacton.

He believes he can force a merger between Reform and the Conservatives by outcompeting the establishment party on the right. He cites the precedent set by Stephen Harper in Canada, whose Reform Party outcompeted the Progressive Conservative Party. This led to a Unite the Right movement, merging the two parties under Harper’s leadership.

Harper went on to win two terms as Prime Minister.

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Brexit leader Nigel Farage has outlined his ambition to become Prime Minister in 2029, using the July 4 snap election to "establish [a] bridgehead in Parliament" and build a national movement for "genuine change" over the next five years. When the BBC asked if Farage believes he can become Prime Minister by 2029, he replied, "Yes, absolutely." show more
June 17, 2024
Raheem J. Kassam
UK

BREAKING–Farage Reveals Reform Party’s Manifesto – ‘Our Contract With You.’

UK Reform Party leader Nigel Farage has launched his party’s election manifesto, prioritizing five “core pledges” to the British public ahead of the July 4th election. Farage called the document a “Contract with You,” rather than a political manifesto, arguing that historic party manifestos are usually just documents filled with lies and false pledges.

Reform’s priorities include:

  1. Smart Immigration, Not Mass Immigration;
  2. Tackling Illegal Migration;
  3. No NHS Waiting Lists;
  4. Lifting the Income Tax Threshold;
  5. Scrapping Green Taxes.

Farage lambasted both Labour and Tory governments for high taxes, record national debt, and uncontrolled immigration, which have damaged Britain both financially and culturally.

The document also outlines plans to increase police numbers, enforce stricter sentencing for repeat violent offenders, and introduce a patriotic curriculum in schools. Reform UK says it wants to leave the European Convention on Human Rights, reform the House of Lords, and implement proportional representation voting for the House of Commons.

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UK Reform Party leader Nigel Farage has launched his party's election manifesto, prioritizing five "core pledges" to the British public ahead of the July 4th election. Farage called the document a "Contract with You," rather than a political manifesto, arguing that historic party manifestos are usually just documents filled with lies and false pledges. show more

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June 15, 2024
Jack Montgomery
UK

Gen Z Shifts: Farage’s Reform Party Surpasses Conservatives With Young Voters.

Nigel Farage’s Reform Party has surpassed Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s Conservatives (Tories) in recent opinion polls, including among younger voters. According to a YouGov survey, Reform is more than twice as popular as the Tories among the 18- to 24-year-old age group, at 15 percent support to the Tories’ 7 percent.

Reform not only leads the Conservatives among the youngest voters but also among those aged 25 to 49, at 15 percent to 12 percent. In the 50- to 64-year-old age group, Reform is at 22 percent, while the Tories are at 16 percent. Sunak’s party only leads among the over 65s, with 34 percent support against 23 percent for Farage’s party.

Farage has bolstered his political resurgence with a strong presence on social media, particularly TikTok, where millions of people have viewed his videos. A recent TikTok post featuring Farage humorously singing lyrics from an Eminem song received 17,600 likes and 597 comments within an hour. Reform is also outperforming the Tories on Facebook, with users sharing their posts 53,000 times compared to 31,000 shares for the Conservatives.

GLOBAL PHENOMENON. 

Farage’s growing support among young people mirrors that of his friend and ally Donald Trump in the U.S. While the youth vote was a key demographic for Joe Biden in 2020, his lead among young Americans has been slashed, with young Americans increasingly disillusioned with the Democrat’s economy and foreign policy.

Like Farage, Trump has embraced TikTok, where he reaches many more people than his 81-year-old rival—despite joining it much more recently.

“He’s reaching young people in a way like never before,” said Raheem Kassam, Editor-in-Chief of The National Pulse, in a recent War Room appearance. Biden and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. have failed to cut through in the same way because they lack Trump’s authenticity.

Young people are also embracing the populist right in Europe. The Konfederacja (Confederation) party was the top choice of young Poles in the recent European elections, and the German political class is in panic over the viral song Ausländer Raus (foreigners out) sweeping the country.

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Nigel Farage's Reform Party has surpassed Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's Conservatives (Tories) in recent opinion polls, including among younger voters. According to a YouGov survey, Reform is more than twice as popular as the Tories among the 18- to 24-year-old age group, at 15 percent support to the Tories’ 7 percent. show more
June 14, 2024
Jack Montgomery
UK

UK PM Sunak Hits Record-High Unfavorability.

