Post by: guest5 on October 19, 2020, 08:14:04 pm
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Downing Street has said that Brexit trade talks are over and “there is no point” to negotiations continuing unless there’s a fundamental shift in the EU's position.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Cf8WnWTQwY
Boris Johnson says Britain should get ready for leaving without a deal on January 1st, after an EU summit in Brussels concluded it is the British who should be making concessions.
Post by: guest5 on November 17, 2020, 12:03:20 pm
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Prime Minister Boris Johnson was in precautionary self-isolation on Monday after contact with a lawmaker who tested positive for COVID-19. The news comes during what could prove the last leg of Brexit talks in Brussels. "Our red lines haven't changed and we're preparing for whatever the outcome is," Health Secretary Matt Hancock told UK broadcaster Sky. "Of course our preference is to get a deal and that is open to the Europeans if they choose to make the progress that's needed," he said. Britain left the EU as a political institution in January, but its trading ties to the bloc are yet to change in any meaningful way. The two sides are trying to seal a long-term deal on future trading terms before a transition period expires at the end of the year. The last-ditch talks have ran well past the two sides' original planned deadlines. Irish Foreign Minister Simon Coveney estimated on Monday that barely a week remained to strike an accord. "We really are in the last week to 10 days of this, if there is not a major breakthrough over the next week to 10 days then I think we really are in trouble and the focus will shift to preparing for a no trade deal and all the disruption that brings," Coveney told Ireland's Newstalk radio station.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DazzfLGei1E
Post by: guest5 on November 21, 2020, 11:55:22 am
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The coming months could be a real stress test for Northern Ireland. Though legally it has left the European Union, Northern Ireland will still be subject to many EU laws and regulations. Officially part of the UK but in many ways still in the EU.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=miPW4I0KhvU
What could this new role mean for a country that has struggled for decades to secure lasting peace, stability and economic success? The new situation could reignite old questions about Northern Ireland’s identity. There are currently no border controls on the island of Ireland. Northern Ireland, which is part of the UK, and the Republic of Ireland which remains a member of the EU have a completely open border, with freedom of travel, trade and a shared electricity grid. And that is supposed to remain unchanged in spite of Brexit, in order not to jeopardize the Good Friday Agreement and the hard-fought peace that has been achieved on the island.
Northern Ireland will effectively remain in the European Single Market, with the customs border officially in the Irish Sea. This poses a huge challenge for port authorities and haulage companies, because that customs border will effectively split Northern Ireland from the rest of the United Kingdom. The port will be required to carry out customs checks for goods coming from Britain to Northern Ireland. Haulage contractors will have to fill out customs declarations although it’s actually domestic trade.
On the other hand, some companies - like one sports clothing manufacturer in Belfast - are happy to be able to continue trading closely with the Republic of Ireland and the rest of the EU, despite Brexit. But it’s clear, businesses will have to realign and many fear they will be forced to decide whether to trade with the EU or the rest of the UK.
And that turns Northern Ireland’s special status into a political issue. Could it drive a wedge between Northern Ireland and Britain, making closer ties with the Republic of Ireland seem more attractive? The Unionists, who attach great importance to Northern Ireland being part of the UK, are furious. They rejected all suggestion of a customs border in the Irish Sea right from the start, while the Republicans believe this process will inevitably work in their favor, leading ultimately to the reunification of Ireland. So how is all this affecting ordinary people in the cities of Belfast and Londonderry, who continue to live with the high barriers that separate predominately Unionist neighborhoods from Republican ones?
Post by: guest5 on December 04, 2020, 10:46:14 am
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Critical negotiations over a post-Brexit deal hampered by ‘eleventh-hour’ EU demands, UK government figure tells Reuters.
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The prospect of a breakthrough in crunch Brexit talks between the UK and the European Union is “receding”, according to a senior British government source, with time rapidly running out to broker a deal.France threatens veto
The UK government figure told Reuters news agency on Thursday evening that the EU had disrupted the negotiations by attempting to wrench further concessions at the last minute.
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Both sides have warned that time is fast running out to reach an agreement amid continued division over several issues, including fishing rights, competition rules and the governance of any trade treaty.https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/12/4/prospect-of-breakthrough-in-last-minute-brexit-talks
UK Business Secretary Alok Sharma on Thursday said talks were now at a “critical phase”.
“It is fair to say that we are in a difficult phase, there are some tricky issues still to be resolved,” he told Sky News.
“Right from the start of this process, we’ve always said that a deal can only be done if the EU recognises that the UK is a sovereign, independent nation,” Sharma added. “It is on the basis of that a deal will be done.”
European Council President Charles Michel said the next few days would decide matters and the 27 EU leaders holding a virtual summit on December 10-11 would take a position.
“The real question is – which political, economic, social project do they want for their own future?” Michel told a news conference. “And this is a question for the British government and for the British people.”
Will Brexit break up the UK?
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The UK officially left the European Union on Friday, beginning a transition period where London must negotiate a trade deal with the EU by the end of the year. The historic end to 47 years of EU membership was met with both celebration, mourning, and a sense of anxiety for many UK citizens living in Scotland and Northern Ireland - both places where the majority voted to remain in the EU.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zvI00vT7x4&feature=emb_title
The push to quit the EU has generated renewed interest in independence from the UK as some citizens outside of England say London no longer represents their interests. The Scottish parliament has already agreed to hold an independence referendum, and support for a united Ireland - an idea once viewed as unrealistic - is now part of mainstream political discussion.
So is Brexit - a campaign whose electoral success was linked closely to English nationalism - destined to break up the United Kingdom?
Post by: guest5 on December 17, 2020, 07:34:19 pm
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The U.K. and European Union are heading for a final battle over fishing rights as trade talks reach a climax, with officials cautiously predicting a deal within days.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMK44Dk9BlY
The pound climbed against the dollar on Wednesday amid optimism that the focus on fish is a sign the two sides have largely settled their differences over the other major obstacle to an accord: the level competitive playing field for business.
And U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s office said that Parliament, which will go into recess Thursday, could be recalled as soon as next week to approve any deal that is reached. “Parliament has long shown it can move at pace and the country would expect nothing less,” 10 Downing Street said in a statement.
But people close to the negotiations warned that the differences between the two sides on what access EU boats will have to U.K. waters are still substantial -- and failure to reach an agreement would scupper the entire deal.
“On fisheries, the discussion is still very difficult,” European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen told the European Parliament. “In all honesty, it sometimes feels that we will not be able to resolve this question.” But her tone was largely upbeat, saying there was now a “narrow path” to a deal.
In another sign that an accord may be within sight, Johnson softened his pessimistic rhetoric about the chances of a deal. Asked at a press conference Wednesday if he still stood by his Sunday claim that the “most likely” result is no deal, he demurred.
“That is very much a matter for our friends,” Johnson said. “They know what the parameters are.”
Officials said the discussions on fisheries will probably take some days before there can be talk of agreement. Negotiations are stuck over how long the transition period should be before any new rules and quotas apply. The U.K. has pushed for three years; the EU wants longer.
The two sides are also at loggerheads over how frequently access would be renegotiated: The U.K. wants to do it annually, but the EU wants a longer-term arrangement.
While the other major sticking point, the level competitive playing field -- which for months looked like it could collapse the negotiations -- isn’t completely resolved, the two sides are much closer, officials said.
The U.K. has given up on its longstanding opposition to cross-retaliation -- the idea that either side can use a breach in one area of the agreement to slap retaliatory tariffs or quotas in another. It has also pledged not to roll back from current EU labor, social and environmental standards after Dec. 31, according to officials.
