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Category: UK
January 5, 2024
Jack Montgomery
Politics
UK

UK Election May Take Place Just 9 Days After America’s.

Britain’s general election is tipped to take place around November 14th, just nine days after the U.S. elections on November 5th.

UK elections do not fall on fixed dates. The Prime Minister — currently “Conservative” leader Rishi Sunak — is able to ask the Monarch to dissolve parliament and call fresh elections at any time within a period of five years.

Sunak has said his “working assumption is we’ll have a general election in the second half of this year.” The country’s top election commentator and pollster, Sir John Curtice, says “there is beginning to be a consensus it might be November 14th.”

“All the parties have decided to hold their party conferences rather early next Autumn. The Prime Minister will end the Conservative conference on October 2nd, that might be the starting gun,” he told the BBC.

As things stand, the Conservatives, or Tories, are expected to take a drubbing, with polls showing their support hovering around 25 percent. Boris Johnson, who led the Tories into the last election at the end of 2019, delivered their biggest parliamentary majority since the 1980s on a platform of completing Brexit, reducing immigration, and lowering taxes.

They have since squandered this support, however, leaving Brexit unfinished, wildly increasing legal immigration, allowing illegal immigration to surge, and pushing the tax burden to its heaviest since the Second World War.

The latest the British elections can be held is January 2025, but it is unlikely Sunak will delay the moment of decision this long, as it would require politicians to campaign through Christmas.

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Britain's general election is tipped to take place around November 14th, just nine days after the U.S. elections on November 5th. show more

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It’s a pretty big deal having all these elections so close together
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January 4, 2024
UK
World

UK Globalists Call for ‘Secret Plan’ Crisis Talks to Thwart Trump’s 2nd Term.

Former UK diplomats Simon McDonald, John Kerr, and Sir Peter Westmacott are calling for the British government to draw up secret plans to thwart Donald Trump’s foreign policy in the event he is once again elected to the U.S. presidency. The three diplomats are concerned that Trump, a vocal critic of NATO and needless foreign entanglements, is likely to significant diminish U.S. involvement in the Ukraine war.

The trio “said preparations to help the UK cope if Mr Trump were to end US support for Ukraine and withdraw from Nato must be drawn up in secret to avoid giving him a campaign boost.”

Despite the current legal challenges Trump is facing, the three diplomats believe his reelection is likely.

“There’s not much point in saying, ‘We know he’s a monster, he’s unprincipled, he’s a misogynistic fraud and liar and destroyer of constitutions.’ The reality is: he will be there. We have to find ways of engaging with the US if Trump is elected,” said Westmacott, who served as British ambassador to the U.S. from 2012 to 2016.

McDonald, former head of Britain’s Foreign Office and the current Senior Member of the House of Lords, emphasized the need for readiness, stating the implications of a second Trump tenure would be ‘massive’ for the UK. John Kerr, a crossbench peer who served as Britain’s ambassador to Washington from 1995 to 1997, said Britain and other allies should “get together discreetly” to plan for an impending Trump presidency.

The comments of the former diplomats come as President Joe Biden’s popularity continues to plummet, with a recent poll finding that Black, Hispanic, and young voters are abandoning support for the Democratic president in droves.

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Former UK diplomats Simon McDonald, John Kerr, and Sir Peter Westmacott are calling for the British government to draw up secret plans to thwart Donald Trump's foreign policy in the event he is once again elected to the U.S. presidency. The three diplomats are concerned that Trump, a vocal critic of NATO and needless foreign entanglements, is likely to significant diminish U.S. involvement in the Ukraine war. show more
uk cops
January 3, 2024
Jack Montgomery
NatSec
UK

14 Children Arrested in UK for ‘Right Wing Terrorism’.

London’s Metropolitan Police have asserted that “right-wing terrorism” is “increasingly significant in younger people’s ideology,” with counter-terror boss Dominic Murphy saying the force arrested 14 minors for “extreme right-wing terrorism views” in the year from June 2022 to June 2023.

