- “‘Reform tried to silence me on migrants’” – Suspended Reform MP Rupert Lowe claims he was ostracised by Nigel Farage over his calls for large-scale migrant deportations, reports the Mail.
- “MP Rupert Lowe threatens to sue Reform over ‘vindictive witch hunt’” – MP Rupert Lowe has threatened to sue his former party Reform over what he calls a “vindictive witch hunt” against him for criticising Nigel Farage, says the Mail.
- “The Reform bust-up will hurt both Rupert Lowe and Nigel Farage” – Farage’s split with Lowe isn’t just another bust-up – it’s an ideological clash over immigration that could cost Reform its momentum, warns Patrick O’Flynn on his Substack.
- “Grooming gang survivor’s fears over rapist being freed from jail” – A survivor of the notorious Telford grooming gang has spoken out in fear as one of her rapists is set to be released from prison after serving just seven years for his crimes, reports the Mail.
- “Migrant who called for slaughter of all Jews arrives in UK on small boat” – A Palestinian migrant who previously called for the killing of all Jews says he has arrived in Britain on a small boat, according to GB News.
- “‘I’ll ban migrants from using ECHR to fight deportation in UK courts’” – In her most significant policy announcement to date, Kemi Badenoch has vowed to ban migrants from using human rights laws to fight deportations, reports GB News.
- “The harms of halal slaughter” – We should not accept animal cruelty in the name of religious toleration, says Adam James Pollock in the Critic.
- “Foreign prisoners costing Brits more than £1 million per day” – New Ministry of Justice data reveal that around 10,500 foreign prisoners are being held in jails across England and Wales, each costing more than £50,000 a year, reports the Mail.
- “London councils spend £140 million to send homeless people out of the capital” – Councils in London have spent more than £140 million snapping up homes outside the city to relocate homeless people, says the Mail.
- “Broke council spends six-figure sums on abortion clinic protestors” – A cash-strapped council splurged nearly £150,000 prosecuting two people who silently protested outside a UK abortion clinic, reports the Mail.
- “Minister vows ‘radical’ changes to the Civil Service” – Labour has set itself on a collision course with trade unions after Pat McFadden vowed to introduce “radical” changes to the Civil Service, says the Mail.
- “Britain’s debt crisis is crippling the economy” – If we want to increase the defence budget, public spending must be cut – starting with welfare, writes Roger Bootle in the Telegraph.
- “European rearmament is a losing bet” – Market reaction to the promise of defence spending is starting to look like a frenzied bubble, warns Matthew Lynn in the Telegraph.
- “Wealthier households should pay more for the BBC, suggests Chairman” – BBC Chairman Samir Shah favours a new funding model that would require households to pay different amounts for the BBC depending on their circumstances, according to RXTV.
- “How Britain surrendered to a plague of ugly new homes” – Even in a housing crisis, buyers are being turned off by a glut of soulless, replicable builds, says Josh Kirby in the Telegraph.
- “Will the spread of ugliness across Britain never stop?” – Seventy years after Ian Nairn’s Outrage denounced the drabness of our built environment, his call to action remains unheeded, writes Simon Heffer in the Telegraph.
- “The most serious film ever made” – In Takimag, Theodore Dalrymple castigates The Brutalist for glorifying an abhorrent and awful style of architecture.
- “The private parking fat cats creaming off huge salaries” – The MailOnline has identified some of the fat cats creaming off millions as their private parking companies rake in record cash from Britain’s drivers.
- “Cardiff agrees to turn major roads across city centre back to 30mph in huge U-turn” – Cardiff City Council plans to turn four busy roads back to 30mph from 20mph after furious protests from drivers, reports GB News.
- “London uni gave ‘platform for Hamas propaganda’” – Israel’s UK ambassador Tzipi Hotovely has demanded that the London School of Economics immediately cancel an event promoting a book that, she warns, will “grow support” for Hamas among students, says the Mail.
- “It’s time to kick Iranian radicalism out of Britain” – We need a coordinated approach to tackling the influence of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard in Britain, writes Limor Simhony Philpott in CapX.
