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February 6, 2024
UK
War

Report: UK Military Would Exhaust Capabilities After Just 2 of Months of War.

The British military can sustain its full capabilities for only about two months in the event of a conflict with a comparable opponent, according to a House of Commons defense committee report. Both current and former British military leaders described a decade-long “hollowing out” of the Armed Forces that has led to overall deficiencies in war-fighting resilience. Critical infrastructural gaps noted by the Ministry of Defence include inadequate munitions warehousing and infrastructure, operational medical capacity, and support for armored vehicle equipment.

Minister for the Armed Forces James Heappey pointed out that while defense cuts were deemed necessary when implemented, it is now urgent to reinvest in areas subject to disinvestment. Heappey further stated that substantial work is needed to regain the wartime readiness last seen during the Cold War era.

The report indicates that the British military’s readiness was negatively impacted by the donation of armaments to Ukraine, with one artillery regiment reportedly depleted of guns after assisting in the Ukrainian war effort against Russia. Another concern is the bottleneck in procurement and delivery for replenishment of the NLAW anti-tank systems and 155mm artillery ammunition Britain provided to Ukraine.

According to the Ministry of Defense, the British army only has around 75,000 soldiers, about half of what it commanded three decades ago. This triggered talks about utilizing a “civilian army” during major conflicts. The consequences of this scaled-down force are already visible, with the imminent decommissioning of two naval frigates reportedly due to insufficient staff. Jeremy Quin MP, chair of the committee, concluded that the military’s preparedness for a prolonged war requires increased attention and sustained focus.

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The British military can sustain its full capabilities for only about two months in the event of a conflict with a comparable opponent, according to a House of Commons defense committee report. Both current and former British military leaders described a decade-long “hollowing out” of the Armed Forces that has led to overall deficiencies in war-fighting resilience. Critical infrastructural gaps noted by the Ministry of Defence include inadequate munitions warehousing and infrastructure, operational medical capacity, and support for armored vehicle equipment. show more
February 5, 2024
Breaking
UK

King Charles Diagnosed With Cancer.

Buckingham Palace announced Monday evening that King Charles III has been diagnosed with a form of cancer. The 75-year-old monarch has begun a regular treatment regimen and is suspending his public duties while he focuses on his health. This diagnosis follows a recent procedure performed on the monarch to treat an enlarged prostate, after which the king was discharged from a hospital in London last week.

The palace stated, “During The King’s recent hospital procedure for benign prostate enlargement, a separate issue of concern was noted.” The subsequent diagnostic tests confirmed the existence of cancer. The exact type of cancer has not been made public. The king’s doctors have advised him to limit his public activities during his treatment period.

Despite the health setback, King Charles, who ascended to the throne after his mother, Queen Elizabeth II, passed away in September 2022, will continue with state business and official paperwork. The palace statement underscored the monarch’s optimism during this time, crediting his medical team for their prompt intervention and mentioning his eagerness to resume full public duties.

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Buckingham Palace announced Monday evening that King Charles III has been diagnosed with a form of cancer. The 75-year-old monarch has begun a regular treatment regimen and is suspending his public duties while he focuses on his health. This diagnosis follows a recent procedure performed on the monarch to treat an enlarged prostate, after which the king was discharged from a hospital in London last week. show more
February 2, 2024
Ed Kozak
Crime
News
UK

London Chemical Attack Suspect Is Asylum Seeker, Convicted Sex Offender.

The perpetrator of a chemical attack in Clapham, London, on Wednesday that left 12 people injured has been identified as Abdul Shokoor Ezedi, an Afghan asylum seeker who is also a convicted sex offender.

Ezedi, who resides in Newcastle, unsuccessfully applied for asylum in the U.K. twice before succeeding on his third attempt. In 2018, he was convicted of a “sexual offense” and handed a suspended sentence and two years probation, which expired in 2020.

The suspect, who also injured himself in the vicious alkaline attack, is believed to have traveled to London from Newcastle on the day of the assault. The targets of the attack, a 31-year-old mother and her two daughters, three years old and eight years old, sustained severe injuries and are still in hospital. After throwing the chemical, Ezedi picked up the 3-year-old girl and “threw her to the floor like a rag doll,” according to one eyewitness. Five officers who responded to the incident were also injured.

While a significant manhunt immediately followed the attack, authorities did not identify or release a description of the suspect until later on Thursday. British police have faced criticism in the past for refusing to identify criminals of migrant backgrounds due to ‘racism’ concerns. Last year, a Syrian asylum seeker in France went on a stabbing spree, targeting a group of children and injuring an elderly bystander.

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The perpetrator of a chemical attack in Clapham, London, on Wednesday that left 12 people injured has been identified as Abdul Shokoor Ezedi, an Afghan asylum seeker who is also a convicted sex offender. show more
February 1, 2024
Jack Montgomery
Crime
Religion
UK

WATCH – London Cop Orders Christian to Stop Singing Hymns: ‘Not Allowed Outside Church.’

A recording of a police officer in Sadiq Khan’s London telling Gospel singer Harmonie London she was “not allowed to sing church songs outside of church grounds” has gone viral on social media.

