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Does Labour risk alienating green-minded voters?

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s (IPCC) most recent report in April has predicted climate catastrophe if the world does not dramatically cut its carbon emissions by 2025, against a predicted increase by 2030. Despite these dire predictions, the UK Labour Party has not yet mentioned the IPCC report either on its website or on […]

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Johnson says voters will see him as ‘straightforward’ on ‘partygate’

A minister has claimed the prime minister is “confident” the public will see he has been “straightforward” on the “partygate” affair. Northern Ireland minister Conor Burns, said Sky News: “The prime minister has been very clear that the House can look at this, the House will look at this and he is confident that when […]

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China, Russia, Iran No Longer Respect US Because of Biden

Reviewing the nation’s challenges Thursday night in a speech to a Heritage Foundation audience, former President Donald Trump said America faces a historically rough period.  “You could take the five worst presidents in American history and put them together, and they would not have done the damage that Joe Biden has done in one year,” […]

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Washington Post’s Past Racism Detailed in Book on End of World War II

It turns out that The Washington Post embraced some forms of “cancel culture” at least as far back as 1945.  In one case, the Post supported a college that was closing a student newspaper for publishing what the newspaper characterized as a “highly explosive” piece in support of racial integration. The Post also warned in […]

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Scrapping EU rules could leave travellers stranded without compensation

It’s worth repeating – again and again – that Brexit was to be a beacon of opportunity and a gateway to prosperity for British business.   This is despite the fact that it has not happened for most UK companies. However, consumers are concerned about the possibility of losing out on such opportunities. ‘Red-tape’ is a […]

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Labour motion on PM’s ‘Partygate’ comments passes without vote

The prime minister is set to be investigated over whether whether he misled the House of Commons regarding  lockdown-defying gatherings Downing Street. Tonight, MPs voted for a Labour-led motion to allow the privileges panel to review the claims. Johnson had previously denied that rules had been broken at No 10. Last week a No 10 […]

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Ukrainian Officials Call for Humanitarian Corridor in Last Mariupol Holdout

Ukrainian officers made pressing appeals Thursday for a humanitarian hall to permit round 1,000 trapped civilians, together with youngsters, to securely escape Mariupol as Russian forces surrounded a metal plant that’s believed to be Ukraine’s ultimate holdout within the strategic port metropolis. Declaring that his forces have secured the “liberation” of Mariupol — the place […]

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No More Liberal Moderators Tilting Debates

The bold decision of the Republican National Committee was treated by the media as an anti-democratic outrage by the media elites. The RNC resigned from the allegedly bipartisan Commission on Presidential Debates.  This is not an outrage. It’s long overdue. The Democrats are averse to any primary debates being held on Fox News. It’s only […]

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Water Rights Activists Organize in Mexico

Mexico is about to enter the worst months of its dry seasons. Fifteen of 32States are under extreme stress because they use more water than there is. Water rights activists use the term “Day Zero” for the date when a region will lack sufficient water to meet basic needs. Mexico is near this point in […]

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Senate Agreed to $10 Billion COVID Package, With No Money for Global Response

The Senate agreed to a $10 billion package to fund the Biden administration’s ongoing response to the COVID-19 pandemic. It was hailed by negotiators as a great success and the administration declared that it would allow vital COVID service to continue. Yet, as with so much else that passes for “success” in this fractured and […]

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