- “Statement supporting Lucy Letby’s innocence ‘was kept from her team’” – A bombshell statement given to police that supported Lucy Letby’s claim to be innocent of murdering babies was not disclosed to her defence team, reports the Mail (about a story originally in UnHerd).
- “Five years on: Britons among hardest hit by Covid fallout” – Britain has performed worse than most other developed nations in its response to the Covid pandemic, reveals the Guardian.
- “Pandemic investigator claims this is the real Covid origins story” – A pandemic investigator claims that the probe into the origins of COVID-19 is the biggest “cover-up” since the Watergate scandal, according to the Mail.
- “Ruminations of old geezers – more on a confusing read” – On the TTE Substack, Dr Tom Jefferson and Prof Carl Heneghan unravel the baffling tangle of avian flu vaccines.
- “Another week, another wave of gender wildfires” – In the Mail, Dr Claire Methven O’Brien blasts politicians for dodging the gender chaos engulfing the UK, warning their inaction trashes trust, endangers women and children and shreds credibility.
- “Dogwalkers fight for Hampstead Heath taken over by cruisers” – Horrified dogwalkers have launched a campaign to reclaim Hampstead Heath from gay “cruisers” who claim that trawling for casual sexual partners on the Heath is their “cultural right”, reports the Mail.
- “Why has the BBC memory-holed its 1972 Empire series?” – In the Conservative Woman, Mat Brown argues that the BBC’s 1972 series Echoes of Britannia’s Rule hasn’t been lost but suppressed.
- “Investor in Rory Campbell betting fund dies before receiving cash” – A backer of Rory Campbell’s football-betting syndicate has died before receiving his £160,000 investment back, says the Times.
- “We can’t trust the unvaccinated” – Mike Fairclough reposts a video on X compiling all the politicians, celebs and news presenters trying to shame the unvaccinated during the pandemic.
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https://www.hoover.org/research/weaponization-migration-powerful-instrument-russias-hybrid-toolbox
‘Russia’s extensive military presence across several theatres around the globe should not be understood merely as attempts at proving Moscow’s resurgence as a global power. These limited, but consequential military adventures also serve as an indirect continuation of Moscow’s hybrid war against the West by other means. Although in various configurations, Russian military actions in countries such as Libya, the Central African Republic, Sudan, Mozambique, but especially in Syria and, of course, Ukraine, have generated displacement of civilians in ways that have most obviously served Moscow’s interests.’
Russia has also strategically weaponized migration to destabilize the European Union, particularly through Poland’s border with Belarus, enticing migrants from regions like the Middle East and Africa with the promise of easier entry into Europe. Once in Belarus, these migrants are shepherded towards the EU borders, primarily Poland. The situation has escalated tensions at the border, with incidents of violence from migrants, including throwing rocks and burning wood at Polish troops and even stabbing attacks on soldiers.
Finland has recently become a target of migration weaponization, with the Finnish government adopting a new law aimed at curbing the influx of migrants intentionally pushed by Russia. The criticism this law receives is just another example of the dangerous polarization within the EU on this topic.
Of course, awareness of these fundamental differences of perception is heavily instrumentalized by another arm of Russian hybrid warfare – disinformation. Russia has often framed various events in the Western world to boost anti-immigrant sentiment.
Russian disinformation aims to be the seed for chaos that could enable a right-wing takeover in key European countries. Many right-wing parties have connections to Russia and, in addition to their anti-migrant rhetoric, are against providing further support to Ukraine. This is how Russia’s strategic weaponization of migration also aspires to serve the hopes of those in the Kremlin that attempt to alter the very nature of the current European order.’
Britain, Europe is not only going to have to deter Putin, it is going to have to degegulate to allow European countries to be successful in the African and other export markets that they have been regulated out of.
That will permit leverage on African governments in order to resrict migration.
As usual our governments, particularly that of Blair/Brown, have been the authors of our misfortune.