But there’s still disagreement on what happens if the EU’s standards get tougher over time. Initially, the bloc wanted the U.K. to change its rules in lockstep. Now, both sides have agreed to an independent mechanism that would allow for some divergence, but the details of this are yet to be completely nailed down.
In Berlin, German Chancellor Angela Merkel repeated that the EU is prepared for no deal.
“The Commission is again negotiating, with all our agreement, in these hours and days until the end of the week, to see if there can still be a solution,” she told Germany’s lower house of parliament. “There has been progress -- but no breakthrough.”
If the two sides bridge their differences and Britain’s Parliament is recalled to vote on any trade deal, its proceedings will be adapted to focus exclusively on passing the legislation and it may start sitting at an earlier time, Johnson’s office said.
Post by: guest5 on January 24, 2021, 10:46:21 pm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8tsghLLsdVI
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Michael Smith
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Britain: "I'll make my own EU! With blackjack! And hookers!"
Post by: acc9 on February 04, 2021, 10:04:11 pm
A good read : How incompetence, malice, greed and stupidity left Britain a smoking shattered wreck....
Post by: guest5 on February 04, 2021, 10:33:14 pm
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Imagine if entire sections of the supermarket — reflecting whole sectors of the economy — simply vanished overnight. You probably can’t, because it’s something that doesn’t tend to happen in the absence of, say, a bully like America sanctioning you, which is something that usually only happens to poor brown people. But nobody sanctions themselves, right? That’s just…idiotic! Well, not until now, anyways.:D
My British step-father believes that all his brothers who voted for Brexit against his own warnings will come to their senses and stop listening to rightists. No they won't! I suspect Germanophobia will be on the rise once again in Britain like it was prior to WWI and WWII. Could be wrong about that, but a shitty British economy usually lead to German hatred in the past, did it not?
Post by: guest5 on February 27, 2021, 07:07:29 pm
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Martin Laity is a shellfish merchant in Falmouth, Cornwall whose business has been devastated by Brexit. Since January he has seen a 99% drop in his business and has been forced to lay off 50 staff because of problems with paperwork and the inability to export his product to Europe. He lays the blame squarely on Brexit and its implementation, telling Byline TV his business was actually managing to continue trading and even seeing an uptick in sales despite Coronavirus. He voted Remain having foreseen problems of this nature but says he didn't even expect the situation to be this dire. Now like many others in coastal towns, he is worried about the future for thousands of hard working fishermen who feel they have been thrown to the wolves.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmna-YQoB34
Post by: guest5 on March 31, 2021, 11:42:01 am
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Findings of government-ordered review into racism condemned by equality campaigners as an ‘utter whitewash’.
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London, United Kingdom – A government-commissioned review into racism has concluded the United Kingdom is not an institutionally racist country, prompting a backlash from critics who described the findings as an “utter whitewash”.https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/3/31/uk-race-report-says-system-not-rigged-against-minorities
In an anticipated report published on Wednesday, the Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities said the UK was not yet a “post-racial country” but should be regarded as a “model for other white-majority countries”, citing achievements towards equality in the sectors of education and economy.
Clinging onto "whiteness" and "white" identity means YOU ARE RACIST because "white" identity itself is racist to it's core. Never forget Jews and "whites" created Jewish and "white" identity for themselves and then forced the non-"white" and non-Jew (gentile\goyim) distinction on everyone else!
It would be one thing if Jews and "whites" created these identities for themselves and then left everyone else alone and stayed in their own countries, but they cannot! They must **** with everyone else, it's what they do! Lest we forget Western colonialism, a phenomenon that only Homo Hubris, ie. Westerners, could manifest.
Aren't you getting sick and tired of all these "white" people and their degeneracy and shameless idiocy? I know I am! These "whites" are bottom of the barrel genetic trash!
See also: https://trueleft.createaforum.com/colonial-era/the-'black'-and-'white'-identity-politics-scam/
https://trueleft.createaforum.com/colonial-era/
Post by: guest5 on May 07, 2021, 12:27:19 am
Britain sends navy after France threatens blockade
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England sends two navy patrol boats. France threatens to cut electricity. Here’s why the two countries are feuding over the island of Jersey.
#EnglishChannel
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Insane Millennial
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Ahh yes British and French and their eternal rivalry
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Ghulam Mustafa
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Finally seeing good old UK and France taking a slap at each other. Time to take out the popcorn 🍿.
Post by: guest5 on May 10, 2021, 11:44:05 pm
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As part of the Brexit fallout, British and French gunboats have eyed each other off in the English Channel over shellfish. At the centre of the feud is the self-governing Jersey Island. It's closely allied with Britain but lies just 22 km off the coast of France.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=phi_nP2NW4E
A flotilla of French fishermen are threatening a blockade over tougher licencing rules, while Jersey’s fishermen are now banned from French ports. Sarah Morice is in Jersey.
Post by: guest5 on May 20, 2021, 11:45:39 pm
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The Irish Border and the Irish Sea Border have been pretty contentious since before Brexit even started making changes - but in recent weeks things have become even harder. So to try and solve those problems Britain seems to just be... well ignoring them? In this video we discuss the changes Britain is attempting to make to the Northern Irish Protocol, the EU response and how this whole issue could be solved.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sHHgpig9Bus
Post by: guest55 on July 28, 2021, 11:33:32 pm
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It's been over two decades since the signing of the Good Friday Agreement ended the violent conflict in Northern Ireland known euphemistically as “the troubles.” But earlier this year the country saw some of the worst unrest in recent years, with rioting spreading to multiple towns and cities across the country.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1MHMjAppuE
One of the driving forces behind the violence is Northern Ireland's post Brexit relationship with the EU. On leaving Europe it was agreed that no land border for goods or people would be placed between Northern Ireland, part of the UK and the Republic of Ireland, an EU member— as cooperation between the two nations was a big part of what ended 30 years of conflict in 1998.
But the decision to avoid a border on the island of Ireland has resulted in a de facto sea border for goods being placed between Northern Ireland and the rest of the UK. This is something many in Northern Ireland's Protestant Unionist community believe is a threat to their identity and their country's future as part of the UK.
Post by: 90sRetroFan on August 13, 2021, 09:44:45 pm
Post by: guest55 on September 21, 2021, 04:00:37 pm
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London (CNN Business)UK supermarkets could face shortages of meat and other fresh food within weeks after soaring gas prices prompted a major US fertilizer manufacturer to suspend production, turning off most of Britain's supply of carbon dioxide to the food and drink industry in the process.https://www.cnn.com/2021/09/20/business/uk-gas-prices-food-supply/index.html
Illinois-based CF Industries (CF) said last week that it would halt operations indefinitely at its two UK plants because of the high price of natural gas.
Those plants supply 60% of the United Kingdom's food-grade CO2 as a byproduct of fertilizer production, according to the British Meat Processors Association (BMPA), which warned on Friday that the supply shock could cause food shortages within 14 days once current stocks of CO2 gas run out.
The gas is used to stun animals for slaughter, as well as in packaging to extend the shelf life of fresh, chilled and baked goods, and in the production of carbonated drinks.
None of which anyone needs to stay alive....
Post by: 90sRetroFan on October 05, 2021, 09:40:31 pm
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MANCHESTER, England, Oct 3 (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Sunday he would not return to "uncontrolled immigration" to solve fuel, gas and Christmas food crises, suggesting such strains were part of a period of post-Brexit adjustment.
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"The way forward for our country is not to just pull the big lever marked uncontrolled immigration, and allow in huge numbers of people to do work ... So what I won't do is go back to the old failed model of low wages, low skills supported by uncontrolled immigration," he told the BBC's Andrew Marr Show.
