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UK Taxpayers
April 18, 2024
Jack Montgomery
Politics
UK

Taxpayers Fund ‘Research’ on ‘Transphobia’ in Archaeology, Whiteness, and Gay Porn.

Taxpayers are funding researchers to produce extremist left-wing ‘academic’ work, including anti-“whiteness” projects and papers claiming archaeology is transphobic and proposals to reinvent the field as “fully transgender inclusive.”

One researcher at the University of York created a presentation titled Bones Don’t Care About Your Feelings: Challenging Transphobic Invocations of Archaeology in (Social) Media. He is receiving a stipend of £18,622 a year (~$23,205) from the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) of UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), a government body funded by the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology.

Another UKRI-funded research project focused on archaeology and transgenderism seeks to “establish a framework for a fully transgender inclusive archaeology that tackles normative interpretations of the past and supports the transgender community in a period of heightened attacks in the present.” Its abstract pledges to build on “queer theories of gender” and “reframe archaeology as a safe, inclusive space.”

UKRI has been exposed as funding a variety of woke research projects of questionable value in recent days. Several anti-“whiteness” projects are being funded, including one titled The unbearable whiteness of class: towards an intersectional reading of poverty discourses in Brexit Britain, and another titled Bordering on whiteness: Exploring the racialised subjectivities of Italian women in post-Brexit London.

Some projects focus on sexual deviance rather than race, such as ‘Playing’ with Gay Sex: Exploring Sexual Play in Queer Pornographic Video Games Through Sexual Scripting and The Europe that Gay Porn Built — which received an astonishing £841,830 (~$1,048,330) in taxpayer funding.

A spokesman for UKRI insisted the government body “invests in a diverse research and innovation portfolio” after “a rigorous peer review process by relevant independent experts from across academia and business.”

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Taxpayers are funding researchers to produce extremist left-wing 'academic' work, including anti-"whiteness" projects and papers claiming archaeology is transphobic and proposals to reinvent the field as "fully transgender inclusive." show more
Free Julian Assange
April 18, 2024
Lawfare
UK

The Latest on Julian Assange.

The United States government has offered assurances to England’s High Court over Julian Assange, requested by judges after the WikiLeaks founder sought leave to appeal his extradition.

The court asked the U.S. to provide assurances the Australian would not be executed and afforded the same First Amendment protections as a U.S. citizen if extradited to stand trial. Assurances were sent before a Tuesday deadline, but Assange’s wife has complained they are riddled with “weasel words.”

“The United States has issued a non-assurance in relation to the First Amendment, and a standard assurance in relation to the death penalty,” she argued.

“It makes no undertaking to withdraw the prosecution’s previous assertion that Julian has no First Amendment rights because he is not a U.S. citizen. Instead, the U.S. has limited itself to blatant weasel words claiming that Julian can ‘seek to raise’ the First Amendment if extradited.”

She added that the U.S. note “does nothing to relieve our family’s extreme distress about [Assange’s] future – his grim expectation of spending the rest of his life in isolation in US prison for publishing award-winning journalism.”

While the diplomatic note provided by the U.S. clearly states a “sentence of death will neither be sought nor imposed on Assange,” the language around the First Amendment seems more equivocal. It states only that he will have “the ability to raise and seek to rely upon” the First Amendment at trial but that deciding whether or not it applies “is exclusively within the purview of the U.S. courts.”

A hearing to debate whether or not the assurances meet the High Court’s requirements has been scheduled for May 20.

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The United States government has offered assurances to England's High Court over Julian Assange, requested by judges after the WikiLeaks founder sought leave to appeal his extradition. show more
Manchester Arena Bomber
April 16, 2024
Jack Montgomery
UK

Ariana Grande Concert Bombing Survivors Sue MI5 Over Terror Failings.

Over 250 survivors of the Ariana Grande concert bombing in Manchester, England, have united to take legal action against Britain’s security service, MI5, over its failings in the lead-up to the attack.

The suicide bombing at Manchester Arena, which killed 22 and injured over 100, including many children and teenagers, was carried out by Salman Abedi, the son of a Libyan Islamist granted refugee status by the British government.

Official inquiries have found MI5 made several severe failures before Abedi — who was flagged to the domestic security service 18 times prior to the attack — carried out the bombing.