Metropolitan Police volunteer officer Maya Hadzhipetkova, speaking with a thick foreign accent, can be seen insisting that Christian hymns cannot be sung “outside of church grounds unless you have, uh, unless you’re authorized by the church to do this kind of songs [sic],” which is untrue.

The footage then cuts to the policewoman and another officer walking away from the scene while being challenged on whether or not her false statements contradicted the Human Rights Act. The officer responds by sticking her tongue out at the camera.

The interaction generated significant backlash for the Metropolitan Police on X, formerly Twitter, with the force responding to users saying they were “working to understand the context in which these comments were made.”

The Metropolitan Police claimed the dispute centered on “a specific by-law related to busking.” Still, X users questioned this, as busking is an entirely separate issue from whether “church songs” can be sung “outside of church grounds.”

The force then flipped the script, complaining X users were making “personal and hurtful” comments about their officer and warning: “This is unacceptable.”

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A recording of a police officer in Sadiq Khan's London telling Gospel singer Harmonie London she was "not allowed to sing church songs outside of church grounds" has gone viral on social media. show more
migration
January 31, 2024
Jack Montgomery
Immigration
UK

UK Population Forecasted to Surge to Near 75 Million by 2036.

Britain’s Office for National Statistics (ONS) has revealed its population projections for 2036, predicting an increase from an estimated 67 million residents in mid-2021 to 73.7 million residents, driven overwhelmingly by mass migration.

The ONS projects 13.7 million long-term migrants will arrive in Britain over the period — equivalent to the combined population of Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland, including their existing migrant populations, plus an additional three million people.

The government office projects 7.6 million people will emigrate from Britain over the same period, for a net influx of 6.1 million – still far in excess of the population of Scotland, which is currently estimated at 5.5 million.

Immigration, therefore, accounts for the lion’s share of the expected increase in population. Births over deaths, including the children of migrants, are expected to add only 541,000 people to the population.

The “Conservative” Party, which has been in office since 2010, pledged to reduce net immigration “from the hundreds of thousands to the tens of thousands” in three consecutive election campaigns. They never came close to achieving this, and the pledge was downgraded to a vaguer commitment to reduce immigration “overall” under Boris Johnson in 2019.

In fact, net immigration increased to 745,000 in 2022, far above the 184,000 arrivals in 2019.

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Britain's Office for National Statistics (ONS) has revealed its population projections for 2036, predicting an increase from an estimated 67 million residents in mid-2021 to 73.7 million residents, driven overwhelmingly by mass migration. show more
January 31, 2024
Jack Montgomery
Politics
UK
War

‘We Need to Do It’ – Ex-UK Foreign Secretary Urges Return of ‘National Service’.

Lord William Hague, a former British Foreign Secretary and Conservative Party leader, is urging the government to introduce a modern form of the universal draft as the country further embroils itself in wars in Eastern Europe and the Middle East.

Hague, now a lawmaker in the House of Lords, wants Britain’s major political parties to commit to a Norwegian-style draft ahead of national elections this year. This would involve roughly a fifth of youngsters being conscripted to serve in uniform for 12 to 18 months, forming a reserve and enabling the military to expand to 870,000-strong in a crisis.

He wrote in the Times of London this week:

National Service is firmly associated with the past. It’s what they did in the 1940s and 1950s, isn’t it? That was our dads and grandads. How very 20th century. It is not seen as compatible with our hyper-individualistic age. How dare we disturb the idea that everyone has a lot of rights without any responsibility to protect them?

Most people with such fears can rest easy: the last thing the army needs is several million unwilling conscripts on its hands. But now we need the 21st-century version of National Service: not its return but its reinvention, bringing the prospect of skills, motivation, recognition and inclusion for individuals while ensuring the security of the country.

Sweden has just set an example of this, reinstating civic duty for 18-year-olds, which includes training in emergency services or maintaining vital infrastructure as alternatives to the armed forces. “Citizenship is not a travel document,” explained the Swedish prime minister, but comes with obligations as well.

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Lord William Hague, a former British Foreign Secretary and Conservative Party leader, is urging the government to introduce a modern form of the universal draft as the country further embroils itself in wars in Eastern Europe and the Middle East. show more
January 30, 2024
UK
War
World

TERROR WORKS!? – UK May Recognize ‘Palestinian State’ to Aid ‘Peace’ Talks.

Lord David Cameron, the Foreign Secretary and former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, has discussed recognizing a Palestinian state with Arab diplomats — a move intended to pressure Israel into adopting a “two-state solution.”

“We should be starting to set out what a Palestinian state would look like — what it would comprise, how it would work,” he told the Conservative Middle East Council at a meeting in Parliament on Monday.

“As that happens, we, with allies, will look at the issue of recognizing a Palestinian state, including at the United Nations,” he continued, suggesting this “could be one of the things that helps to make this process irreversible.”

