Government Has Just Declared War on Free Speech
26 July 2024
by Toby Young
News Round-Up
26 July 2024
Americans are increasingly looking back on the Trump years, with a growing economy, declining illegal immigration, low energy prices, no wokeness and a strong and peaceful foreign policy, with longing.
According to commentators, the 2024 elections around the world are a "threat to democracy" because so many voters are voting for "Right-wing" parties. It's part of a worrying anti-freedom trend, says Igor Chudov.
A recent poll found that RFK Jr – the once-Democrat-now-independent presidential candidate known for his environmental and anti-vaccine activism – is more popular among voters than either Joe Biden or Donald Trump.
In the Britain of the 2020s, politicians have the habit of abruptly disappearing, the victim of one or other parliamentary standards body. These shadowy pseudo-courts undermine our sovereign parliament, says J. Sorel.
Sometimes there are genuine conspiracies afoot, not mere theories, says Dr David McGrogan. One such is the plan to abolish cash, which is happening in plain sight and governments show little intention of changing course.
The political landscape is shifting in Germany as AfD approaches 40% support in the East and a CDU faction announces plans to break away and cooperate with the Right-wing party that the CDU leadership has refused to touch.
Reform U.K. has categorically ruled out striking a General Election pact with the Conservative Party, with leader Richard Tice saying he believes voters want to "punish the Tories for breaking Britain".
Almost half the Conservative backbench MPs in Parliament belong to a caucus promoting extreme collective Net Zero ideas that is funded by a small group of green billionaire foundations.
Jimmy Lai, the 76-year-old British and Hong Kong citizen and founder of the Daily Apple, is on trial for "colluding with foreign forces", in a show of power from Beijing that marks the death of freedom in the territory.
Over a third of young people want to live under a leader who ignores elections and parliaments, according to a recent poll. What's driving this love of authoritarianism and should we be worried?
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