Local law enforcement has also faced criticism for its failures before the attack. Greater Manchester Police (GMP) was aware of Abedi communicating with a convicted extremist three years before the bombing, in which he insulted non-Muslims as “dogs” and “kuffars” and expressed his desire for “martyrdom.”

On the night of the attack, officers for the British Transport Police (BTP) were not present at Manchester Arena because they were indulging in an unauthorized, two-hour dinner break. Abedi was reported to on-site security guards because he was praying and acting erratically at the entrance to the arena while wearing a large rucksack, but they refused to intervene because they were “scared” they would be “branded racist.”

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Over 250 survivors of the Ariana Grande concert bombing in Manchester, England, have united to take legal action against Britain's security service, MI5, over its failings in the lead-up to the attack. show more
British Muslim Clerics Taliban
April 13, 2024
Religion
UK

Muslim Clerics Praise ‘Beautiful’ Taliban Bringing ‘Freedom’ to Afghanistan.

A group of Muslim clerics recently went on a “fact-finding” mission to Afghanistan, subsequently praising “beautiful” Taliban leaders for revitalizing the nation’s “freedom.” Their trip, organized by UK-based non-profit Prosper Afghanistan and the Human Aid & Advocacy group, sought to dispel alleged myths and distortions about the war-ravaged Middle Eastern nation following the U.S. military withdrawal in 2021.

Speaking at a recent event at Queen Mary University of London (QMUL), the group credited the Taliban-led government with instilling peace and reducing the corruption persistent under two decades of Western-backed leadership.

“We went to Afghanistan with a very open mind… it brought back to me the stories of the Sahaba (the companions of Muhammad) that we read,” said Mufti Ismail Satia, a member of the group. “They reminded me of those who sacrificed for Islam and those who were willing to do anything for Islam.”

Hamid Mahmood, the founder of an Islamic girls’ school in London, told the audience he felt freedom in the Taliban’s theocracy. “It was somewhat a quite sad and painful experience leaving that land because I will be very honest and I’ve said this very clearly that there was something there, a feeling [of] outright freedom,” he said. “After speaking to many ministers we realized what freedom meant. They were trying to free themselves not just from physical oppression, physical subjugation, and colonialism but also financial, economic, and also intellectual enslavement.”

Shaykh Haitham Al-Haddad, another member of the group, defended the Taliban’s restricting girl’s education. “Western secular influences were being driven into the minds of the students who were speaking against the Shariah and many vices were creeping in… when it is time to rebuild the country we cannot tolerate division and therefore temporary suspension of liberal, secular education took place.”

The UK has struggled to integrate its large Muslim population, many of whom hold extremist views and sympathize with terrorism.

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A group of Muslim clerics recently went on a "fact-finding" mission to Afghanistan, subsequently praising "beautiful" Taliban leaders for revitalizing the nation's "freedom." Their trip, organized by UK-based non-profit Prosper Afghanistan and the Human Aid & Advocacy group, sought to dispel alleged myths and distortions about the war-ravaged Middle Eastern nation following the U.S. military withdrawal in 2021. show more
April 12, 2024
Jack Montgomery
Immigration
UK

Prince Harry is ‘Very Anxious’ About His U.S. Immigration Status.

Prince Harry will be feeling “very anxious” as a judge examines his immigration papers, according to royal expert Charlotte Griffiths.

The Heritage Foundation has been attempting to secure the prince’s papers under the Freedom of Information Act, after he revealed an extensive history of drug abuse, some of which occurred on U.S. soil, in his memoir Spare.

“The most likely thing that will happen is Harry’s going to be feeling very anxious somewhere in Montecito right now, and for the next few days,” said Griffiths. “It’s going to be really embarrassing because they’ve already hinted that his defense might be that he lied about drug use in Spare. We all know that he was trying to sell copies of his book, so I imagine that before deportation, there might be some sort of embarrassing climbdown,” she added.

Lawyers for the Joe Biden regime have argued privacy rules protect the papers. Heritage argues they are a matter of public interest, as Harry’s memoir admissions suggest he either lied about his drug abuse on his visa or admitted it and was granted a visa anyway, which would mean he received special treatment. Judge Carl Nichols is currently reviewing the papers in camera to determine whether or not they should be released.

Donald Trump has already confirmed that if he returns to the White House, the renegade royal will receive no special treatment from his administration and could be deported.

