- “Free speech prevails for NatCon: Belgian court strikes down order shuttering conservative conference” – The Belgian justice system has acted to protect free speech with an emergency ruling in favour of the National Conservativism conference, according to ADF International, who brought the case.
- “Why is the mayor of Tehran welcome in Brussels but not Nigel Farage?” – While the Mayor of Brussels obsesses about what he calls “the far-Right”, Islamism continues to thrive in Belgium’s Left-wing eco-system, writes Gavin Mortimer in the Spectator.
- “The Left thinks everyone has ‘rights’ – apart from Nigel Farage” – Labour’s delight at the attempted closure of the National Conservative conference is deeply worrying for the future of free speech in the U.K., says Tom Harris in the Telegraph.
- “Google employees arrested after protesting tech giant’s work with Israel” – A group of Google workers were arrested after they held a sit-in protest to challenge the tech giant’s work for the Israeli Government, reports the Telegraph.
- “mRNA is a class one carcinogen” – On Ian Brighthope’s Substack, Ian declares mRNA vaccines to be class one carcinogens and calls for an international ban.
- “‘Sweden has been vindicated on Covid’” – Swedish epidemiologist Martin Kulldorff, one of the co-authors of the Great Barrington Declaration, joins Brendan on the latest episode of The Brendan O’Neill Show to discuss why lockdowns were a disaster for public health.
- “Join the Lighthouse Keepers who dared challenge Covid dictatorship” – In TCW, Sally Beck urges readers to sign the Cape Byron Lighthouse Declaration supporting the “vast numbers of health professionals who have been censored when attempting to raise awareness of significant harms caused by government COVID-19 policies”.
- “Move to repeal Scotland’s new hate crime laws fails after Holyrood debate” – The Scottish Conservatives’ motion to repeal Scotland’s controversial Hate Crime Act was defeated in Holyrood, reports Sky News.
- “Humza Yousaf attacks J.K. Rowling over ‘ludicrous’ objections to misogyny law” – Humza Yousaf has hit back at J.K. Rowling over her “ludicrous” attack on his plans to ensure biological men identifying as female are protected by a new misogyny law, according to the Telegraph.
- “Dissent is not hatred” – We must resist the idea that disagreement with modish beliefs is reducible to ill-feeling, says Nigel Biggar in the Critic.
- “Religious groups divided over High Court ruling on school prayer ban” – Religious groups are split over the implications of a ruling dismissing a Muslim student’s challenge against a ban on prayer rituals at London’s Michaela school, reports the Mail.
- “Katharine Birbalsingh questions level of legal aid for pupil who challenged prayer ban” – Katharine Birbalsingh has questioned the £150,000 of taxpayer-funded legal aid received by a Muslim pupil who lost a court battle over Michaela school’s prayer ban, says the Telegraph.
- “Tony Blair trashed the constitution. Now we’re paying the enormous price” – Elected politicians cannot control the borders thanks to the power of the Left-wing legal establishment, claims Liz Truss in the Telegraph.
- “Are these the laziest WFH staff in Britain?” – HMRC civil servants in Wales walk the dog, garden and play video games at work, reveals Guy Adams in the Mail, while taxpayers face year-long waits and a £100 million office sits half-empty.
- “Shocking insight into the lives of the economically inactive” – In the Mail, Leo McKinstry and Anya Folarin Iman discuss the recent epidemic of worklessness that has swept Britain.
- “Britain was once proud to be a free country. Now millions cling to nanny” – Rishi Sunak’s new smoking policy is illustrative of the shift away from individual responsibility to statism, writes Philip Johnston in the Telegraph.
- “Liberty is dying under the Tories” – The eradication of smoking was on its way to becoming a public policy success story until the Government decided to take down the principles of personal liberty with it, says Kate Andrews in the Spectator.
- “The Germans and the Jews” – On Substack, Eugyppius tackles the taboo of Germans and Jews, and the ominous mythology that the present political order has fashioned from the atrocities of National Socialism.
- “Smart meters could soon cost you a whole lot more” – Surge pricing could soon be introduced on smart meters for customers at companies like British Gas. The price to consumers could be high, warns Ross Clark in the Spectator.