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has hit his highest-ever disapproval rating in YouGov polling, with 72 percent of Britons viewing him unfavorably. Only 21 percent hold a favorable opinion, giving a net approval rating of -51. Sunak’s Conservative (Tory) Party also faces widespread disfavor: 70 percent of respondents view them negatively, compared to 21 percent who view them positively.

Nigel Farage’s Reform Party, which now leads the Conservatives in national polling, has seen its favorability rise by almost a third since he returned to lead the party through the election. Farage’s personal favorability is eight points higher than Sunak’s.

Source: YouGov.

Sir Keir Starmer, leader of the Labour Party, enjoys a 39 percent favorable rating, his highest since late 2022—although 51 percent still view him unfavorably. His leftist opposition party, expected to win Britain’s July 4 snap election by a landslide, has more evenly split opinions: 44 percent hold a positive view and 47 percent hold a negative view.

Farage argues British politics has now reached an “inflection point,” with Reform surpassing the Conservatives as the true challengers to Labour on the British right. The Conservatives have claimed voting for Reform will strengthen Labour by slitting the right-wing vote, but with Reform having overtaken the Conservatives in the polls, Farage insists “the only wasted vote now is a Conservative vote.”

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British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has hit his highest-ever disapproval rating in YouGov polling, with 72 percent of Britons viewing him unfavorably. Only 21 percent hold a favorable opinion, giving a net approval rating of -51. Sunak's Conservative (Tory) Party also faces widespread disfavor: 70 percent of respondents view them negatively, compared to 21 percent who view them positively. show more
June 14, 2024
Jack Montgomery
UK

Nigel Farage’s Election Opponent Boasted About Drinking ‘White Man Tears.’

Brexit leader Nigel Farage’s Labour Party rival in the constituency (electoral district) of Clacton describes “white man tears” as his “favorite drink.” Jovan Owusu-Nepaul, whose party is expected to win Britain’s July 4 snap election in a landslide, made the remarks on Twitter, now X, in response to a U.S. student who said he “drink[s] white man tears on a regular basis.”

During the launch of his party’s manifesto, Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer referred to the Clacton race as a “pantomime.” In response, Farage retorted, “If Starmer thinks the Clacton race is a joke, maybe he should look closer to home at his own candidate.”

Clacton, located in the Essex region east of London, is 93 percent White British. Sir Keir’s constituency, in the heart of London, is just 36.8 percent White British.

With Britain’s governing Conservative Party now behind Farage’s Reform Party in national polls, Farage is pitching his outfit as the real opposition to Labour. “This is the inflection point. The only wasted vote now is a Conservative vote. We are the challengers to Labour,” Farage stressed, emphasizing the fact that the Conservatives are behind Reform everywhere except  Scotland.

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Brexit leader Nigel Farage's Labour Party rival in the constituency (electoral district) of Clacton describes "white man tears" as his "favorite drink." Jovan Owusu-Nepaul, whose party is expected to win Britain's July 4 snap election in a landslide, made the remarks on Twitter, now X, in response to a U.S. student who said he "drink[s] white man tears on a regular basis." show more
June 13, 2024
William Upton
UK

BREAKING: Farage Overtakes UK Conservative Party in STUNNING ‘Inflection Point.’

A new YouGov poll shows Nigel Farage‘s Reform UK party overtaking the embattled Tories for second place behind the Labour Party just weeks before the United Kingdom’s general election. In a video posted on X (formerly Twitter), Farage hailed the new poll as an “infection point” in the country’s election contest.

Reform UK comes in at 19 percent to the Tories’ 18 percent. Meanwhile, Labour remains in a comfortable lead at 37 percent of the vote. The Liberal Democrats, once thought to be a significant third-party force in Great Britain, have fallen to fourth place with just 14 percent support.

“The Times, with YouGov, have just published a poll—we have now overtaken the Conservatives. We’re now in second position in the country,” Farage said following the release of the polling results. He continued: ” In fact, we’re leading the Conservative Party in every single region apart from Scotland.”

Farage emphasized: “This is the inflection point. The only wasted vote now is a Conservative vote. We are the challengers to Labour.”

The new poll comes just days after The National Pulse reported that another YouGov survey showed Reform UK trailing the Tories by just a single point. This latest election data suggests a shift in momentum favoring Farage and Reform UK. On Saturday, the Brexit leader declared that his party would not be satisfied with being just a protest vote but intends to become the official opposition to Labour.

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A new YouGov poll shows Nigel Farage's Reform UK party overtaking the embattled Tories for second place behind the Labour Party just weeks before the United Kingdom's general election. In a video posted on X (formerly Twitter), Farage hailed the new poll as an "infection point" in the country's election contest. show more