The way forward is to pull the rifle trigger with the barrel marked at Johnson's head, and allow the bullet to do work.
Post by: guest55 on October 10, 2021, 02:33:03 pm
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The UK is facing chaos. With supplies of some key goods becoming scarce, the military have been called in. Is Brexit to blame?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0VaUpibjq4I
Post by: guest55 on October 10, 2021, 03:04:25 pm
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Britain's going through quite of lot of disruption at the moment; fuel shortages, food shortages and rising energy prices. So some are beginning to question whether what was once called Project Fear is now becoming a reality. So in this video we look through the Yellowhammer report to find out if the government's Brexit fears are actually becoming the truth.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wzopehu1MLw
Are Britain's Shortages Actually Increasing Wages? Johnson Claims So... - TLDR News
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Over the weekend Johnson defended his record on the food and fuel shortages, insisting that they were actually a good thing, pushing up wages (especially among the poorest groups). That seems like a bit of a difficult argument, so in this video we unpick what this means for Britain and if he's right that wages will increase as a result.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3d5_WW47WU
Post by: 90sRetroFan on October 10, 2021, 09:40:30 pm
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Is Brexit to Blame for British Shortages
If Britain had increased instead of decreased its immigration levels post-Brexit, the shortages could have been avoided. There is nothing in Brexit itself that requires post-Brexit Britain reduce immigration levels. The shortages are caused by Johnson following majority opinion instead of doing what is both ethically correct and economically sensible (ie. opening the borders). In short, we should blame:
https://trueleft.createaforum.com/true-left-vs-false-left/western-democracy/
Post by: 90sRetroFan on November 18, 2021, 09:05:44 pm
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2021/nov/12/brexit-easier-small-boat-crossings-to-reach-uk-refugees-say
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Refugees living in northern France say Brexit has made it easier for them to reach the UK in small boats, as it emerged that record numbers of people crossed the Channel in one day.
Despite the worsening weather conditions and the UK government’s attempts to deter them, 1,185 people made the crossing on Thursday, according to the Home Office.
Refugees who have fled a variety of conflict zones including Sudan, Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq and Eritrea told the Guardian they believed the fact the UK was no longer part of the EU made it more appealing to risk the dangerous crossings because they could no longer be sent back to other European countries under EU legislation.
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Previously, when the UK was part of the EU, under a mechanism known as Dublin the UK could ask other EU countries to take back people they could prove had passed through safe European countries before reaching the UK.
The UK could make “take charge” requests and officials were often able to prove that asylum seekers had passed through other countries thanks to the Eurodac fingerprint database. But since Brexit the UK no longer has access to that database, so it is harder to prove definitively which other European countries small boat arrivals to the UK have previously passed through.
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One 19-year-old man from Sudan who is currently in Calais said: “We believe we will not be safe unless we can reach the UK. Here the French police beat us and evict us every day from the places where we are sleeping outside. It brings back bad memories from Libya where I was locked up and beaten many times by traffickers. Because of Brexit I believe that once I reach the UK I will be safe at last. No Dublin, no fingerprints any more.”
He said he had no money to pay smugglers and would try to find a way to cross with a small group of friends in an abandoned kayak. “Every night we go to the beach to look for small boats that have been abandoned and we will try to cross that way.”
But eventually the supply of refugees from France will dry up unless it is made easy for refugees to reach France. This means at least keeping Spain and Italy out of rightist control.
Post by: 90sRetroFan on November 23, 2021, 08:22:34 pm
https://www.yahoo.com/news/leave-drowning-migrants-die-face-175734645.html
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Leave drowning migrants to die – or face prosecution, sailors warned
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The row centres on a clause in the Home Office’s Nationality and Borders Bill which removes the words “for gain” and increases the sentences for smuggling into the UK from 14 years to life imprisonment.
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“It is extraordinary that the Bill, and this clause in particular, seeks to make UK citizens bad Samaritans.
“The clause requires turning a blind eye. It requires people to watch other people die. It is a sickening extension of the culture war. It is in breach of our international obligations and law.
“The proposed changes risk UK-flagged vessels being pushed into a Kafkaesque Catch-22: assist those in distress and risk criminal liability or do not assist, breach duties of international law and witness the deaths of other people.
“This risks criminalising voluntary assistance while failing to provide for a humanitarian exemption.”
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“It potentially criminalises people for trying to save life and putting them on a British shore. That can’t be right,” he said.
So will anyone start assassinating all the MPs who voted for the bill? They should be the ones dying every day, not refugees.
Post by: 90sRetroFan on November 24, 2021, 08:46:50 pm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQVOkNMl6-g
Post by: guest55 on December 05, 2021, 05:35:53 pm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P0G3lYTOI0Q
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I don't know if it's strictly true but I do feel like the timing of the pandemic was a blessing of sorts for the UK. Now instead of us just sitting in the Atlantic on fire, everyone is on fire so we don't look as bad comparatively.:D
Post by: 90sRetroFan on December 13, 2021, 08:54:44 pm
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London, United Kingdom – The UK’s controversial Nationality and Borders bill passed through the House of Commons this week, prompting outrage from citizens, politicians and activists who fear its potentially dangerous effect on ethnic minorities.
Clause 9 of the bill is of particular concern as it will allow the government to deprive a person of citizenship without having to notify them.
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Conservative ministers reportedly cheered the bill’s passing in Parliament on Wednesday night, with Home Secretary Priti Patel – the bill’s main backer – saying she was “delighted”.
Amie, a campaigner at No Borders Manchester, said while the bill’s success in Parliament passing was “disheartening”, it was not unexpected.
In the run-up to the House of Commons vote, No Borders Manchester had been organising action around the bill, using Twitter storms and knowledge-sharing workshops to spread awareness over its contents and potential effect.
Another clause in the bill would criminalise anyone taking part in refugee rescue missions in the English Channel.
Patel was previously covered here:
https://trueleft.createaforum.com/news/state-subverters/msg9418/#msg9418
(https://www.theoccidentalobserver.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/The-Goy-Grovel-Sajid-Javid-Priti-Patel-and-Boris-Johnson-perform-at-CFI.jpg)
Post by: 90sRetroFan on December 18, 2021, 09:13:59 pm
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Dominic Raab, the Justice Secretary, wants the “quintessentially British” human right of freedom of expression to be given “extra weight”, because of his concerns that it is being whittled away by privacy concerns and the rise of “cancel culture”.
His proposed new Bill, to be foreshadowed in a consultation paper on Tuesday, will reinforce the primacy of Parliament to protect free speech against the “back door” introduction of privacy laws through court cases, such as the Duchess of Sussex’s legal victory over the Mail on Sunday.
It also follows public figures being barred from speaking at universities and other institutions because of their outspoken views. In the most recent case, Rod Liddle, the columnist, was “cancelled” by students when he started speaking at Durham University.
Again, Cancel Culture is not a violation of free speech. No one was saying Liddle should be charged with a crime. We were merely saying that hosts are not obliged to amplify his speech. Cancelling someone is in itself an exercise of free speech by hosts, each of whom can choose for themselves to amplify some speech and not other speech according to personal preference.
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The new Bill, overhauling the current Human Rights Act, will also enshrine another “quintessential British” right to a jury trial. However, this will be balanced by restrictions on criminals’ ability to use human rights laws to evade deportation
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Mr Raab is proposing a new “filter” to weed out “spurious” human rights cases before they get to court. All cases will have to get permission to be heard by the courts, with those deemed to be without merit barred from being put before judges.