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Prince Harry will be feeling "very anxious" as a judge examines his immigration papers, according to royal expert Charlotte Griffiths. show more
April 11, 2024
Jack Montgomery
Crime
Immigration
UK

Muslim Migrant Murdered 70-Year-Old in the Name of Gaza.

Ahmed Alid, a 45-year-old asylum seeker living in taxpayer-funded accommodation in Britain, stabbed another asylum seeker who was converting to Christianity in the chest, then stabbed a random 70-year-old man to death in the street, in a show of support for Gaza following the Hamas terror raid on Israel on October 7.

Javed Nouri, the asylum seeker Alid stabbed at their shared accommodation in Hartlepool, England, survived the attack. He reported Alid shouted “Allahu Akbar!” as he struck, and that he had previously reported the extremist to housing managers and police, to no avail.

“Mr Nouri was a Muslim who had converted to Christianity, and the defendant would therefore have regarded him as an apostate or ‘murtad,’” prosecutors told Teesside Crown Court.

“[W]hen the defendant was interviewed by the police, he initially thought that he had killed both Mr Nouri and Mr Carney,” they continued, referring to the murdered senior citizen, Terence Carney.

“He said he had wanted to kill them because of the conflict in Gaza and to further his desire that Palestine would be free from the Zionists, by which he meant Israel.

“The defendant said he would have killed more people if he had been able to do so.”

Alid is also accused of assaulting two policewomen who interviewed him following his arrest for the stabbings.

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Ahmed Alid, a 45-year-old asylum seeker living in taxpayer-funded accommodation in Britain, stabbed another asylum seeker who was converting to Christianity in the chest, then stabbed a random 70-year-old man to death in the street, in a show of support for Gaza following the Hamas terror raid on Israel on October 7. show more
April 11, 2024
Jack Montgomery
Politics
UK
War

UK Foreign Sec David Cameron DENIED Meeting with Speaker Johnson to Push Ukraine Aid.

Lord David Cameron, the British Foreign Secretary and former Prime Minister, did not meet Speaker Mike Johnson during a U.S. trip aimed at lobbying Congress to authorize more money for Ukraine.

The China-linked Briton, who recently returned to high office after his premiership was cut short by the Brexit referendum — which he lost — met with Donald Trump and Secretary of State Antony Blinken. He did not meet with Speaker Johnson, however, despite the Republican being the key player in whether or not a Senate bill authorizing tens of billions in further Ukraine aid can move forward.

Speaking alongside Secretary Blinken, Lord Cameron asserted, “We know, if we provide Ukrainians the support they deserve, they can win this war.”

Ahead of his trip, Cameron argued Republicans should approve more funding for Ukraine to prove “that borders matter, that aggression doesn’t pay, and that countries like Ukraine are free to choose their own future.”

It was a controversial stance for the former Prime Minister, who, along with Barack Obama, was a driving force in the NATO-led intervention in Libya in 2011, which turned the country into a failed state and platform for illegal immigration to Europe.

He also opposed Britain taking full control of its borders during the Brexit referendum in 2016, preferring that the country remain party to the European Union’s quasi-open borders Free Movement migration regime.

Cameron alienated many America First Republicans in February when he wrote an op-ed comparing politicians who do not support open-ended financial support for Ukraine to Adolf Hitler’s appeasers.

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Lord David Cameron, the British Foreign Secretary and former Prime Minister, did not meet Speaker Mike Johnson during a U.S. trip aimed at lobbying Congress to authorize more money for Ukraine. show more
April 11, 2024
Jack Montgomery
Immigration
UK

Judge Says Afghan Sex Offender Can Stay… BECAUSE He’s a Sex Offender.

A recent investigation discovered that an Afghan sex offender who “continues to act inappropriately towards females” was not deported because similar sex offending in Afghanistan could lead to “persecution.”

Despite being criminally convicted, the courts ruled the potentially dangerous Afghan should not be sent back to Afghanistan because acts such as public masturbation and “fondling of body parts” in his home country would put him “at high risk of physical violence from mob mentality.”

“[I]f he acts in the manner he has in the UK on return to Afghanistan… the ill treatment [he] is likely to experience will satisfy the definition of persecution,” a tribunal ruled.