However, the United Nations’ involvement in the recognition of a Palestinian state is unlikely to be seen positively in Israel after it was revealed that members of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) took part in the October 7, 2023 terror attacks against Israel.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is also increasingly dismissive of a two-state solution, which the Joe Biden regime and the European Union favor. He argues Israel “must have security control over all the territory west of the Jordan” to be able to defend itself effectively — and that this “necessary condition… conflicts with the idea of [Palestinian] sovereignty.”

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Lord David Cameron, the Foreign Secretary and former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, has discussed recognizing a Palestinian state with Arab diplomats — a move intended to pressure Israel into adopting a “two-state solution.” show more
January 30, 2024
Jack Montgomery
NatSec
UK

UK’s Navy Redeploys Officers in ‘Key Roles’ to ‘Diversity and Inclusion’ Jobs.

Britain’s Royal Navy and Royal Marines are redeploying officers to serve in diversity and inclusion roles — despite severe manpower shortages leaving them unable to fulfill their essential functions.

The Royal Navy was recently unable to deploy any of its multi-billion-pound aircraft carriers to assist the British-American operation against the Houthis in Yemen due to a staffing crisis — yet service chiefs are advertising internally for officers to leave their existing roles and become diversity and inclusion officers regardless.

“You can imagine the sort of power-hungry social justice warriors this will attract,” one Navy source lamented.

“Taking people from key and important roles to focus on diversity is nonsense. The Royal Navy has lost the plot,” added Admiral The Lord West, a former Chief of the Naval Staff and Labour government minister.

“Obsessing over diversity and inclusion actually leads to recruitment issues. One needs just to look at the RAF’s positive discrimination schemes, which led to the exclusion of some white men. These diversity roles should be scrapped immediately,” West added.

The lawmaker was referring to revelations that the Royal Air Force (RAF) illegally discriminated against white men, and even disparaged them as “useless white males” and forced a recruiter who complained about the discrimination out of her job.

Like the Royal Navy, the Royal Air Force suffers from significant manpower shortages.

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Britain’s Royal Navy and Royal Marines are redeploying officers to serve in diversity and inclusion roles — despite severe manpower shortages leaving them unable to fulfill their essential functions. show more
January 29, 2024
UK
War
World

Scotland’s First Minister, Humza Yousaf, Won’t Defund UN Agency Whose Staff Participated in Oct 7 Hamas Terror Attack.

First Minister Humza Yousaf says the Scottish Government, roughly equivalent to a U.S. state government, will not suspend funding to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine (UNRWA), despite evidence a dozen of its personnel participated in the Hamas terror raid against Israel on October 7th.

This decision comes as Britain’s central government joins the United States, Canada, Australia, Germany, Finland, the Netherlands, Italy, Iceland, Estonia, and Japan in suspending donations to the UNRWA, whose personnel are accused of participating in massacres at an Israeli kibbutz and kidnapping women, among other charges.

Yousaf is married to a Palestinian, has advocated for Israel to cease operations in Gaza, and wants the West to take in Gazan migrants. He has insisted his administration will not halt existing funding.

Scottish Conservative leader Douglas Ross has criticized Yousaf’s pro-UNRWA stance as inconsistent with the international consensus that the UN agency is compromised and potentially confusing for the public.

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First Minister Humza Yousaf says the Scottish Government, roughly equivalent to a U.S. state government, will not suspend funding to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine (UNRWA), despite evidence a dozen of its personnel participated in the Hamas terror raid against Israel on October 7th. show more
wef
January 24, 2024
Jack Montgomery
UK

Jews Beaten by ’15 to 20′ Attackers ‘Swearing in Arabic’ in Sadiq Khan’s London.

Three Jews in the British capital of London were assaulted by men “swearing in Arabic” who had overheard them “speaking Hebrew” on Saturday.

“They heard us talking and said, ‘Are you Jewish?’” said one of the victims, a 28-year-old woman named Tehilla. “I said ‘yes, I’m Jewish,’ and then they started chanting ‘Free Palestine,’ and ‘F*** Jews,’ all this kind of swearing at us,” she said.

Tehilla said the harassers “started following” her group, “and then all of a sudden… they called all their friends, and 15 to 20 guys started attacking us physically.”

Tehilla said she was struck in the neck and hurt her leg, and tried to call the police, telling them: “‘I’m a girl, there’s a group of guys attacking me and my friends because I’m Jewish, please can you come, I’m scared I’m going to die.”

“They don’t really care,” she lamented. “They kept saying ‘I’m sorry, it takes some time, you are not the only one that called tonight,’” she recalled, adding she “never thought this would happen in London.”

A friend of Tehilla’s group said the police, who were called ten times but arrived at the scene of the attack only after everyone had dispersed, “never showed up” at the hospital where they were treated. “We believe there’s a two-tier police situation. The police are not tackling the weekly hate marches, they are not tackling anti-Semitism,” they said.

London police have been reluctant to challenge anti-Israel activists since the start of the Israel-Hamas war, allowing protestors to call for jihad and trample war memorials. They did manage to arrest Tommy Robinson at a rally because his mere presence on the streets could “cause harassment, alarm and distress to others,” however.

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Three Jews in the British capital of London were assaulted by men “swearing in Arabic” who had overheard them “speaking Hebrew” on Saturday. show more