About Raab:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominic_Raab
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Dominic Rennie Raab was born on 25 February 1974 in Buckinghamshire.[1][2][3] He is the son of Jean, a clothes buyer, and Peter Raab, a food manager for Marks & Spencer.[4] His father, who was Jewish, came to Britain from Czechoslovakia in 1938
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Raab was an active campaigner in the 2016 EU membership referendum, advocating that Britain should leave the European Union.
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On 3 January 2020, the high-level Iranian General, Qasem Soleimani, was assassinated by the United States, which considerably heightened the existing tensions between the two countries. Raab backed the strike, describing the American action as self-defence.[72] He said that his government had "always recognised the aggressive threat posed by the Iranian Quds force".[73]
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After the 30 June 2020 imposition by the Xi Jinping regime of the national security law in Hong Kong, Raab described the following day in the Commons what he saw as a "grave and deeply disturbing" event
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Raab welcomed the peace agreement between Israel and the United Arab Emirates,[87]
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Raab also welcomed the normalization of relations between Israel and Sudan saying that it is "a positive step between two valued friends."[89]
So, as usual:
https://trueleft.createaforum.com/true-left-vs-false-left/jews-have-nothing-in-common-with-us!/
As for Liddle:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rod_Liddle
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Liddle's Immigration Is a Time Bomb was broadcast by Channel 4 in 2005.
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In November 2009, again for The Spectator website, he offered "a quick update on what the Muslim savages are up to,"
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In August 2018, Liddle wrote an article in The Spectator in support of Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson's controversial comments regarding burkas. The article included the subheading, 'My own view is that there is not nearly enough Islamophobia within the Tory party'.[43]
Giving a speech at Durham University in December 2021, Liddle claimed that "It is fairly easily proven that colonialism is not remotely the major cause of Africa’s problems
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The Guardian reported on 8 January 2010 that the expected purchase of The Independent by Alexander Lebedev, a Russian billionaire, would be followed by the appointment of Liddle as editor.[45]
Just as Lebedev's amplifying of Liddle is Lebedev's free speech, our cancelling (ie. not amplifying) of Liddle is our free speech. Raab wants to make it illegal for us to exercise our free speech, while calling this "free speech".
Post by: 90sRetroFan on January 16, 2022, 09:27:54 pm
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Military set to tackle Channel migrant crisis as Priti Patel orders ‘pushback’ of boats to France
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The Armed Forces will be able to deploy Naval ships, boats and sophisticated surveillance technology to bolster Border Force, which is limited to just five cutters.
The Navy will step in if Border Force officers go on strike or refuse to deploy the pushback tactics, where jet skis block and redirect migrants’ boats back towards France.
It is designed to combat record numbers of migrants crossing the Channel in small boats, but has not yet been used - despite being legally signed off by government lawyers in September.
The Public and Commercial Services Union, which represents some border and immigration officials, has said it “totally opposes” the policy and has threatened strike action. It has also joined with the Care4Calais charity to seek a judicial review of the tactic, which it claims is illegal.
It is! Patel should be assassinated for issuing the order.
Post by: 90sRetroFan on April 14, 2022, 08:42:50 pm
Will Ukrainian refugees be sent to Rwanda? We all know the answer to that. In fact they won't even be sent to insufficiently luxurious accomodation:
https://trueleft.createaforum.com/news/ethnonepotism/msg12620/#msg12620
Post by: 90sRetroFan on May 24, 2022, 02:52:53 am
Meanwhile, the people who could have been deployed to do this work are instead being sent to Rwanda.....
Post by: guest78 on June 14, 2022, 01:52:57 pm
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PRIME Minister Boris Johnson has SHUT DOWN calls for a second Scottish independence referendum.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5M6PgaS-H58
The leader of the Scottish National Party (SNP) Nicola Sturgeon today called for a second vote on Scotland's position as part of the United Kingdom.
The Prime Minister though was quick to dismiss the idea, claiming people should 'respect the result of the previous vote'.
The Sun newspaper brings you the latest breaking news videos and explainers from the UK and around the world
Post by: 90sRetroFan on June 14, 2022, 09:24:11 pm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hhIGuJG7VCY
Post by: guest78 on June 18, 2022, 01:23:38 pm
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With tensions increasing between the UK and EU, it's looking increasingly likely that we're on the brink of some sort of trade war. So in this video we unpack the likely outcomes of such a war, who'd win and what the impact would be.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1AsDfvkal9s
Is Brexit Failing? 4 Tests to Find Out
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With Brexit now in the rear view mirror and trade war on the horizon, we wanted to check how things are going. So we spoke to Professor Jonathan Portes (UK in a Changing Europe) to test Brexit on 4 different metrics & see how things are going.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQ8RPkvXwzg
Post by: guest78 on July 06, 2022, 12:17:15 am
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Sky News' Sam Coates joins CNBC's "The News with Shepard Smith" to report on the growing crisis facing British Prime Minister Boris Johnson after several senior ministers resigned.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cLP6gPrS91k
Post by: guest78 on July 07, 2022, 12:00:36 pm
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Johnson resigns, France nationalises EDF, the FBI and MI5 issue a joint warning over China, Latvia brings back military service and Apple announces a Lockdown Mode.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UriwnL2PeRU
Boris Johnson Booed During Resignation Speech | Insider News
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Boris Johnson officially announced his resignation as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and expressed regret at "giving up the best job in the world."https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pH6UWBvLIxM
Post by: guest63 on July 07, 2022, 12:27:26 pm
Let's hope Jeremy Corbyn can take control of the UK soon.
Post by: guest78 on July 08, 2022, 12:54:07 pm
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Following record numbers of resignations, Boris Johnson has submitted to political pressure and resigned as Prime Minister. But... What the hell happens now? In this video, we discuss Johnson's speech and the process of rebuilding a new government.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DAKBPtvU6Sg
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Two minutes later the video was already out of date...:D
Post by: guest78 on July 12, 2022, 11:44:10 am
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"People here are desperate to get back into Europe."https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SOrcr1T8pPc
SNP Commons leader Ian Blackford says Scotland would try and rejoin the EU if it became independent because "62% of those that live in Scotland voted to stay in the European Union" in the Brexit referendum.
Post by: guest78 on July 13, 2022, 02:16:53 pm
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'Deal with them!' raucous scenes as Boris Johnson appears at PMQs.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bTwKXWVMzN8
'The toxic race to the right' | Ian Blackford PMQs
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"The next Tory leader will make Genghis Khan look like a moderate."https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qVZmev_X3QQ
Leader of the Scottish National Party Ian Blackford says during PMQs this afternoon that the Tory leadership race is a "quickly descending into a toxic race to the right".
Post by: 90sRetroFan on July 26, 2022, 10:01:27 pm
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Then there is the Sunak-Truss agreement on immigration that is sending shockwaves around the world. The grandson of an immigrant from Punjab, via East Africa, Sunak has put forth one crazy idea after another – immigrants should be housed in cruise ships rather than hotels, is one. Both he and Truss believe that immigrants should be sent 6,500 km away to Rwanda.
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Besides Rwanda, Sunak said, he would pursue “migration partnerships” with other countries too.
Truss’ take on immigration reform has amounted to not “cowering” in front of the European convention on human rights.
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FYbkErsX0AIxADx?format=jpg&name=large)
Post by: 90sRetroFan on August 14, 2022, 08:50:30 pm
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'China threat' emerges in elections from UK to Australia
LONDON (AP) — It's not just the economy. While inflation and recession fears weigh heavily on the minds of voters, another issue is popping up in political campaigns from the U.K. and Australia to the U.S. and beyond: the “China threat."
The two finalists vying to become Britain's next prime minister, Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak, clashed in a televised debate last month over who would be toughest on China.