“One of the things that’s startling over the last year or two is the volume of younger people involved in terrorism,” Murphy said.

“Just recently we’ve arrested a 17-year-old boy in south London [on suspicion of] posting material supporting Hamas online, but that 17-year-old boy was one of a high number of young teenagers that are now coming into our casework,” he continued.

“It’s uncomfortable having to consider the risk, harm and threat posed by such young people to the public in London. On average 27 children have been arrested per year since July 2020 — that’s more than double our 20-year average of children being arrested.”

Having mentioned Hamas, however, Murphy was quick to emphasize the supposed right-wing threat, stressing that “of the 25 children arrested in the 12 months to June this year, 14 had extreme right-wing terrorism views compared to nine for Islamist.”

However, the number of successfully executed right-wing terror attacks in the United Kingdom is far smaller than the number of successfully executed Islamist terror attacks — despite Muslims making up a much smaller share of Britain’s population than white people — and the police commander had to concede Islamism remains the country’s leading terror threat.

A leaked review from 2022 suggests the British authorities have been obsessed with right-wing extremism in recent years, pouring disproportionate resources into looking for potential suspects while “ignoring” the much greater risk from radical Muslims. “

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London's Metropolitan Police have asserted that "right-wing terrorism" is "increasingly significant in younger people’s ideology," with counter-terror boss Dominic Murphy saying the force arrested 14 minors for "extreme right-wing terrorism views" in the year from June 2022 to June 2023. show more
January 2, 2024
UK

Britain’s ‘Conservative’ Party Lets Another 51,000 ‘Asylum’ Claimants In, Highest Since Records Began.

UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announced that a historic number of over 112,000 asylum claims were cleared last year, exceeding his target of 92,000. The total includes finalizing over 77,000 cases with 51,469 claims granted asylum. This figure surpasses the previous record of 33,460 in 2002 and is the highest number since record-keeping began in 1984. Sunak claimed that clearing the asylum claim backlog will save taxpayers millions of pounds on hotels and reduce strain on public services.

The Prime Minister’s announcement received backlash from political opponents. “In an effort to rush through the asylum backlog, this morning Rishi Sunak boasts he has granted 50,000 new applications,” said former Brexit Party Leader Nigel Farage. “The Conservatives have failed us all.”

Shadow Immigration Minister Stephen Kinnock denounced the Prime Minister’s claims as false, asserting the backlog has soared to 165,000 under the current government, and accusing the Chancellor of breaking his promise to end asylum hotel use. “Rishi Sunak’s promise made a year ago to end asylum hotel use has been disastrously broken – with a 20 per cent increase to 56,000, costing the British taxpayer more than £2billion a year,” Kinnock noted. “This is yet more evidence of an asylum system broken by the Conservatives.”

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UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announced that a historic number of over 112,000 asylum claims were cleared last year, exceeding his target of 92,000. The total includes finalizing over 77,000 cases with 51,469 claims granted asylum. This figure surpasses the previous record of 33,460 in 2002 and is the highest number since record-keeping began in 1984. Sunak claimed that clearing the asylum claim backlog will save taxpayers millions of pounds on hotels and reduce strain on public services. show more
December 19, 2023
Jack Montgomery
Culture
UK

Scotland Mulls Taylor Swift Ticket Tax.

Scotland’s left-separatist government is considering a “Taylor Swift ticket tax” on people attending stadium gigs for popular musicians, to raise tax revenue after blowing billions on welfare programs and mass migration. The tax would take the form of a £1 (~$1.30) levy on ticket purchases.

“We have gone through a pivot point during the pandemic; there has been a change in social behaviors and there has been extreme distress in the arts and cultural sector,” said Angus Robertson, Minister for Culture in the Scottish Government.

“We acknowledge that and we have tried to support the sector through that difficult period,” he continued, saying the “levy proposal is worthy of further consideration.”