‘…new evidence suggests the raid was part of a Moscow-led operation to discredit Austria’s spy services in order to rebuild them with new leadership under the Kremlin’s influence. Crucial to that effort, they say, was the junior partner in the government coalition at the time: the far-right, pro-Russia Freedom Party (FPÖ), which today is the most popular party in the country.’
‘Were it not for the so-called Ibiza scandal in 2019 (in which the FPÖ’s then-leader was caught on video trying to sell political influence to a woman he believed to be the niece of a Russian oligarch), there may have been nothing to stop the plan from coming to fruition.’
P.S.
‘In the wake of the Salisbury poisoning of Russian defector Sergei Skripal, a former military intelligence officer, and his daughter by a nerve agent known as Novichok, the Hague-based Organization for the Prevention of Chemical Weapons commissioned an analysis.
The Russians were eager to know what the OPCW knew about Novichok. Moscow dispatched several agents to The Hague in early October 2018, according to Dutch authorities. They tried to hack into the OPCW’s computer system but failed.
Shortly after the failed Russian effort, he secured a copy of the report, which included the OPCW’s breakdown of the formula for Novichok. Authorities believe Ott handed the report, a copy of which was found on his phone, to Marsalek.’
https://www.politico.eu/article/vladimir-putin-austria-spy-service-bvt-government-intelligence-wirecard-jan-marsalek-freedom-party/
I can recommend this article in today’s TCW – “Ukraine and the lies of the West’s Churchill wannabes”
Who wrote that pile of drivel? It contains just about every liberal MSM trope in existence.
The Russians will be laughing their arses off at our ridiculous programme of self-owns as we industrially eviscerate ourselves whilst wasting billions on woke nonsense and rolling out the red carpet for millions who hate us and only wish to suck at the welfare teat (I mean, obviously they were sent by Bad Russia)…
Pathetic nonsense that excuses the real causes of our demise and the greatest threat to our society – our own politicians and the grifters and con artists that they listen to.
Hear, hear.
‘In a secret recording from 2017 obtained by DER SPIEGEL, Austrian Vice Chancellor Heinz-Christian Strache of the far-right Freedom Party is heard discussing a deal with a purported Russian millionaire to trade state contracts for campaign support.’
https://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/strache-caught-on-camera-in-ibiza-secret-recordings-a-1267959.html
Today’s propaganda sheet from our DS globalist: we must hate all Russians, Putin is evil, Zelensky is good, NATO is our saviour, prepare for war, war is peace.
‘If the US still pushes ahead with its withdrawal from Europe sooner rather than later, giving China a stake in European peace could temper Putin’s willingness to disturb it, buying time for rearmament.
Engaging China would also send an important signal to the US that antagonism of its allies has consequences.
Washington’s eagerness to not only engage with but overlook the behaviour of Europe’s most immediate security threat should be met with a demonstration that Europe is willing to engage Washington’s key strategic competitor in response.
Rhetorical condemnation of US policy or attempting to woo Trump through appeals to a ‘special relationship’ will not cut it.
Europe must retaliate against US abandonment now or risk becoming increasingly beholden to a coercive Washington as American and European interests diverge.’
It’s already happening:
‘Beijing, which has professed neutrality but has supported Russia amid its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, is now looking to expand on its pitch and benefit from the transatlantic rift, including from Trump’s plan to hit goods made in the EU with 25 percent tariffs, which Brussels said it would retaliate against with countermeasures of its own against the US economy.
Small says that this Chinese effort is still in an early “fact-finding phase” to “discover what kind of openings are available in this new context.”
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.rferl.org/amp/china-russia-xi-putin-zelenskyy-trump-diplomacy/33334906.html
“The Reform bust-up will hurt both Rupert Lowe and Nigel Farage”
Super! Back to Labour and tories then?
I hope Rupert Lowe will set up his own new Patriots Party, with Nick Candy as Chairman & Treasurer, welcoming with open arms all those Genuine Patriots who have been rejected and betrayed over the years, such as Tommy Robinson, Paul Weston, Brexit & UKIP supporters who lost their deposits, Gerard Batten, Lord Pearson of Rannoch, Andrew Bridgen, Lawrence Fox, Katie Hopkins, unjustly persecuted British Veterans, and a whole host of others, including all those unjustly imprisoned for protesting against the rape and murder of children.
