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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
June 13, 2024
Jack Montgomery
News
UK

SHOCK DATA: 2 in 3 Brexit Voters REFUSE to Vote for UK Conservative Party.

Just one in three Brexit voters intend to vote for Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s Conservative (Tory) Party in the July 4 snap election. Poll data also shows only 47 percent of the governing party’s 2019 voters intend to vote for them again.

In 2019, the Conservatives under Boris Johnson won their fourth general election in a row, with their biggest majority since the 1980s. They achieved this on a pledge to ‘Get Brexit Done’ and reduce immigration, but Brexit was only partially delivered, and immigration greatly increased. This support appears to have collapsed, with polling conducted by Professor Matt Goodwin on June 12 showing the opposition Labour Party leads them by 20 points.

Nigel Farage’s Reform Party is within two points of the Tories nationally, which Goodwin notes is “within the margin of error.” Separate polling shows a gap of just one point. When voters are asked who they would prefer to be running the country post-election, Farage and Reform outpace Sunak’s party.

Over a quarter of the Conservatives’ 2019 voters have switched to Reform, and one in three Brexit voters. When specific demographics are considered, Farage is preferred to Sunak among the Conservatives’ 2019 voters, Brexit voters, working-class voters, Northern English voters, and men.

Farage has outlined a plan to take over the Conservatives post-election by outcompeting them, forcing a merger between the dying right-establishment party. He cites the example of former Canadian premier Stephen Harper’s Reform Party, which absorbed the establishment Progressive Conservative Party into a new formation after rendering it electorally unviable.

HOLLOW SUPPORT. 

Despite being on course to win an unprecedented parliamentary super-majority, Goodwin’s research suggests the Labour Party’s support is still relatively soft.

The leftist party ranks first overall in terms of who voters want to see running the country after the election, but its support stands at just 22 percent, behind ‘None of the Above.’

The July election will be the first British general election in which photographic identification will be required for in-person voting. However, mail-in voting on demand remains in place, leaving the system vulnerable.

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Just one in three Brexit voters intend to vote for Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's Conservative (Tory) Party in the July 4 snap election. Poll data also shows only 47 percent of the governing party's 2019 voters intend to vote for them again. show more
June 12, 2024
Jack Montgomery
UK
War

WATCH: Boris Johnson Is Azov Neo-Nazis’ Biggest Lobbyist, and Biden Is Listening to Him.

Former British prime minister Boris Johnson had a hand in Joe Biden’s decision to lift restrictions on arming Ukraine’s Neo-Nazi Avov Brigade, believes Raheem Kassam, Editor-in-Chief of The National Pulse. Speaking to War Room host Stephen K. Bannon,

“The Azov Battalion… has absolute direct links to Neo-Nazism; this is not something that is disputed,” Kassam said of the group, which fights under the wolf’s hook emblem formerly used by Adolf Hitler’s Das Reich Waffen-SS division and was founded by an ultra-nationalist who preaches a “final crusade … against Semite-led Untermenschen [subhumans].”

“This is not something that even they dispute. What they say is that they have undertaken a PR operation to change their image and to try and put a lot of those things in the past,” Kassam explained.

“They’ve not, by the way, said, ‘Oh, and we and we divest of that, and we repudiate all of that…’ They say, ‘We’re trying to soften our image’— and, of course, one of their biggest lobbyists in the world at the moment, as we reported just a couple of weeks ago, is former British prime minister Boris Johnson, a lobbyist for Neo-Nazis,” he continued.

“And it looks like the efforts of his lobbying have been targeted at Joe Biden at the U.S. State Department and beyond, and been successful.”

ROOTS. 

Azov sees themselves as the heirs of Stepan Bandera, a 20th-century Ukrainian nationalist and independence fighter widely revered nationwide.

Modern-day Ukraine did not exist as a state until 1991, being a Soviet Socialist Republic during the Second World War. Part of its current territory belonged to Poland, and Bandera was involved in a series of political murders in that country as he sought independence. Many of his fighters and supporters welcomed and collaborated with the German Nazis when they invaded the Soviet Union in 1941 and embarked on a campaign of genocide against ethnic Poles in what is not western Ukraine.

However, Adolf Hitler planned to colonize Ukraine rather than grant it independence and had Bandera interned. He hid from the Soviets in West Germany until he was assassinated by the KGB in 1959.

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Former British prime minister Boris Johnson had a hand in Joe Biden's decision to lift restrictions on arming Ukraine's Neo-Nazi Avov Brigade, believes Raheem Kassam, Editor-in-Chief of The National Pulse. Speaking to War Room host Stephen K. Bannon, show more
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June 11, 2024
UK

NECK AND NECK: Farage’s ‘Reform’ Just 1-Pt Behind Sunak’s ‘Conservatives.’

A recent YouGov poll places Nigel Farage’s Reform UK party just one percentage point behind the Conservative Party with just weeks to go before the nation’s general election. The survey shows the far-left Labour Party leading with 38 percent, the Conservatives at 18 percent, Reform at 17 percent, Liberal Democrats at 15 percent, and the Greens at eight percent.

The results were announced shortly after Prime Minister Rishi Sunak launched his election manifesto – a regular occurrence for all parties at UK elections, where they set out their policy platform for the next government, should they take power.

Key pledges include a small cut in national insurance tax, with a plan to eliminate it entirely for self-employed individuals within five years. Sunak unveiled these measures in an effort to reinvigorate his campaign, which has been floundering since his widely ridiculed ‘national service’ idea was launched last week.

The manifesto also included:

  • Pensions: A guarantee that both the state pension and the tax-free allowance for pensioners always increase with the highest of inflation, earnings or 2.5 percent, so the new state pension doesn’t get dragged into income tax;
  • No new climate taxes: A Tory government would introduce no new green levies or charges while also cutting consumers’ costs of “going green”;
  • School cell phone ban: The use of mobile phones during the school day would be banned;
  • Defense spending boost: Spending as a proportion of GDP would rise to 2.5 percent by 2030;
  • Migration cap: A legal cap on migration would be introduced to ensure it falls every year;
  • Greater protection for women and girls: The Equality Act would be amended to better protect female-only spaces and competitiveness in sports.

Sunak committed to delivering 1.6 million new homes through expedited planning on brownfield sites and vowed to repeal certain EU laws.

The Prime Minister insisted the Conservative platform represents a “secure future” with lower immigration, reduced taxes, and protected pensions. He warned that a Labour government would potentially change voting laws to allow 16 and 17-year-olds to vote, which he suggested could entrench their power.

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A recent YouGov poll places Nigel Farage’s Reform UK party just one percentage point behind the Conservative Party with just weeks to go before the nation's general election. The survey shows the far-left Labour Party leading with 38 percent, the Conservatives at 18 percent, Reform at 17 percent, Liberal Democrats at 15 percent, and the Greens at eight percent. show more

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