The Scottish Government, headed by the Scottish National Party (SNP) in coalition with the Scottish Greens, currently faces a £1.5 billion budget shortfall. Nevertheless, First Minister Humza Yousaf is currently lobbying to import thousands of Gazans, which would strain public finances even further.

Arts and culture funding is not always spent wisely, with the Scottish Government previously funding “queer datasets” used to produce artificial intelligence drag shows.

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Scotland's left-separatist government is considering a "Taylor Swift ticket tax" on people attending stadium gigs for popular musicians, to raise tax revenue after blowing billions on welfare programs and mass migration. The tax would take the form of a £1 (~$1.30) levy on ticket purchases. show more
December 18, 2023
Religion
UK

Britain BANS PRAYER Near Abortion Clinics.

England’s High Court has upheld a local government order establishing a so-called “buffer zone” against prayers being said near an abortion clinic. Livia Tossici-Bolt, who heads the pro-life group 40 Days for Life Bournemouth, and Christian Concern had attempted to overturn the ban, arguing it “criminalized prayer and reading from the Bible”.

Judges determined on Friday that the banning order “lawfully followed the democratic and consultative procedures”. They said any infringements of freedom of religion, speech, and the right to protest were “justified by the legitimate aim of protecting the rights of women attending the clinic.”

Christian Concern intends to appeal the decision. “Peaceful witness near abortion centers are helpful to many women in crisis pregnancies, offering genuine choice by providing support,” argued Christian Legal Centre chief executive Andrea Williams.

British police are exceptionally rigid in enforcing “buffer zones” protecting abortionists. Lone Christians have in some cases been arrested or fined for praying silently inside their heads near clinics.

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England's High Court has upheld a local government order establishing a so-called "buffer zone" against prayers being said near an abortion clinic. Livia Tossici-Bolt, who heads the pro-life group 40 Days for Life Bournemouth, and Christian Concern had attempted to overturn the ban, arguing it "criminalized prayer and reading from the Bible". show more
December 18, 2023
Jack Montgomery
Economy
Politics
UK

Anti-Brexit Biden Shelves US-UK Trade Deal Talks.

Plans for a trade agreement between the United States and the United Kingdom have been shelved indefinitely by President Joe Biden. An 11-chapter draft agreement had previously been prepared by the United States Trade Representative’s (USTR) office, with negotiations for a deal expected to commence before the close of 2023. American and British government sources have both confirmed that these will not go ahead after pushback from the Democrat-led Senate and Biden himself.

A spokesman for Sen. Ron Wyden, chairman of the influential Senate Finance Committee, said: “[his] view that the United States and United Kingdom should not make announcements until a deal that benefits Americans is achievable.” He also complained the USTR had not involved Congress in the process enough.

There was also some pushback on a trade deal from the British side. In particular, the British government is concerned about allowing chemical-washed and hormone-treaded American meat into the British market.

The U.S. is the UK’s top partner for both imports and exports, and the two countries are each other’s top foreign investors. A trade deal was impossible prior to Brexit, however, as European Union (EU) membership rules say the bloc controls member-states’ trade policy.

Former President Donald Trump was keen to secure a wide-ranging trade deal with Britain, but the country’s governing “Conservative” Party slow-walked the break with the EU, having been caught off guard by the 2016 Brexit vote.

Biden, an avowedly anti-British career politician, has been much less keen on negotiating a deal in the interests of both nations.

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Plans for a trade agreement between the United States and the United Kingdom have been shelved indefinitely by President Joe Biden. An 11-chapter draft agreement had previously been prepared by the United States Trade Representative's (USTR) office, with negotiations for a deal expected to commence before the close of 2023. American and British government sources have both confirmed that these will not go ahead after pushback from the Democrat-led Senate and Biden himself. show more
December 13, 2023
Breaking
UK

England ‘Basically No Longers Exists’, Says Tucker Carlson.

