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pride parades
September 19, 2023
Jake Welch
News
UK

UK Govt: ‘Police Are There To Prevent Crime, Not Dance at Pride Parades’.

British Home Secretary Suella Braverman reminded the police that their job is to prevent crimes from taking place rather than to dance around at pride events in the House of Commons on Monday afternoon.

Braverman – known for her fierce rhetoric rather than action on issues including immigration and policing – responded to a question from her fellow “Conservative” Member of Parliament Nick Fletcher regarding police officers returning to the streets instead of “promoting unscientific ideologies,” to which she stated:

“We pay the police to fight crime, whether that’s a focus on anti-social behavior, the nuisance bikers or burglaries as he’s mentioned. They are there to keep people safe Mr. Speaker. We do not pay them to wave flags at parades, to dance with drag queens or to campaign. That’s why I finally ended all association with Stonewall at the Home Office and why I expect all PCCs and Chief Constables to focus on cutting crime and rebuilding confidence, not playing politics.”

– Suella Braverman, September 2023.

While the British police continue to take political stances on social issues, crime across the country has skyrocketed. A mere one-in-six criminal offenses involving a knife, including those involving murders, rapes, and grievous bodily harm, resulted in a prosecution as of last year.

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British Home Secretary Suella Braverman reminded the police that their job is to prevent crimes from taking place rather than to dance around at pride events in the House of Commons on Monday afternoon. show more
September 19, 2023
Jack Montgomery
News
UK

Two Pubs Close Down Every Day in Britain.

An average of over two pubs a day were shuttered in the first half of 2023 in England and Wales, with fully 383 closing down amid high inflation and an energy crisis exacerbated by the net zero agenda and sanctions war with Russia.

Britain’s governing Conservative (Tory) Party previously offered pubs — traditionally one of the central parts of local communities — a 75 percent reduction in local property taxes to help them cope with the damage inflicted by COVID-19 lockdown policies, but this is set to expire in March 2024. Worse still, rates are set to be hiked from next April, parallel with inflation, with real estate company Altus Group estimating this will add six percent to publicans’ bills.

“With energy costs up 80 percent year-on-year in a low-growth, high-inflation and high interest rates environment, the last thing pubs need is an average business rates hike of £12,385 next year,” said a spokesman for the group.

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Chancellor of the Exchequer are opposed to reducing the historically high tax burden in the short to medium term.

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An average of over two pubs a day were shuttered in the first half of 2023 in England and Wales, with fully 383 closing down amid high inflation and an energy crisis exacerbated by the net zero agenda and sanctions war with Russia. show more

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theresa may
September 18, 2023
Jake Welch
News
UK

WATCH: “Conservative” PM Theresa May Says She’s ‘Woke and Proud’.

Former British Prime Minister Theresa May has openly admitted to being a “woke woman” and supporting uncontrolled, mass immigration in an interview, which confirms her staunchly held left-wing convictions despite claiming to be a “conservative.”

May, charged with overseeing Britain leaving the European Union for several years, despite not having supported it herself, made the remarks in an interview with another liberal “conservative” former leader of the Scottish Conservative Party, Ruth Davidson, for the Murdoch-owned British newspaper The Times, in which she was asked whether she was “woke”:

“‘I am, yeah! It’s a bit like being asked in the old days, was I a feminist? Well, I wore a T-shirt which said ”This is what a feminist looks like…”’

– Theresa May, September 2023.

She was then quizzed on her views about mass immigration to the United Kingdom, whereupon she explained: “I’ve always said that immigration has been good for the country.”

“I think the concern that people have is always around numbers and often, actually, the people who feel most about this issue are people who see least migration in their own communities,” she added. Theresa May presided over a surge in migration to the UK between 2016 and 2019, with 2018 seeing a, then, record high of 825,000 people entering the country.

Chairman of the Bow Group, the world’s oldest conservative think tank, Ben Harris-Quinney, took to X (formerly Twitter) following the May’s remarks, arguing, “[e]very single Tory leader when out of office reveals themselves to be to the left of [Tony] Blair, it’s only a shame a handful of people still don’t see that reality whilst they are in office.”

WATCH:

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Former British Prime Minister Theresa May has openly admitted to being a "woke woman" and supporting uncontrolled, mass immigration in an interview, which confirms her staunchly held left-wing convictions despite claiming to be a "conservative." show more
books
September 14, 2023
Jake Welch
Education
News
UK

Publishers Discourage Submissions From White, Able-Bodied People.