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China loomed large in Australia's election in May in which the conservatives, who ultimately lost, tried to paint the opposition as being unwilling to stand up to Beijing.
America’s growing rival on the global stage is also expected to figure in this fall's U.S. congressional races, particularly in Midwest industrial states, long after former President Donald Trump embraced a fierce anti-China posture.
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Andreas Fulda, a University of Nottingham political scientist specializing in China, said British politicians “are more clear-eyed about China” than their European neighbors.
“The U.K. has paid close attention to what’s happening in Australia, and in many ways the debate here is well ahead of mainland Europe,” he said.
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“I had a sense of déjà vu having just moved over from Australia," said Ben Bland, director of the Asia-Pacific program at London's Chatham House think tank, who previously worked at the Lowy Institute in Sydney. "There’s a similar atmosphere with some politicians trying to deploy the China threat as a domestic political tool.”
Bland described a dramatic shift in how politicians talk about China in both the U.K. and Australia, from a focus on trade and business ties five years ago to viewing China “through the prism of a threat to national security and economic competitiveness.”
Post by: 90sRetroFan on September 06, 2022, 07:03:08 pm
https://rmx.news/united-kingdom/beach-landing-footage-goes-viral-as-britain-approaches-new-annual-illegal-immigration-record-with-four-months-still-to-go/
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Liz Truss defended the Rwanda immigration scheme and vowed to “support and extend” the deportation policy “to more countries.”
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Truss is rumored to be considering current Attorney-General Suella Braverman for home secretary. Braverman is a key ally, ardent Brexiteer, and a skeptic of Britain’s current human rights laws and its position as a signatory to the European Convention on Human Rights.
Braverman has previously remarked that the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg undermines the government’s policies to address illegal immigration, and has called it a “national priority” to “take radical action” to extricate Britain from the influence of European human rights laws.
Global warming cannot be shot in the head. But rightists can:
https://trueleft.createaforum.com/true-left-vs-false-left/firearms/
Post by: 90sRetroFan on October 05, 2022, 05:08:15 pm
Post by: 90sRetroFan on October 19, 2022, 07:14:06 pm
But let's not be relieved yet:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vk9QaYUUjW8
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Can't get much worse!!!!! It will if Suella Braverman becomes PM.
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The Conservatives: We Can Always Do Worse.
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Braverman has used her entire stint as Home Secretary as a leadership campaign.
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Cruella Braverman resigns YAY - Cruella Braverman eyes the Prime ministers Post Oof. Imagine the cruel and evil things she could do with that power! 'Sith lord' level cruelty
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Braverman as Tory Leader!. God Almighty! if that happens then, "Praise the Lord and pass the ammunition", because that would be tantamount to a declaration of war!
I agree with part in bold in the last comment. She needs to be assassinated ASAP.
Post by: 90sRetroFan on October 24, 2022, 05:40:45 pm
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Rishi Sunak Wins Vote to Become U.K.’s Next Prime Minister
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Recall:
https://trueleft.createaforum.com/news/boris-johnson's-government-in-crisis-after-three-senior-ministers-resign/msg14886/#msg14886
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Then there is the Sunak-Truss agreement on immigration that is sending shockwaves around the world. The grandson of an immigrant from Punjab, via East Africa, Sunak has put forth one crazy idea after another – immigrants should be housed in cruise ships rather than hotels, is one. Both he and Truss believe that immigrants should be sent 6,500 km away to Rwanda.
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Besides Rwanda, Sunak said, he would pursue “migration partnerships” with other countries too.
Might Sunak now change his position in order to distance himself from Truss? I am not optimistic, considering that Braverman endorsed Sunak.....
But, going back to the first link, at least mainstream journalism implicitly agrees with us that Jews are "white":
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Sunak, the first person of color to become U.K. leader
because:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Disraeli
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Benjamin Disraeli, 1st Earl of Beaconsfield, KG, PC, DL, JP, FRS[1] (21 December 1804 – 19 April 1881) was a British statesman and Conservative politician who twice served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. He played a central role in the creation of the modern Conservative Party, defining its policies and its broad outreach. Disraeli is remembered for his influential voice in world affairs, his political battles with the Liberal Party leader William Ewart Gladstone, and his one-nation conservatism or "Tory democracy". He made the Conservatives the party most identified with the British Empire, and military action to expand it, both of which were popular among British voters. He is the first British prime minister to have been of Jewish origin.
If anyone seriously viewed Jews as "non-white", Disraeli would be described as the first "non-white" British PM. He is not, because Jews are undeniably "white" precisely due to their role as colonialists during the colonial era:
https://trueleft.createaforum.com/true-left-vs-false-left/jews-have-nothing-in-common-with-us!/
More about Disraeli here:
http://aryanism.net/blog/aryan-sanctuary/jews-give-up-pretending-to-be-anti-racist/
Post by: 90sRetroFan on October 26, 2022, 03:03:28 am
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DU43AdnWXbw
I am glad Kennedy at 3:55 also mentions Dominic Raab:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominic_Raab
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His father, who was Jewish, came to Britain from Czechoslovakia
Post by: ROFL on October 30, 2022, 12:04:00 am
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Despite the referendum result being in favour or leaving the EU, polling now shows a majority of people regret that decision. Why has this shift happened and could it lead to the UK rejoining the EU?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kLZOlHhumq8
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Multiple EU MPs publicly stated that UK would need to show strong consistent support for EU rejoining, but with the public and across all major parties. Reason being they don’t want a revolving door situation depending on who’s in power in the UK. That means it’ll be a very long time before the UK intention to rejoin is even taken seriously.
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I think the EU wouldn’t welcome the UK back with open arms due to the massive instability it caused in the block, that’s one of the reasons former French president Charles de Gaulle vetoed the UK joining the club twice 😅
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The UK should just show up at the European parliament and pretend they never quit. Act as if nothing happened, like that episode of Seinfeld.
Post by: 90sRetroFan on November 14, 2022, 04:45:07 pm
https://www.yahoo.com/news/major-expansion-foreign-visas-abandoned-220000101.html
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Overall immigration numbers should fall, Rishi Sunak has said, as he abandoned Liz Truss’s plans for a major expansion of foreign visas to boost economic growth.
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Ms Truss, in the final days of her premiership, was preparing to announce what was to be dubbed “growth visas”, which aimed to deliver a marked increase in immigration.
The plan triggered a heated stand-off between Ms Truss and Suella Braverman, the Home Secretary, who eventually quit after leaking an email about migration policy before being reappointed by Mr Sunak.
See also:
https://trueleft.createaforum.com/enemies/re-brexit-1566/
Post by: guest78 on November 20, 2022, 02:56:08 pm
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Britain is currently in the process of reviewing and deleting EU laws that were copy and pasted over into British legislation. That might sound reasonable, but there are tens of thousands of laws to look through, and they've given themselves a dangerously tight deadline...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MHoge9-QfjA
Post by: guest78 on November 21, 2022, 01:39:21 pm
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Not news but Brexit absolutely decimated the lives and institutions of Britain, as senior figures in the Bank of England outline in the Treasury Committee.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9YcIcpQWK6M
Post by: guest78 on November 23, 2022, 01:39:50 pm
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Sadiq Khan tells Times Radio: Rising poverty leads to rising crimehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Spe1k2zVZTU
Post by: guest78 on November 26, 2022, 02:50:57 pm
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Farage bowed out of the political sphere after Brexit, but with the Tories looking vulnerable he's apparently eyeing up a return. So in this video we discuss if Farage could be returning to politics & how it could decimate the Conservativeshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ADX1sl_k35Y
Post by: guest78 on November 28, 2022, 09:09:15 pm
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“Fear of Nigel Farage… has forced Conservative politicians into taking a much harder line on Europe and indeed on immigration.”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6X1oEofsai8
As the Conservatives struggle with immigration, economic turmoil, and anger at a cost of living crisis after 12 years in government, could these be the perfect conditions for the resurgence of apopulistforce from the Right – Nigel Farage?