Its time to cut our support for the Judean Peoples Reform Party and put all our weight behind the Popular Reform Front of Judea. Agree wholeheartedly.
The problem in getting electoral success is that you need a wide appeal, and that means people and policies that appeal to the largest group of voters. I agree with Ruperts stance on illegal immigration, but it has to be pitched carefully, so we don’t turn every issue into a hill to die on. Win power first. Politics without power is just bullshit.
Unfortunately, unless the Outrageous Commonwealth Voting Rights in British Elections are ABOLISHED, the Indigenous People of the British Isles will continue to be disenfranchised, overwhelmed by postal votes from the Third World.
The Commonwealth has been nothing but an ALBATROSS around the necks of the Brits, Aussies, Kiwis & Canucks.
“‘I’ll ban migrants from using ECHR to fight deportation in UK courts’”
Oh Kemi, you do sound tough!
Shame your party won’t let you do anything like, The Tories are right out of Margaret Thatchers!
“Dogwalkers fight for Hampstead Heath taken over by cruisers”
Let’s make Cottageing a national pastime!
Why is it that gays seem to be the most promiscuous group of people?
An intriguing question D64. I’ll have a bash at an answer. I think it’s because males have developed a propensity to distribute their seed as far as possible to ensure the continuation of the species. However, as females are the ones who get pregnant and give birth to more or less helpless infants it’s they who look for protection and security, and this in turn binds a man and he is likely to forgo some of their natural instincts. Without this female influence on reproduction gay men are going to be more promiscuous. Some proof of this theory is that even when women are on the pill they still tend not to be as promiscuous as men. I put this down to these innate female sensitivities towards their bodies still acting on their emotions.
European rearmament is a losing bet
‘We might see a peace agreement. It does not seem very likely right now but perhaps President Trump can somehow pull off the deal that he keeps talking about and find a compromise that allows a ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine that actually lasts for more than a few weeks.
No doubt in those circumstances, we will hear lots of grand talk from European presidents, prime ministers and chancellors about how they still have to re-arm, and remain vigilant. Here’s a bet, however. After a few months of peace, the money will be spent on welfare or education or healthcare, or any of the other demands on European states.
There are not many votes in higher defence spending and leaders are easily distracted.’
‘All those promises of spending 4pc or 5pc of GDP on the military will quickly evaporate. The demand for all the new kit won’t be there any more.’
‘The continent, including of course the UK, has been living in a fantasy world where the US provides its protection from external threats, allowing countries to spend huge sums on pension and welfare benefits instead of protecting themselves.’
And the threat is real
‘If you’re working today at the cutting edge of technology then geopolitics is interested in you, even if you’re not interested in geopolitics,” Mr McCallum said.
MI5 is trying to warn tens of thousands of UK companies who are potentially at risk, and doing so requires the security service to go public in a way it has not done before.
Mr McCallum said that MI5 had now seen suspected Chinese agents approach over 20,000 people in the UK over professional networking sites like LinkedIn, in order to try to cultivate them to provide sensitive information’
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-67142161
‘(Marsalek) had planned to create a 15,000-strong band of soldiers to control Europe’s border in key migration routes from Africa.’
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14477835/Russian-puppet-master-UK-spy-ring-plotted-create-15-000-strong-army-private-mercenaries-control-migration-Europe.html
No votes in defence? No votes in controlling migration?
What is defence of the realm, national security, if it is not border control, first and foremost?
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2025/03/09/britains-debt-crisis-is-crippling-the-economy/
‘If’ we want to increase the defence budget and mindful of the welfare of British people, how about putting an immediate blockade on the ‘irregular migrants’ / phoney asylum seekers and turfing out the like already leeching off public monies? Free up the cash – and not to line the armaments industry and Zelensky’s deep pockets – and cease the indenturing of taxpayers to fund the incessant money laundering toxic drain of public monies.