Book publishers and literary agents are actively discouraging submissions from white and “able-bodied” people, preferring instead to support those from perceived “marginalized” or “under-represented” backgrounds, an investigation has found.

A number of authors have even claimed they have become “ostracized” from the industry as they are not black or an ethnic minority, disabled, or LGBT. One example is Ash Literary, which states explicitly on its submissions page:

“We are actively seeking voices that have historically been underrepresented, particularly with tropes that are often said to be “over done”. For example, we are not interested in stories about white able bodied WW2 evacuees but would welcome that story from a disabled, LGBTQ+ or BIPOC [Black, Indigenous, and Other People of Color] perspective.”

Another is the Good Literary Agency, which even receives funding the British government to represent “British writers from backgrounds under-represented in UK publishing” and demands that job applicants understand societal issues in publishing and structural inequalities from “BAME [Black and Minority Ethnic], working class, disabled, and LGBTQ+ being under-represented.”

In recent days, top law firms were also found to be actively discriminating against white employees or applicants, with new legal challenges set to confront the practice already underway.

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Book publishers and literary agents are actively discouraging submissions from white and "able-bodied" people, preferring instead to support those from perceived "marginalized" or "under-represented" backgrounds, an investigation has found. show more
dominic cummings
September 10, 2023
Jake Welch
News
UK

Boris Johnson Ex-Advisor is Setting Up a New UK Political Party.

Dominic Cummings, Boris Johnson’s former right-hand man, is planning to launch a new right-leaning political party to rival what he calls the “rotten Tory [Conservative] horrorshow”.

Cummings – no stranger to controversy – argues British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has effectively given up governing the country, squandered the Conservative Party’s 80-seat majority in the House of Commons, and has “no message, no political strategy worth spit and no grip on power.”

The new party’s policies would include being tougher on crime, security, and immigration, reducing taxes for working people, slashing the size of the British welfare state, closing loopholes that benefit the wealthy, and renouncing the European Convention on Human Rights.

“The goal is to win in 2028, govern for two terms and then self-destruct as a legal entity, so the project is credibly hardwired to be fundamentally different to a normal party,” Cummings stated, adding that he has already begun discussing the launch with sitting Members of Parliament and donors.

Cummings is perhaps best known for his role in the “Vote Leave” campaign during the 2018 Brexit Referendum and then featuring as Boris Johnson’s Chief Advisor between 2019 and 2020. He was eventually forced out of his position by Johnson’s meddlesome wife, Carrie Symonds.

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Dominic Cummings, Boris Johnson's former right-hand man, is planning to launch a new right-leaning political party to rival what he calls the "rotten Tory [Conservative] horrorshow". show more

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September 10, 2023
News
UK

UK Parliament Staff Arrested for China Spying.

Two men have been arrested under the UK‘s Official Secrets Act on suspicion of spying for China. One of the men, in his 30s, was detained in Oxfordshire on March 13, while the other, in his 20s, was arrested in Edinburgh.

The parliamentary researcher at the center of the allegations had links to several senior Conservative Members of Parliament, including security minister Tom Tugendhat and foreign affairs committee chairman Alicia Kearns. The arrests were made by officers from the Metropolitan Police’s Counter Terrorism Command, which is investigating the case.

Searches were conducted at the residential properties of both men as well as at a third address in east London. The men were held at a south London police station and have been bailed until early October. Security minister Tom Tugendhat reportedly had no contact with the researcher since before he became security minister in September 2020. Foreign affairs committee chairman Alicia Kearns declined to comment but highlighted the need to ensure the work of the authorities was not jeopardized. The Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China pressure group expressed concern at the infiltration of the UK parliament and called the allegations a serious escalation.

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Two men have been arrested under the UK‘s Official Secrets Act on suspicion of spying for China. One of the men, in his 30s, was detained in Oxfordshire on March 13, while the other, in his 20s, was arrested in Edinburgh. show more

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This is by no means the first (nor last) incident of its kind in the UK, and represents just the tip of the spear of the Chinese Communist Party’s infiltration into Britain
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This is by no means the first (nor last) incident of its kind in the UK, and represents just the tip of the spear of the Chinese Communist Party’s infiltration into Britain show more
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grant shapps
September 6, 2023
Jake Welch
News
UK

WATCH: New UK SecDef Doesn’t Know How Many Ranks There Are in the Army.

Grant Shapps, the newly appointed British Secretary of State for Defence, does not know how many ranks there are in the nation’s armed forces, requiring a news presenter to inform him on live television.

Shapps appeared on the Rupert Murdoch-owned Sky News on Wednesday morning, where he was asked by the presenter: “so here’s a question for you: do you know how many ranks there are in the [British] army?”