Matt Chorley discusses with YouGov pollster Tanya Abraham, Professor Tim Bale, Reform UK leader Richard Tice, and the chair of the One Nation Conservatives Caucus, Damian Green MP.
Post by: guest78 on December 04, 2022, 01:35:33 pm
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We can save our country and even the union but not with this sledgehammer introspective politics we have currently embraced. And if The EU was designed to stop war in Europe we can see clearly how the fracturing of the EU has led most clearly to war in Europe in the Ukraine. We need more unity and less division.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VyESj4LhPqc
Rightist tribalism and western democracy are responsible for Brexit, nothing else. How could anyone achieve unity without addressing tribalism, which is the root cause of division among human-beings?
(The British Empire was already broken when it decided to wage war against the Third Reich, some would argue).
Post by: 90sRetroFan on December 15, 2022, 05:12:43 pm
https://barenakedislam.com/2022/12/14/defeated-bill-that-would-ensure-that-the-british-parliament-gets-to-decide-immigration-policies-not-european-judges/
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A Tory MP’s bid to force Rishi Sunak to ignore rulings from the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) over the deportation of illegal alien Muslim asylum seekers to Rwanda was today defeated at the first hurdle.
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Mr Gullis said his proposals would mean “we can get the migrant-wannabes who have entered the UK illegally, onto the flights to Rwanda” and in the future to other safe countries to have their claims processed. “Thereby changing the law to explicitly ignore the European Court of Human Rights from meddling in our sovereignty on this specific matter.
Of course, rightists will not stop trying to close the borders just because of a legislative setback:
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Mr Sunak reiterated “our new legislation will deliver a system whereby a person who comes here illegally will have no right to stay and will be removed to their own country or a safe third country alternative”.
Legislative setbacks will only slow them down. The only way to open the borders is to make enforcement of closed borders too dangerous to attempt. This requires constant Ahimsa on border personnel.
Post by: guest78 on December 18, 2022, 11:01:46 pm
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Nurses across the United Kingdom launched an unprecedented strike today, as rail workers continue their own walkout across the country. BBC correspondent Nick Johnson joins CBS News from London to discuss the strikes.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43pS0GlvayY
Increasing number of people in United Kingdom go hungry because of price spikes
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A winter of discontent is coming for the United Kingdom. Monday, the first in what will be weeks of nationwide strikes across professions began in protest of the skyrocketing living costs. Now, a bleak winter forces many to decide whether to heat their homes or feed their family. Special correspondent Malcolm Brabant reports from Whitehawk, one of the poorest districts of Brighton.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a5t2dufNkvU
Over 8 million people in the UK living in fuel poverty, new figures reveal | ITV News
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Old, decaying and expensive to heat, the UK has some of the most poorly insulated houses in Western Europe.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0H0Q7WP5DE
As temperatures drop and energy bills continue to soar this winter, pensioners like Geraldine O’Connor, from Sheffield, are being plunged deeper into fuel poverty.
"I owe my energy company £15,000 to £16,000. There’s no way I can pay it. It’s impossible," she said.
The 66-year-old suffers from severe epilepsy. Her disability benefits and the state pension are no longer enough to survive on.
Post by: EmptyShelves on March 16, 2023, 04:05:24 pm
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Britain has struggled with inflation over the past year, in large part because of energy costs. But other factors - including Brexit and a standoff between suppliers and grocers - have created something more alarming in recent: visible food shortages.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0c4uNZKxG6M
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Just to clarify, wholesalers prices have shot up 50 percent but the supermarkets will not pay extra money for the food. Hence empty shelves.
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I've haven't had any problems buying fruit and veg or anything else here in the UK!
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Never been a better time to dig up some of that useless back yard grass and start yourself a garden. Good for the planet, good for you, and tastes great. I also enjoy gifting a basket of fresh veggies to friends/neighbors, who always genuinely appreciate it.
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Obviously, there has been no push or help towards people becoming farmers or growing food, UK has far to many massive producers, not enough smaller producers who are local,
You will see plenty of funding/ advertising towards ,
" become a full stack developer in 26 weeks
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" Get into the social care sector "
" Get a loan for a degree "
Etc , etc
Nothing towards pushing local community to grow food and offer a framework to follow with funding, imagine what kind of new industry that would create, new jobs can be created, locally
In a nutshell, UKs problem is the similitude of many countries, they rely upon others too much and when the 💩 hits the fan , they got no back up or have shot themselves in the foot and everyone else has to suffer for free
Why is the UK Running out of Food (and is it Brexit)?
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Over the last few weeks, the UK has become accustom to finding empty shelves in supermarkets. The thing is, that unlike during COVID, this is a fairly UK specific phenonium. So why is Britain running out of food, and is Brexit to blame?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nsEQKRO7sNI
Post by: RuralHomeless on March 28, 2023, 06:14:25 pm
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Sky News can reveal that rural homelessness is growing rapidly with more than 20,000 people classified as homeless in rural England in the latest figures.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SSodakiJ_Kw
Many of them are out of sight and in desperate conditions, as Sky's Dan Whitehead found out.
Post by: 2ThaSun on May 15, 2023, 07:57:20 pm
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While most of the world is struggling with higher than average inflation, the problem is particularly pronounced in the UK. So in this video, we discuss why inflation is so high in the UK compared to its European neighbours and whether Brexit is to blame.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5g4Xyn2fsf0
UK's Hunt says 'absolutely devastating' if US failed to raise debt ceiling
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NIIGATA, Japan, May 13 (Reuters) - British finance minister Jeremy Hunt said on Saturday it would be "absolutely devastating" if the United States failed to reach agreement to raise its debt ceiling and had its gross domestic product "knocked off track".Entire article: https://www.reuters.com/world/uk/uks-hunt-says-absolutely-devastating-if-us-failed-raise-debt-ceiling-2023-05-13/
Hunt told reporters that Group of Seven (G7) finance chiefs in Japan had "very frank and open discussions" about the challenges they face, including banking regulation and the impact of Russia's war in Ukraine on the global economy.
A standoff between President Joe Biden and the Republican-controlled House of Representatives, which has raised the prospect of a first-ever U.S. debt default, posed a "very serious threat to the global economy," Hunt said.
"It would be absolutely devastating if America, which is one of the biggest motors of the global economy, was to have its GDP knocked off track by not reaching agreement," he said. He said he hoped that Biden and Congress would be able to resolve their differences.
Hunt said G7 officials also discussed the impact of Western sanctions on Russia over its invasion of Ukraine, and talked at length about the need to stop sanctions evasion, or leakage...
Post by: 2ThaSun on May 21, 2023, 03:01:21 pm
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A steady majority of Brits regret brexit, but until recently most didn’t want a second referendum on the issue. However, new polling suggests that for the first time a majority of Brits are also in favour of a second referendum… but will it happen?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tabkoh1kbYc
Post by: 90sRetroFan on May 24, 2023, 02:55:10 pm
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Legal migration is too high, says Rishi Sunak
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“The numbers are too high, and we want to bring them down,” Mr Sunak said, adding that figures were higher in 2022 due to Ukrainian refugees coming to the UK, something he said the country should be “proud of”.
Translation: when they are "white", we should be proud of accepting them, but when they are "non-white", numbers are too high.