Re: Rupert Lowe, Nigel Farage. Better kiss and make up. No secrets from the internet.
https://www.turbulenttimes.co.uk/news/front-page/reform-battle-too-far/
I like RL but you have to have creditable policies. How can you deport a million people when their country of origin do not want them back, even if you knew their country or origin.
Trump is showing the way in the US by forcing these Countries to take them back or be sanctioned with costs much higher than the value of the migrant.
https://order-order.com/2025/03/10/arch-remainer-and-ex-boe-governor-mark-carney-becomes-canadian-pm/
This dangerous member of the Davos Deviant team is going to cause more mayhem before Canada’s general election. A really nasty piece of work. No doubt he will employ similar tactics to Kneel in his election campaign.
Very sad. I hope the people of Canada can wake up.
Half of them are fast asleep, lulled into a deep slumber by the Mogadon of DEI and racial justice.
All I’ve heard were promises he’s going to fight back Trump who’s a threat to the Canadian economy. Clearly he’s got nothing else, so Canadians deserve him if they forget what happened in the last 9 years (minus 2 months since Trump).
I’m also looking forward to hearing him after his first call with Trump.
‘..The lunatics who won’t take any of the covid vaccines.’
That video is terrifying. It shows how people can be bludgeoned into submission. But not all people.
“The harms of halal slaughter” – “We should not accept animal cruelty in the name of religious toleration, says Adam James Pollock in the Critic.”
He is absolutely right, and that includes KOSHER SLAUGHTER, from which Halal Slaughter was copied.
It is VERY EASY for Muslim and Jewish people to IMPORT FROZEN HALAL/KOSHER MEAT from countries where those cruel methods are legal and acceptable.
Many years ago some Vegan Activists were protesting in a local town against fox hunting, and I asked them why they never protested against Halal Butchery.
They said, “Because they would kill us!”
“Five years on: Britons among hardest hit by Covid fallout” No admission of guilt by the G, evidently; what a surprise.
https://thecritic.co.uk/the-harms-of-halal-slaughter/
Unfortunately, far too many food establishments now serve only one type of meat – halal. It is imposed on the majority of meat eaters- in the interests of diversity I suppose – and a sickening take-it-or-leave-it attitude. Why should consumers of non-halal, especially of the Christian faith, have to have halal produce inflicted on them? Yet again, people have to bow or kneel to appease the alleged ‘minorities’. Oh the joy of living in a supposedly Christian country…
Yes, and British livestock are supposed to be protected by British laws against animal cruelty, and should be able to live their lives peacefully grazing in this Green & Pleasant Land under the protection of those good laws and those good people. That is their right as British sheep, cattle, pigs, chickens, ducks and horses!
All sales of British livestock to Halal/Kosher slaughterhouses must be made illegal, the slaughterhouses shut down, and all “Religious Exemptions” abolished. They can import frozen halal/kosher meat from abroad.
And while we’re at it, those horrific “Locked in a Tiny Cage for Life” intensive livestock methods also violate British laws, and must be shut down.
Undercover clip shows UK pigs kept in cages so small they cannot turn | News | Independent TV
UK pig farmer says farrowing crates can no longer be justified and calls for a ban
“A British pig farmer has broken ranks with industry counterparts to give an upsetting and powerful account of the suffering experienced by mother pigs who spend a quarter of their adult lives kept confined in farrowing crates.”
“Britain’s debt crisis is crippling the economy” – If we want to increase the defence budget, public spending must be cut – starting with welfare,
Of course we’re spending far too much, and the people who have to give way are the sick, the poor and the unemployed. We can’t possibly deport foreign nationals from our prisons, or stop paying for illegal migrants, can we.? Let the people with the least make the big sacrifice…
We can’t possibly deport foreign nationals from our prisons, or stop paying for illegal migrants, can we.? Let the people with the least make the big sacrifice…
God forbid that we ask foreign criminals or south coast invaders to make a sacrifice!
That clip at the end is horrendous. Sends shivers down my spine, what an awful time that was. I ended up having one jab on the basis of all those threats (mainly because they were beginning to threaten the unjabbed with lockdown, which would have resulted in my daughter also being locked down). Just awful.