- “Heat pumps ‘worsening inequality’” – The Telegraph reveals that heat pump subsidies largely favour wealthy households, with lower-income families unable to afford the costly equipment despite taxpayer grants.
- “Clean Kitchen Club swaps plant-based menu for whole food approach following ‘tough year’” – Made in Chelsea’s Verity Bowditch, co-founder of Clean Kitchen Club, is leaving the company as it plans to add animal products to its menu following a “tough year”, according to Restaurant Online.
- “Scotland to ditch key climate change target” – The Scottish Government is to scrap its flagship target of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 75% by 2030, reports the BBC.
- “Was Dubai’s apocalyptic storm self-inflicted?” – Claims suggest that the UAE flew cloud-seeding flights – aimed at increasing rainfall – the day before 18 months’ worth of rain fell within 24 hours, causing widespread chaos, according to the Mail.
- “Why car insurance is suddenly so expensive” – Britain is set for another year of skyrocketing car insurance premiums after the cost of insuring a vehicle rose to record levels last year, reports the Telegraph.
- “Scottish primary schools appoint children as ‘LGBT champions’” – Scottish primary schools are appointing children as “LGBT champions” and being urged to ask pupils as young as four if they’re gay, lesbian or trans, reveals the Telegraph.
- “Young men are being left behind in the battle of the sexes” – Improving the lot of women was not intended to be at the expense of men, says Helena Morrissey in the Telegraph.
- “National Portrait Gallery had ‘no evidence’ for art dealer’s slavery link” – The National Portrait Gallery falsely accused a 19th Century art dealer of using slave trade money to build his career in a plaque next to his portrait, before admitting there was no evidence, reports the Times.
- “BBC drops Sir Steve Redgrave from Olympics rowing coverage” – Steve Redgrave will miss the Olympics for the first time in 40 years after losing his role as a BBC pundit to Katherine Grainger and the race to become British Rowing Performance Director to Louise Kingsley, according to the Telegraph.
- “‘We all have different truths’” – All truth is relative, according to National Public Radio’s far-Left CEO Katherine Maher at a recent TED Talk. She really is Titania McGrath!
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Gloomy Commentaries on Ukraine
We seem to be seeing some gloomy commentaries appearing regarding the situation in Ukraine.
https://understandingwar.org/backgrounder/america%E2%80%99s-stark-choice-ukraine-and-cost-letting-russia-win
https://www.politico.eu/article/why-ukraine-losing-russia-war/
Both of these articles are, I guess, to some extent aimed at the current USA debate on aid to Ukraine. Given all the other current demands for bombs, bullets and missiles around the world, is it possible to supply Ukraine with the weapons needed in time to make any difference?
The Institute for War article presents 2 options and boldly states there is no third option. They seem to rule out any possibility of discussions, negotiations and a settlement. I know some on here think I am naive for still thinking that a settlement is possible but I do. Can we trust Putin, no of course not but there again can we trust anyone? The question is can we construct a settlement with terms and conditions that will operate to hold that deal? I think it is possible. Putin has worked hard to balance his Ukraine war efforts with maintaining some semblance of normal domestic life in Russia, if he had any doubts before? he now knows for real how hard it is to pull of this balancing act and I believe Russia would now happily settle for a peace deal albeit more on Russia’s terms than would have been the case a few years ago. As a certain person once said ”all we are saying is give peace a chance”.
Of course Putin would settle for a deal…….today…….and then, tomorrow…..deja vu (2014) all over again (2022)……….
He had a deal in 2014…..he chose war again in 2022…..and the peace ship sailed……
This is why:
‘…..the Presidential Directorate for Cross-Border Cooperation, a subdivision of Putin’s Presidential Administration…….was established five years ago. The rather innocuously named directorate’s actual task is to exert control over neighboring countries that Russia sees as in its sphere of influence: Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Belarus, Ukraine and Moldova.’
‘While the 9th Directorate of the FSB’s Fifth Service Department for Operational Information prepared for the occupation of Ukraine from July 2021, the 11th Unit of the Department for Operational Information, responsible for Moldova, was assessing plans for the next round of operations under the direction of Major General Dmitry Milyutin. In November 2020, the FSB’s strategic objective in Moldova was to bring about ‘The full restoration of the strategic partnership between Moldova and the Russian Federation’.