Speaking to Steve Bannon on Wednesday morning’s episode of War Room, former Fox News host Tucker Carlson explained that he believes England, where his ancestors are from, “basically no longer exists.”

Discussing the global populist revolt, including the Brexit movement, Carlson ripped into mass migration and the abdication of traditional values in the former global power.

“I didn’t pay attention to [Brexit]… but you did,” Carlson told Bannon, before explaining, “There is a thread that connects all of these [countries where oligarchs rule over their people]”.

Carlson, who just launched his new ‘Tucker Carlson Network’, lauded the efforts of Hungary and its Prime Minister Viktor Orban to push back against the globalist agenda.

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Speaking to Steve Bannon on Wednesday morning's episode of War Room, former Fox News host Tucker Carlson explained that he believes England, where his ancestors are from, "basically no longer exists." show more
December 13, 2023
Jake Welch
UK

1 in 4 Young Brits Open to Banning Bible for ‘Hate Speech’.

Just under one-quarter of young people in the United Kingdom (UK) would support banning the bible if certain passages conflict with modern “hate speech” laws, according to a recent survey from Whitestone Insights.

Pollsters asked 2,088 Britons to respond to the question: “Unless the offending parts can be edited out, books containing what some perceive as hate speech should be banned from general sale, including if necessary religious texts such as the Bible.”

They found that 23 percent of respondents between the ages of 18 and 34 said the Bible should be banned if it potentially causes offense. Hardly much better were those between ages 35 and 54, with 17 percent concurring. Another 13 percent of those aged 55 and above also agreed.

“We may no longer be a majority Christian population here in Britain. That’s even more reason to protect freedom of speech and belief for all,” said Lois McLatchie, the communications officer at Alliance Defending Freedom.

“We need a robust defense of religious freedom from those who craft our legislation, and we need to educate the ‘be kind’ generation on the truly hateful consequences of censorship before this type of thinking creeps further into reality,” she added.

Britain has seen a steady rise in hostility towards Christians over the past several decades. As of this year, it is illegal for Christians to silently pray outside abortion clinics.

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Just under one-quarter of young people in the United Kingdom (UK) would support banning the bible if certain passages conflict with modern "hate speech" laws, according to a recent survey from Whitestone Insights. show more
December 12, 2023
Jake Welch
Health
UK

DATA: 45% of Brits Say They Want Masks for Public Transport.

Almost half of the British public – 45 percent – support the reimposition of mask mandates on public transport, with that figure rising to a staggering 52 percent in Greater London, according to a recent poll from More in Common UK.

Pollsters asked over 2,000 Britons whether they would “support or oppose the government re-introducing… COVID-19 restrictions at the current time?” to which roughly one-fifth of the public suggested they support the return of restrictions.

Support for restrictions was highest among Gen Z (born between 1997 and 2012) and millennials (born between 1981 and 1996), with a third of the latter supporting the arbitrary closure of nightclubs and limits on how many people can meet at the same time. Just under one-third – 31 percent – similarly support closing nightclubs. One-quarter of both Gen Z and Millennials supported closing restaurants and pubs.

Whereas 27 percent of Gen X (between 41 and 55 years old) and Baby Boomers (aged between 56 and 74) support closing nightclubs, and even fewer support closing restaurants and pubs, at 17 percent among Baby Boomers and 12 percent for the “silent generation (those older than 75).”

The effectiveness of the measures imposed by governments to combat the spread of COVID-19 has been consistently questioned and debunked by a number of studies, including the fact that lockdowns saved just 1,700 lives in Britain and 4,000 in the United States.

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Almost half of the British public – 45 percent – support the reimposition of mask mandates on public transport, with that figure rising to a staggering 52 percent in Greater London, according to a recent poll from More in Common UK. show more

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Look I mean I wish I could expand upon why my fellow countrymen remain so pusillanimous in the face of a 3-year-old virus scare, especially when so many of the “mitigating measures” have repeatedly been shown to have been nothing but theater
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