“Not off the top of my head,” Shapps responded before going on to suggest that it’s somehow uncommon for serving British Defense Ministers to have knowledge about their position: “It’s not usual in democracy where we actually pride ourselves on having civilians run all elements of government, including our military, to have people from military backgrounds.”

The presenter was forced to tell him the number was 12.

Shapps, elected to the British parliament as a “Tory modernizer,” first came to national attention after hiding the fact he used several pseudonyms to sell dodgy computer software while working as a Member of Parliament in the early 2010s.

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Grant Shapps, the newly appointed British Secretary of State for Defence, does not know how many ranks there are in the nation's armed forces, requiring a news presenter to inform him on live television. show more
pedos
September 5, 2023
Jake Welch
News
TECH
UK

Pedos Celebrate How ‘Stupidly Easy’ Virtual Reality Makes Child Abuse.

Convicted pedophiles say it is “stupidly easy” to sexually abuse and exploit kids using online virtual reality (VR) spaces, according to a new study from the British National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC).

The study – backed by the country’s National Crime Agency (NCA) – found that sexual predators are using games that simulate child abuse on the dark web, and are able to disguise their age and identity using avatars.

The technology enables users to experience the so-called “phantom touch,” whereby the brain fills gaps in sensory output, allowing the body to experience a physical touch without the consent of someone on the other end. The spaces also allow pedophiles to create communities for sharing child sexual abuse materials.

One user who spent some 78 hours reviewing a leading VR app subsequently claimed that it “was a cesspit full of paedophiles,” with researchers going so far as to suggest that VR is “ready-made to be exploited by sexual predators.”

“These shocking findings should be a wake-up call to us all about the harm young people are facing when engaging with immersive technology,” stated Richard Collard, Head of Child Safety Online at NSPCC.

“Technology will continue to progress, and so must we ensure that we can understand the existing and emerging risks that young people face in these virtual spaces,” he added.

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Convicted pedophiles say it is "stupidly easy" to sexually abuse and exploit kids using online virtual reality (VR) spaces, according to a new study from the British National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC). show more
ramaswamy assange
September 5, 2023
News
UK

Ramaswamy Wants to Meet Julian Assange in London This Month.

GOP hopeful Vivek Ramaswamy has expressed his desire to meet with imprisoned WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, making him potentially the first presidential candidate to meet with the publisher while in prison. Ramaswamy told the Washington Free Beacon he has been unsuccessful in reaching out to Assange so far, but has asked former Congressman Ron Paul for assistance in arranging a meeting during a planned visit to London later this month.

Ramaswamy has promised to pardon Assange on his first day in office, criticizing his imprisonment and also expressing intentions to pardon former NSA contractor Edward Snowden. Assange is currently awaiting extradition to the United States from His Majesty’s Prison Belmarsh in London, facing charges of hacking as well as violations of the Espionage Act.

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GOP hopeful Vivek Ramaswamy has expressed his desire to meet with imprisoned WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, making him potentially the first presidential candidate to meet with the publisher while in prison. Ramaswamy told the Washington Free Beacon he has been unsuccessful in reaching out to Assange so far, but has asked former Congressman Ron Paul for assistance in arranging a meeting during a planned visit to London later this month. show more
September 5, 2023
Jake Welch
News
UK

Prince Andrew Files Protected until 2065.

Secret documents relating to the disgraced Prince Andrew will not be released to the public by the British Foreign Office until 2065, meaning, he will no longer be alive when they are published unless he lives to be 105 years old.

The historian Andrew Lownie was made aware of the restrictions after he requested access to them for an upcoming biography on the British royal family member, who has become notorious in recent years due to his connections with the convicted pedophile and child trafficker Jeffrey Epstein. In 2022, Andrew paid £12 million (around $15 million) to Virginia Giuffre, who accused him of sexual assault while she was 17 and underage.

The denial of access forms part of a general rule that documents concerning the royal family must remain hidden from public view until 105 years after the person’s birth to protect family members from scrutiny and even “preserve the mystique.”

“This culture of secrecy is often the default position,” argued Lownie, continuing, “It does seem quite extreme.”

“We are in the absurd position that Prince Harry can reveal the most intimate details of royal life from months ago for personal commercial gain and Royal households currently brief against each other, yet historians cannot look at files,” Lownie added.

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Secret documents relating to the disgraced Prince Andrew will not be released to the public by the British Foreign Office until 2065, meaning, he will no longer be alive when they are published unless he lives to be 105 years old. show more