FSB Outline of Operational Aims and Means, 21 November 2021.
We cannot see this matter clearly from the safety of a country thousands of miles away protected by a nuclear deterrent (nuclear disarmament anyone?……tumbleweed).
So we must take our lead from those with borders with Russia. What do they think?
‘Finland is capable of fielding a defense force of 280,000 troops, with up to 870,000 reservists. It has the most potent artillery force of any country in Europe, and its air force is in the process of replacing old F/A-18 Hornets with 64 new F-35s. It also has a highly capable armaments industry, including the Finnish-Norwegian ammunition producer NAMMO.’
‘„today Georgia, tomorrow Ukraine, the Baltic States the day after tomorrow, and then perhaps the time will come for my country, Poland!’
President of Poland Lech Kaczyński, 12th August 2008
Why not listen to one of Britain’s foremost experts on Russia?
‘…..his invasion was not a surprise…..’but the latest phase in a rising momentum of power imposed by violence starting from Chechnya to Syria and now Ukraine’.
“I don’t think he’s a madman at all and everyone always says that about leaders whose motivations and culture they don’t understand,” Montefiore said.
“He’s not crazy at all, he’s projecting a vision of Russia that he was brought up with that many people in Russia still adhere to – a vision of the Russian state as an empire that has to expand, and expansion is how you judge leaders,”
And so what in your view should happen now? Or more to the point, what is it now possible to do?
Is it actually possible to supply Ukraine with the armaments they would need in the time scale they would need them, in order to hold or even take back territory?
Or do you think NATO should go into Ukraine and take direct action?
OK for sure Russia and Putin may have all sorts of weird and preposterous ambitions, don’t we all? but as another person once said ”you can’t always get what you want”. The trick would be to settle with Russia in a way that puts all these ancient aspirations well back on the back burner. Russia owes it current stronger than expected position to alliances with other states. A peace deal that sticks may need to include some involvement with these other countries with whom Russia is in alliance and who may well want to see the end of war in Europe.
The U.S. will supply Ukraine. The war will go on.
NATO will not go anywhere near it…this is, effectively, a soviet civil war.
Russia, ‘The Russian Federation’, ‘The Union State’ seeks to become the USSR all over again; a world superpower.
All its ‘alliances’ are expedient measures towards that end.
Any ‘end of war in Europe’ will be an expedient measure towards that end.
We know what to do. We have done it before: 1945-1990 (‘The Long Peace’)
OK Give us a clue. What will the US supply Ukraine with and who will Ukraine get to use it?
I am also puzzled by your use of “soviet” which relates to local governing councils elected by the workers.
Be careful, buddy:
‘Russian blogger Anastasia Ivleyeva, has been charged with discrediting Russia’s armed forces and will face a hearing on April 25 at Moscow’s Tver district court.’
$20 billion Replenishment of the U.S. military with weapons and equipment provided to Ukraine from Defense Department inventory.
$14 billion For Ukraine to purchase weapons and equipment from U.S. firms.
$15 billion U.S. support including military training, intelligence sharing, increased presence in Eastern Europe, and other activities.
$8 billion Direct budget support for Ukraine.
$3.2 billion $1.6 billion for economic development, $1.6 billion to bolster air and maritime defences in and around Ukraine
‘Soviet: The people and especially the leaders of the USSR’
Cambridge Dictionary
Do bear in mind that The Institute for War, the organisation behind the Understanding War website is identified as vehemently hawkish and anti-Russian, funded by elements of the MIC such as Raytheon, General Dynamics, etc. This is a fair assessment of the site from 2022, and it is no surprise to see Victoria ‘f*ck the EU’ Nuland’s name mentioned:
https://responsiblestatecraft.org/2022/06/12/a-case-study-in-american-propaganda/
It opens with this joke:
A Russian is on an airliner heading to the US, and the American in the seat next to him asks, “So what brings you to the US?” The Russian replies, “I’m studying the American approach to propaganda.” The American says, “What propaganda?” The Russian says, “That’s what I mean.”