Post by: 2ThaSun on May 27, 2023, 01:53:57 pm
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Despite the leave campaign promising that Brexit would bring down immigration, the latest figures could be at record levels. So in this video, we're going to break down the numbers and try to explain why immigration numbers are so high in the UK.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0v8k9OoTwag
0:00 Intro
1:30 How migration patterns have changed over time
2:29 How immigration numbers have changed since Brexit
3:30 Why is immigration so high?
3:39 Why are there more students?
4:57 Why are there more workers?
7:06 Sponsor
Starmer tells Sunak he needs a ‘reality check’ as the PM blasts Labour for having ‘no ideas’
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“The home secretary may need a speed awareness course, he needs a reality check.”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zr4Q0Yvybq8
Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer clash at PMQs over immigration control, as the PM says Labour have “no ideas”, while Starmer accuses Sunak of having “no ambition for Britain”.
Post by: Labour on September 21, 2023, 11:42:53 am
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Brexit has been a difficult issue for the Labour Party, as Labour leader Keir Starmer has to regularly bat away accusations that he wants to take the UK back into the EU. But Brexit isn't going away anytime soon - so what are Labour's Brexit plans?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KwWkDKMjmRA
Post by: b on October 01, 2023, 07:15:52 pm
Britain is still blighted by the class system
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After a thousand years, will Britain ever recover from William the Conqueror and the feudal system he introduced?
We have a monarchy and an aristocracy still owning much of the land the Conqueror gave them, with privileges reinforced by public schools, and we have a working class, inheritors of serfdom, for whom trade union leaders such as Mick Lynch, and just like Watt Tyler, see it as their role to fight. With people still defining themselves in terms of class, and with such social divisions persisting, can Britain ever be amatureempathetic society, fit for the 21st century?
Seven years ago, I moved to Ireland, and my experience here has increasingly saddened me for the country of my birth. Here, I have found a kinder and friendlier place
Britain has so much to give to the world, but until the concept of class, the privileges of the “upper class” and the entrenched thinking of too many of the “working class” are all consigned to history, inequality, anger and violence will persist.
Climate U-turn nonsensical
Rishi Sunak has decided to abandon the cross-party consensus on climate policy
Proud to cook Mexican curry
Appropriation is certainly theft. Cultural cross-pollination, however, is what has made humanity move forward.
Post by: England on October 21, 2023, 08:36:54 pm
UK’s PM Rishi Sunak in Israel. What’s on his agenda?
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British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Thursday landed in Tel Aviv to “express solidarity with the Israeli people” as non-stop Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip destroyed residential buildings and killed more than 3,400 Palestinians.
“I am proud to stand here with you in Israel’s darkest hour,” Sunak said in a news conference with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. “We will stand with you in solidarity. We will stand with you and your people. And we also want you to win.”
Britain has stood shoulder to shoulder with Israel
Reporting from Tel Aviv, Al Jazeera correspondent Alan Fisher said that Sunak’s declaration on wanting Israel to win was “pretty declarative”.
There was, Fisher noted, “no mention of the fact Israelis have cut off food water and energy from the Gaza Strip, which many would consider a breach of international law”.
Framing the current conflict as a battle between the “forces of progress and humanity” and “an axis of evil”, Netanyahu called Hamas “the modern barbarians, the worst monsters on the planet”.
Britain’s decision to abstain from Wednesday’s UN Security Council vote on a resolution calling for Israel to allow humanitarian aid into Gaza largely passed below the radar. The resolution was blocked by the United States on the basis that it did not explicitly mention Israel’s right to self-defence.
Gerry Hassan, a Scottish writer and commentator, said the meeting highlighted the “mismatches” in British and Western politics. “In the post-Cold War world, the West claims it stands for international law and then stands for oppression elsewhere, showing its defence of democratic and human rights is threadbare,” he said.
Ask most Palestinians what lies at the root of their plight and they’ll likely blame Arthur Balfour.
England will face a very severe judgment, the sins of your past will now come back to bite you. Can these people even be cleansed from the heavy layer of blasphemy which they carry?
Post by: England on November 26, 2023, 02:46:46 am
Gavin Esler on British politics: ‘We’ve got a lot of fairly rotten people in parliament’
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The former BBC journalist wonders why the British public tolerate lies, and reflects on his surprisingly good relationship with the late Ian Paisley
Today, Esler, who has written Britain Is Better than This, which reflects despairingly on the state of today’s United Kingdom
Where once we had delusions of grandeur, we now often have delusions of competence,” he writes in his book.
Esler’s main argument in his book – that the UK needs a written constitution – is esoteric, he admits, and will be difficult for many to grasp.
For centuries the lack of a written constitution was argued as one of the UK’s key points of advantage, offering remarkable flexibility.
If that was true, says Esler, it was true only in the era of so-called “good chaps”, when conventions, however imperfect in their design or execution, were generally accepted.
“You didn’t lie in parliament. If you did, you resigned. If something went wrong in your department, you resigned, even if you weren’t responsible for it,” he says.
In the past decade, however, there has been “a behavioural change” that has allowed people, especially Boris Johnson, to demolish long-established conventions.
“We don’t have very many good chaps. We’ve got a lot of fairly rotten people in parliament,” he says. “The problem is structural. It’s partly due to British complacency and it’s due to a sense of British exceptionalism, and it’s also due to a kind of ignorance about our history and the place in the world.”
“This week we had a prime minister who said that we can just declare by law that Rwanda is safe. This is like the papacy in the 17th century telling Galileo that the Earth can’t move around the sun because they’ve decided it’s not.”
He wonders why the British public, and their counterparts in the United States, tolerate lies from some political leaders when they would not accept similar conduct in their day-to-day lives, and the evidence shows that they would not.
“I don’t think that there is a kind of a moral crisis about people lying any more than they used. There is certainly no evidence for it. In fact, it is actually quite the opposite. I find people very often incredibly helpful, ridiculously polite and constantly say ‘Sorry’ when they bump into you. Maybe that’s another book: “Why Do Decent People Let **** Run the Country?”
Post by: uk on December 09, 2023, 04:07:33 am
UK immigration minister resigns over controversial Rwanda asylum legislation, claiming it ‘does not go far enough’
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UK immigration minister Robert Jenrick resigned over new government legislation on the Rwanda asylum transfer scheme published Wednesday, claiming that the proposed law “does not go far enough.”
In the latest blow to the scheme, Jenrick who works within the Home Office, said he would not be able to accompany this latest draft bill through the legislative process as he does not believe it goes “far enough” to ensure the policy’s success.
“The stakes for the country are too high for us not to pursue the stronger protections required to end the merry-go-round of legal challenges which risk paralysing the scheme and negating its intended deterrent,” Jenrick said in his resignation letter.
Jenrick had previously promised publicly to do “whatever is required” to clamp down on illegal migration to the UK, even if that meant withdrawing from the European Convention of Human Rights (ECHR).
A group of hardline lawmakers within Rishi Sunak’s Conservative Party, including previous Home Secretary Suella Braverman, have all been lobbying for the UK to leave the human rights treaty, citing it as a barrier blocking the Rwanda policy.
In a blog post, Elliot described the bill as “hypocritical,” saying it “presupposes” Rwanda heeding its obligations under international law to treat asylum seekers humanely whilst allowing the UK to “breach its own obligations” under international law.
The government was also handed down a warning on Wednesday from the Rwandan government, who threatened to pull out of the arrangement if the UK does not adhere to international law, according to the British national news agency, PA Media.