The decision, issued before Joe Biden’s botched withdrawal from Afghanistan plunged it fully into Taliban control, is not the first ruling centered on supposed “human rights” to put the British public in danger.

In 2020, Scottish judges ruled a Taliban fighter could not be deported because the previous Western-backed government was hostile to the terror organization, and he would be at risk of “persecution.”

He also argued he suffered post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) as a result of his experiences in the Taliban — potentially fighting against British and allied forces — with a judge agreeing he might receive insufficient treatment for the condition in his home country.

This individual, whose identity was protected by the courts, had previously failed six deportation appeals, but continued to receive public funding for further appeals until one of them stuck.

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A recent investigation discovered that an Afghan sex offender who "continues to act inappropriately towards females" was not deported because similar sex offending in Afghanistan could lead to "persecution." show more
April 11, 2024
Religion
UK

UK Muslims Celebrate Eid by Rioting, Attacking Cops.

Disturbances erupted in Southall, West London, during celebrations marking the end of Ramadan‘s fast, Eid. The usually peaceful area noted for its high South Asian populace was gripped by chaos as celebrants attacked police officers.

Observations from images circulating on social media showed large crowds gathered, with objects such as bricks, pieces of wood, and bottles being hurled at police, some of whom were forced to put on riot gear to deal with the unrest.

“[B]efore midnight a small number of young people — who we do not believe to be from the area — became involved in sporadic anti-social behavior, including climbing onto bus stops,” said Chief Superintendent Sean Wilson, in charge of policing the Ealing Borough in which Southall is located.

“As officers attempted to speak to these people about their safety, they were surrounded by a crowd, again many of whom were not from Southall, before items, including bottles, were thrown towards them,” Wilson said. “Fortunately, neither members of the public, nor the officers were injured.”

Despite the mass violence, only one arrest was made.

Rory Geoghegan, founder of the Public Safety Foundation, noted that the incident appeared to be followed by near-total silence from authorities. “Concerning that there seems to be a total black-out from @MetPoliceUK and local politicians in relation to Southall,” Geoghegan wrote on social media. “Where is the condemnation? Where is the commitment to apprehend those involved?”

The UK has struggled to integrate its large Muslim population. “No-go zones” are said to be a serious problem in the country, and Muslims account for nearly 20 percent of the prison population despite being only 6.5 percent of the general population. A recent study found that almost 50 percent of British Muslims are sympathetic towards the Hamas terrorist organization.

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Disturbances erupted in Southall, West London, during celebrations marking the end of Ramadan's fast, Eid. The usually peaceful area noted for its high South Asian populace was gripped by chaos as celebrants attacked police officers. show more
April 11, 2024
UK

UK Govt Mulls Smartphone Sales Ban for Under 16s.

A leaked report indicates the UK government may propose legislation prohibiting the sale of smartphones to children under the age of 16. According to the leak, the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology is spearheading the effort. A “nondenial” issued by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak‘s government has only further fueled speculation regarding the proposal. “Our commitment to making the UK the safest place to be a child online is unwavering,” a government spokesman said.

Despite criticism calling the potential restriction “Orwellian” and unenforceable, many conservatives argue that this action could help establish healthier societal norms. They point to the proven harm excessive smartphone usage can inflict on younger users. Conservative MP Miriam Cates, a strong pro-family advocate, insists that established bans on harmful activities like underage driving receive broad support, suggesting that a similar consensus could emerge around a smartphone prohibition.

Leading figures in the education community have also expressed their approval of the potential ban. Katherine Birbalsingh, recognized for her no-nonsense approach to education, suggests the law could effectively shift cultural expectations around children’s use of smartphones. Former police and army officer Henry Bolton also backs the policy, stating that such a change in law would alleviate the peer pressure exerted on children to acquire digital devices. Recent polling data indicates that a significant majority of parents support the ban and perceive smartphones as harmful to their children.

The National Pulse reported last summer that China moved to limit the amount of time children are allowed to spend on smartphones and other digital devices amid growing concerns over internet addiction.

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A leaked report indicates the UK government may propose legislation prohibiting the sale of smartphones to children under the age of 16. According to the leak, the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology is spearheading the effort. A "nondenial" issued by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's government has only further fueled speculation regarding the proposal. "Our commitment to making the UK the safest place to be a child online is unwavering," a government spokesman said. show more