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So are you ready for my big reveals about glaring bias in ISW analysis? There aren’t any! That’s part of my point: The bias imparted by ISW is subtle. Its incremental effects are barely perceptible, but they add up over time. And what they add up to, basically, is The War According to Our Side. Little shadings here and there create more or less the picture of the war that the Ukrainian government is trying to present.
(I think it has become considerably more overt in the intervening years but that’s just my opinion.)
Here’s an example of ISW biased reporting. Pay no attention:
‘The US House of Representatives filed a supplemental appropriations bill on April 17 that would provide roughly $60 billion of assistance to Ukraine, and will reportedly vote on the measure on April 20. The supplemental appropriations bill largely resembles a previous supplemental bill passed by the US Senate and would offer Ukraine $48.3 billion in security assistance: $23.2 billion for replenishing weapons and equipment from the US Department of Defense (DoD) inventory; $13.8 billion for the purchase of weapons and munitions for Ukraine from US manufacturers; and $11.3 billion for continued US support to Ukraine through ongoing US military operations in the region. The overwhelming majority of the proposed assistance for Ukraine, if passed, would go to American companies and US and allied militaries.’
WTF is this??
We need an actual source and I didn’t listen to the Andrew Bridgen interview, so does anyone else know if this is true?
”Andrew reveals his worst fears that Iraq War criminal Tony Blair is set to replace Klaus Schwab as the high priest of the #WEF. Blair has lusted after such a role in world governance for decades, now is his chance.”
https://twitter.com/HerdImmunity12/status/1780658703739261318
Nooo………!!
Bliar! Oh, FFS!
Anyone in Liverpool? You’ve now got a Muslim mayor. Expect Khant-style changes coming your way. The thing that’s missing though, that I’d be really interested in knowing, is the ‘why?’
https://twitter.com/MyLordBebo/status/1780498283913158896
Bloody traitor.
Well, Helena, let’s say I have two vintage cars, and one appears to have a little more rust than the other. I then decide to concentrate 100% of my time on improving that car whilst watching the other car fall into a state of disrepair. Now, if I don’t just watch the other car deteriorate, but, in fact, take a lump hammer to that car, then I absolutely intend my attention to be at the expense of the other car. Perhaps, some years later, I’ll then reflect on the possibility that what I did was an act of incredible self-harm and try to banish the memory of myself with lump hammer in hand.
My idea for defeating Russia is to allow free emigration from their to here for anybody with an IQ above 120, plus the hot blondes. Give it a couple of years and the whole place will cease functioning.
I only say this half in jest.
Then you nothing about the disdain with which the average Russian regards the woke West.
That’s not doing much to dissuade me from my plan. Worst case scenario – nobody comes. Best case scenario – some hot blondes and based high IQ chavs turn up.
“Move to repeal Scotland’s new hate crime laws fails after Holyrood debate”
Of course it failed, because the Pakistani Muslim leaders of two of the main political parties colluded to force their MSPs to vote against it. This is how the Globalists are handing the British Isles to the Caliphate, and this is what is wrong with the whole party system.
Scottish National Party with Pakistani Muslim leader: 63 MSPs
Scottish Labour Party with Pakistani Muslim leader: 22 MSPs
Scottish Conservative Party with Indigenous Scottish leader: 31 MSPs
The Pakistani Muslims now have a massive majority of 85 MSPs, who will outvote the other parties every time. Their aim is to establish a Caliphate North of the Border, and the Indigenous Scots can’t do anything about it.
You forgot the Greens who as part of the Bute House Agreement totally support any bill they and/or the SNP magically produce from thin air, as it was agreed that Green MSPs would be rewarded with Ministerial positions. Totally corrupt and inept way to govern our wee country, I really despair.
Interesting comments on the unlawful eviction of Armenian Christians in Jerusalem led by the Israeli police.
https://parliamentlive.tv/event/index/168f642a-5708-4b1a-9857-d8eacf475252?in=10:30:28
Conservative Edward Leigh asking for the “good friends of Israel” to call-out the “violent activities of the settler movement”. “will the Church of England stand-up for Christians in the old city?”.
Andrew Selous: “it would be an absolute tragedy if there were not to be Christians left in the Holy Land”