Rwandan Foreign Minister Vincent Biruta emphasized in a statement that “without lawful behavior by the UK, Rwanda would not be able to continue with the Migration and Economic Development Partnership.”
Post by: uk on January 04, 2024, 02:56:51 am
Britain bans foreign students from bringing families into UK
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British Home Secretary James Cleverly has said the “unreasonable practice” of overseas students bringing their family to the UK will end as restrictions on visa routes come into force on Monday.
He said the ban, which affects all but those enrolling on postgraduate research courses and ones with government-funded scholarships, will cut migration by tens of thousands.
The move could hit universities which rely on foreign student fees and could also harm the UK’s reputation as an international destination, experts have warned.
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak tweeted: “From today, the majority of foreign university students cannot bring family members to the UK.”
The Conservative Party leader said the announcement showed that the Government was “already delivering for the British people” in 2024.
Earlier in December, Cleverly set out a raft of new restrictions that he said would cut numbers by 300,000 a year
Post by: UK on January 11, 2024, 09:29:20 pm
Storm Henk causes around 150 mln pounds in UK insured losses
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Storm Henk, which battered Britain last week, caused around 150 million pounds ($190 million) in insured losses and damaged around 2,000 properties, consultants PwC said on Wednesday.
Heavy rain caused major rivers to burst their banks and the government issued more than 300 flood warnings, only weeks after Storm Babet also caused flooding in October.
https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/united-kingdom-maternal-deaths-in-uk-surge-to-highest-level-in-almost-20-years-study-4843102
Maternal Deaths In UK Surge to Highest Level In Almost 20 Years: Study
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The number of women in Britain dying during pregnancy or soon afterwards has reached its highest level in almost two decades, a new study reported Thursday.
It also comes after a series of scandals at maternity units within the state-funded National Health Service (NHS).
A damning 2022 report into one found failures at the Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital Trust in western England had contributed to the deaths of 201 babies and nine mothers over a 20-year period.
MBRRACE-UK found there were 13.41 deaths per 100,000 pregnancies reported from 2020 to 2022.
Excluding deaths from Covid-19 -- the second most common cause -- the maternal death rate for the period was 11.54 per 100,000.
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/jan/11/uk-life-expectancy-falls-to-lowest-level-in-a-decade
UK life expectancy falls to lowest level in a decade
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Life expectancy across the UK has fallen to its lowest level in a decade, mainly owing to the impact of the coronavirus pandemic, data shows.
The Office for National Statistics said the decrease was primarily owing to the impact of the pandemic, where excess deaths increased sharply.
“Although most countries globally experienced devastating death tolls from Covid-19, several studies have shown that excess mortality in the UK during the pandemic exceeded that of most comparable western European and other high-income countries.
“As the UK’s relatively high mortality during the pandemic came on the heels of stalling life expectancy in the pre-pandemic decade, the result is a further slide in the UK’s already poor ranking relative to comparable countries by 2022.”
Post by: England on January 20, 2024, 07:35:51 pm
Storm Isha to batter UK with 80mph winds as amber warnings issued
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A storm is forecast to hit parts of the UK with strong winds and heavy rain as multiple amber warnings come into force.
Storm Isha - the ninth storm since September - will bring winds of up to 80mph, according to the Met Office.
https://www.reuters.com/world/uk/uk-health-agency-warns-very-real-risk-measles-outbreak-spreads-2024-01-19/
UK health agency warns 'very real risk' measles outbreak spreads
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Britain's public health agency warned on Friday that an outbreak of measles in central England could spread to other towns and cities unless urgent action is taken to boost vaccination uptake.
The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has declared a national incident, signalling a growing public health risk.
Post by: England on January 20, 2024, 07:40:22 pm
Post by: 90sRetroFan on January 24, 2024, 05:06:11 pm
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/01/19/channel-migrants-given-right-to-work/
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Channel migrants have been quietly given the right to work in sectors including care, construction and agriculture and can still retain access to state-subsidised bed and board under a Home Office scheme.
Nearly 16,000 asylum seekers, including those who crossed the Channel in small boats, have been allowed to work in a single year, according to data obtained under Freedom of Information (FOI) laws.
They have been allowed to work in occupations in which there are recognised staff shortages, and are paid 80 per cent of the going pay rate.
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The scheme allowing asylum seekers to take jobs after a year is a legacy of an EU law from 2005, which reversed a measure introduced by Sir Tony Blair in 2002 barring illegal migrants from any right to work.
16000 is of course a ridiculously small number:
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Immigration experts believe the number of working asylum seekers for 2023 could have increased even further because of the extra demand for cheap foreign labour to plug staff shortages in care homes, the NHS, construction and agriculture. Backlogs of asylum seekers waiting over a year rose to 61,000 last year.
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They have cited the potential economic benefits in boosting growth and savings from migrants no longer receiving state benefits and free accommodation and instead paying income tax on their earnings.
Peter Walsh, a senior researcher with the Migration Oberservatory at Oxford University, said he was surprised at the numbers granted but suggested it could be linked to the widening of the shortage occupation list to include care workers, where there was acuted demand for staff.
He said there were economic benefits in that it would reduce the cost of accommodation and asylum support as well as generating money for the Exchequer via taxes. “There are psychological positives because it is not very good for people to be out of the labour market,” he said.
“The longer people are out of the labour market, the harder it is for them to get back into the labour market. There is also another practical advantage that if you allow people to work legally, they are less likely to work illegally. It is potentially protecting against that.”
Who could possibly be against such obvious reasoning?
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Miriam Cates, who co-chairs the New Conservatives Group of MPs, which has campaigned for a tougher approach to migration, said: “It’s understandable that asylum seekers might want to have a job while waiting for their claims to be processed.
“But we cannot solve the significant problems associated with irregular migration unless we deter people from crossing to the UK illegally – and this is the opposite of a deterrent.”
Cates also looks like what we would expect:
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Post by: Moses vs Pharaoh on February 21, 2024, 05:52:36 pm
A British Nuclear Missile Test Fails, Again
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An unarmed Trident missile splashed into the sea close to its launch site, the U.K. government confirmed on Wednesday, fueling scrutiny of the state of Britain’s nuclear deterrent.
Experimentation? Damnation.
https://www.precisionvaccinations.com/2024/02/21/englands-tuberculosis-outbreak-increased-10
England's Tuberculosis Outbreak Increased 10%
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According to the annual report of UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) on tuberculosis, there was a 10.7% increase in the number of tuberculosis cases in England in 2023, compared to 2022.
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/feb/21/met-office-issues-yellow-warning-of-heavy-rain-across-much-of-england
Met Office issues yellow warning for heavy rain across much of England
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Southern, central and eastern England should brace for possible flooding and disruption amid predictions of rain, lightning and winds of 50-70mph
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-68362435
Yellow wind warning issued for south-east England
Post by: 90sRetroFan on April 16, 2024, 05:25:40 pm
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Former British Prime Minister Liz Truss said Monday that it “has to be” former President Trump in the White House after the 2024 election, endorsing Trump for the office while laying criticism on President Biden.
“I don’t think Biden has been particularly supportive to the United Kingdom. I think he’s often on the side of the [European Union],” Truss said on British news radio station LBC. “And I certainly think I would like to see a new president in the White House.”
Truss, the shortest-serving prime minister in the country’s history, has been a major backer of American conservative politics since leaving 10 Downing Street in 2022.
While never before endorsing Trump by name, she spoke at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington in February and wrote an op-ed for The Wall Street Journal calling for a Republican president.
“I hope that a Republican will be returned to the White House in 2024,” she wrote in November. “There must be conservative leadership in the U.S. that is once again bold enough to call out hostile regimes as evil and a threat.”